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Pitcher Profile: Felix Hernandez (Part One)

kyleb posted 6 hours ago from www.drivelinemechanics.com

A statistical look at the King - including his PITCHf/x data, batted ball data, and everything else but the kitchen sink.

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Bill James

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Pitcher Profile: Felix Hernandez (Part One)

Pitcher Profile: Carl Pavano

kyleb posted 12 hours ago from www.drivelinemechanics.com

The Cleveland Indians signed oft-injured Carl Pavano to a one-year deal with $1.5 million guaranteed and various incentive clauses. Just what about his pitching mechanics make him such a risk?

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Tampa Bay Rays

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Pitcher Profile: Carl Pavano

Quick Hit: Joe Mauer

kyleb posted 12 days ago from www.drivelinemechanics.com

Joe Mauer is one of baseball's best position players - high batting average and high OBP at the catcher position is hard to find. But we've been told for years that Mauer would eventually start hitting 25-30 home runs annually - why isn't he?

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Joe Mauer

Minnesota Twins

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Hitter Profile: Justin Smoak

kyleb posted 16 days ago from www.drivelinemechanics.com

Justin Smoak just might be the one that got away from Billy Beane. He fits the mold of the Moneyball-type player that the A's stereotypically want - defensively-challenged (can't play anywhere but 1b), hit for a decent average in college, slugged a ton of doubles and home runs, and walked a bunch.

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Justin Smoak

Billy Beane

Oakland Athletics

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Hitter Profile: Justin Smoak

Pitcher Profile: Jair Jurrjens - Part Two

kyleb posted 16 days ago from www.drivelinemechanics.com

The conclusions to the Jair Jurrjens writeup on Driveline Mechanics.

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Jair Jurrjens

Atlanta Braves

John Schuerholz

Mike Hampton

Colorado Rockies

Florida Marlins

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Pitcher Profile: Jair Jurrjens - Part Two

Pitching Mechanics: Trevor Cahill

kyleb posted 24 days ago from www.drivelinemechanics.com

Analysis of Oakland Athletics farmhand Trevor Cahill and his pitching mechanics

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Oakland Athletics

Trevor Hoffman

Josh Anderson

Gio Gonzalez

Fautino De Los Santos

Billy Beane

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Pitching Mechanics: Trevor Cahill

Pitching Mechanics: David Price

kyleb posted 9/17/2008 from www.drivelinemechanics.com

Young lefty David Price was called up and had an excellent debut for the Tampa Bay Rays - but how clean are his mechanics? Find out...

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David Price

Tampa Bay Rays

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Pitching Mechanics: David Price

Pitching Mechanics: Brandon Morrow

kyleb posted 9/10/2008 from www.drivelinemechanics.com

Brandon Morrow stands 6'3" 185 lbs and was drafted 5th overall in the 2006 MLB amateur draft by the Seattle Mariners. A RHP, Morrow primarily relies on his plus fastball to get hitters out. But how are his mechanics?

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Brandon Morrow

Seattle Mariners

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Pitching Mechanics: Brandon Morrow

Trade Analysis: Rich Harden (analysis of Sean Gallagher, too!)

kyleb posted 7/12/2008 from drivelinemechanics.com

Make no bones about it - the A’s dealt a high-risk but high-impact player in Rich Harden and received a group of mediocre to above-average talent blocked at most positions in the Cubs’ system. However, is this such a bad thing? Remember that Harden hasn’t thrown 200 innings in his professional career ever, and the last two years he has lost significant time to injury...

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Rich Harden

Oakland Athletics

Chicago Cubs

Sean Gallagher

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Trade Analysis: C.C. Sabathia for Matt LaPorta (and others)

kyleb posted 7/8/2008 from drivelinemechanics.com

The Cleveland Indians, essentially out of the playoff hunt, have decided to become sellers at the deadline, agreeing in principle to send the defending AL Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for a package that is rumored to include 1b/LF Matt LaPorta, LHP Zach Jackson, RHP Rob Bryson, and a PTBNL who is rumored to be IF Taylor Green.

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C.C. Sabathia

Cleveland Indians

Cy Young

Milwaukee Brewers

Zach Jackson

Taylor Green

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Trade Analysis: C.C. Sabathia for Matt LaPorta (and others)

Draftee Report: Andrew Cashner (Cubs, 14th overall)

kyleb posted 6/13/2008 from drivelinemechanics.com

A quick mechanical analysis of RHP Andrew Cashner, the Cubs' first-round selection.

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Chicago Cubs

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Draftee Report: Andrew Cashner (Cubs, 14th overall)

Pitcher Analysis: Tim Lincecum

kyleb posted 6/12/2008 from drivelinemechanics.com

A statistical and mechanical breakdown of the young fireballer on the San Francisco Giants using Pitch f/x data and video-based analysis from Driveline Mechanics.

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San Francisco Giants

Tim Lincecum

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Pitcher Analysis: Tim Lincecum

Pitcher Analysis: Justin Duchscherer

kyleb posted 6/8/2008 from drivelinemechanics.com

A thorough analysis of The Duke - a soft-tossing righty that all Oakland fans should love. Complete with advanced stats and video analysis of his mechanics.

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Oakland Athletics

Justin Duchscherer

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Pitcher Analysis: Justin Duchscherer

Preview: 2008 MLB Draft

kyleb posted 6/8/2008 from drivelinemechanics.com

Driveline Mechanics does a preview of the 2008 MLB draft - this time focusing on four pitchers taken in the first round.

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Preview: 2008 MLB Draft

Hitting Analysis: Jay Bruce (with voiceover)

kyleb posted 5/28/2008 from drivelinemechanics.com

Reds' center fielder Jay Bruce is finally up and mashing the ball, going 3-for-3 with a double, 2 walks, 3 RBI, and a stolen base in his debut. Driveline Mechanics takes a look at his hitting mechanics and his minor league stats to confirm what we already knew: He should have been up a long time ago.

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