Bondo's peripherals going south

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Watching Jeremy Bonderman, from 2004 through the first half of 2007, you got the feeling that, while maddeningly inconsistent, he was very close to developing into a top pitcher. He had two good fastballs (four seamer and two seamer) and one of the best sliders in the game. His fielding independent statistics were excellent - high strikeouts, low walks and lots of ground balls with relatively [link]

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Bonderman stays away
Published 5/12/2008 by billfer at The Detroit Tiger Weblog
... turned in another disappointing performance in his latest start against the Yankees. It seemed to follow a pattern than Bonderman has established and has led to the worst set of peripherals in his career. Let’s go batter by batter through the first inning to see what went wrong: ...

Off-Day Open Thread
Published 5/12/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts
... and Lee both wrote great posts on Jeremy Bonderman's struggles.  Lee took a look at Bondo's downward trend across the stat board, while Bill uses pitch f/x to support his theory on where young Jeremy should be throwing the ball. ...

Endangered species: Chuck Hernandez?
Published 5/13/2008 by Kurt at Mack Avenue Tigers
... But, like all coaching positions in baseball, I think a little too much praise goes to the pitching coach when his staff does something good, and too much criticism goes toward the same coach when his staff does something bad. I mean, did Hernandez really forget how to coach between that magical year of 2006 and the dismal start to 2008? Or are guys ...

Like Stripes on the Fur Coat of a Tiger - 05/13
Published 5/13/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts
...   Besides the recent posts by Billfer and Lee regarding Jeremy Bonderman's struggles, my arch-enemy Samara expressed major concern over Bondo's apparent attempt to grow a mustache.  I missed Saturday's game, so didn't see the growth above Bondo's upper lip.  But I can see why some might believe it had an adverse affect on his performance that day. I have a bit of a different take on the subject, however.  If Bondo is really going to grow a mustache (which is presuming that he's indeed capable of ...

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