Wladimir Balentien Traded to Cincinnati for Robert Manuel
by Matthew on Jul 29, 2009 11:58 AM PDT
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PrintAccording, so far, only to Ed Price. Hopefully this gets confirmed elsewhere soon. Divish confirms.
A 25-year-old right handed reliever who runs great strikeout-to-walk ratios. More later, I do not want to take space away from Jeff's trade piece below.
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Surprised we got value back for Wlad.
by Graham MacAree on Jul 29, 2009 12:02 PM PDT reply actions
12:102 uBB/K ratio last year between three levels
and he’s held his own at AAA last year
Looks promising
Better trade of the day.
Could be a good reliever.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 29, 2009 12:03 PM PDT reply actions
Finally we trade Balentien for a relief arm
Two years too late
by Graham MacAree on Jul 29, 2009 12:03 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
HAHAHAHA
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Jul 29, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't make me cry about 07 all over again
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 29, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Manual is a no-stuff guy
Fastball is 85-87, lives off his change-up.
Bleh.
Anyone else having trouble loading Fangraphs?
I’m trying to look at Manuel and it’s taking longer to load than USSM. Same crowd I guess.
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 29, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions
Basic summary
5% BB, 30% K%, 30% GB% as he climbed through the ladder last year. Strike throwing and bat missing extreme flyballer. Those guys are almost always command guys with good change-ups and no fastball.
Pitch F/x confirms. Fastest pitch this year is 87.4, fastball averages 85, throws about 50% change-ups.
by davidcameron on Jul 29, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Right-handed Jason Vargas with no potential to move into the rotation
Not exactly a premium player.
Our best bet is that he’s the next Mark DiFelice.
by davidcameron on Jul 29, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Right. A worse Jason Vargas.
Weirdly, not sure how good the MLBAM pitch ID is but average speeds on his pitches (in 2009 MLB only):
FA: 85.6 (n=30)
CH: 81.2 (n=28)
SL: 79.4 (n=20)
I would have expected to see a bigger difference in FA v CH speeds for someone who lives off his change.
Any idea if the slider is real?
Havent seen him yet
I’ll get around to watching video of one of his appearances on MLB.tv later tonight.
by davidcameron on Jul 29, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm watching him right now and it is every bit as spellbinding as you'd think it is
by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 29, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I am picturing a man of mysterious but intriguing ethnic roots
with a knowing smile and blue bedroom eyes.
Maybe he has a deceptive delivery
To compensate for his horribly average repertoire.
by Pessimistic Optimist on Jul 29, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
So we're getting him only to flip him to Tampa Bay?
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 29, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
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