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mvn.com - 10/14/2009
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After being demoted in late June, Andy Sonnanstine
was called up to the club in a mop-up/spot
starter role for September. Although not an ideal sample size to take, here are the splits for Sonnanstine when facing right-handed hitters before and after his demotion. table.tableizer-table {border: ...
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No Mid-Season Split Improvement
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mvn.com - 10/13/2009
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Not sure if there is an official announcement
but the same pitch f/x technology found in all
30 MLB stadiums will now be at two ballparks in the Arizona Fall League: Surprise and Peoria. The Rays minor league pitchers play for the Phoenix team so they won't have a good deal of data but at least ...
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Pitch f/x Data At The Arizona Fall League: Ian Kennedy
mvn.com - 10/12/2009
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I remember really enjoying this feature on Raysbaseball.com
(devilrays.com for awhile). But I guess that was before
I got super interested in statistics and better baseball knowledge in general. Now those questions fans sent in give me headaches . Question #1 : To sum up a three paragraph ...
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This Makes My Brain Hurt. So Let's Make It Better
mvn.com - 10/9/2009
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Check out this quote from the Chicago-Sun Times
(via The Heater ). Sources say the Cubs have
been pushing the Tampa Bay Rays for a quick deal. The Rays were one of Bradley's top suitors last winter until the Cubs let the world know they had a three-year, $30 million offer on the table. The Rays ...
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Don't Bite Desperate Moves
mvn.com - 10/9/2009
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Original scouting reports on Wade Davis was that
he threw a mid-90s fastball, a cutter, a slider,
and a power curve in the upper 70s. Although pitch f/x and my eyes never saw a true cutter, I did see a mid-September acquisition to his pitch repertoire: a two-seam fastball. I took all of Wade ...
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When Davis Met Hickey
mvn.com - 10/7/2009
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The hardest position to fill this offseason ,
the Rays have at least one easy choice to
make: keep Shawn Riggans. He is under team control. Likely to make the minimum or just above it. I love Riggans, works with the pitcher well, decent defense behind the plate, and is a grinder (just watch his ...
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Riggans Offseason Goal For 2010: Stay Healthy
mvn.com - 10/6/2009
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This isn't going too in depth since I
am not taking the time to do a post
that actually goes that far. But I just want to throw out some statistics into the Steve Henderson firing since apparently it is tied to poor situational hitting . Clearly the production with runners in scoring position ...
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Mini Dissection Into The Rays Situational Hitting Or Why ...
mvn.com - 10/6/2009
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A little late on this but here is
the link . Although coach evaluations through statistics is
quite hard to accomplish citing performance factors, it didn't seem likely it affected the Rays front office decision to either keep or let go coaches. They rather went by intuition and evaluations from ...
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Rays Keep Coaching Staff Except Henderson
mvn.com - 10/5/2009
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Too cliche to call 2009 a disappointing year
for the Rays. In fact it is quite annoying
. Yes they didn't make the postseason as defending AL Champs, but looking at how far they come from the 2006-2007 seasons, it still was a positive season. Here is a graph of the win percentage change of the ...
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Rising Rays
mvn.com - 10/5/2009
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Over at Andy Seiler's great draft blog he
posted his first 2010 Mock Draft. And, what shall
I say ... I like what I'm reading! The Rays should have the 17th (16th + the Rangers pick for failing to sign Matt Purke) and 31st pick (for failing to sign LeVon Washington) in next years' draft. So, ...
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I Like What I Read In The 1st 2010 MLB Mock Draft!
mvn.com - 10/3/2009
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I think I am going to make a
stats page linking to different sites for certain stats.
Add Baseball Prospectus onto that list. Hard to go to BP if you don't subscribe to it (why?) but I never looked at their statistics . Anyway here is one interesting stat I found that the Rays lead the Majors ...
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Rays Starters Throw A Lot Of Pitches (Per Start)
mvn.com - 10/2/2009
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A really smart baseball watcher observe Twins catcher
Joe Mauer relaying signs to his teammate Jason Kubel
who was up to bat against Justin Verlander of the Tigers with Gerald Laird behind the dish: The Twins won the opening game in 10 innings by a score of 3-2. That brought them within a ...
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My Observations Of The Hitter's Eyes
mvn.com - 10/2/2009
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Skip the writing if just want the visuals.
I don't like Sonnanstine's cutters. Wait, rewrite that: I
don't like how many cutters Andy Sonnanstine throws. Out of all his pitches tracked in pitch f/x this season, about 54.6% are cutters. Fifty-four point six percent. I know cutters could be ...
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Sonny And His Cutters
mvn.com - 10/1/2009
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That was the last time Pat Burrell was
batting seventh in a Major League lineup. Almost five
years to the date and a day off from correct numbers (365 days plus a leap year). On October 3rd, 2004 , Burrell was starting in leftfield and hitting seventh for the Phillies against the Florida ...
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Four Years And 364 Days Ago
mvn.com - 10/1/2009
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I don't think baseball beat writers are used
correctly. They provide us insightful information like this, then
leave us out in the open to either accept it or have us wanting more information to back it up and then question it. Need to do everything myself I suppose. MArc Topkin of the Saint ...
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The Giraffe's Late Season Slow Down
