Player spotlight: Johnny Cueto

• joshkalk

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  This is excellent work Derek.  I can't believe it hasn't been talked about more.  Maybe because the holliday weekend but whatever the case please continue to weave the PITCHf/x
  data with your already excellent analysis.

  Posted 5/26/2008 [reply] [flag]

  • Derek Carty

    +1

    Thanks very much for the kind words, Josh.  Pitch f/x is so cool, and I think it adds a lot to the analysis.  Again, thank you for all your hard work with it.

    Posted 5/26/2008 [reply] [flag]

• sdanne

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  I was away for a few days and didn't get around to reading this until today....

   All I have to say is wow. This goes above and beyond probably every player analysis I've ever seen, including the Gassko/Sheets analysis of a few weeks ag. I was trying to pick up Kershaw in a league a few days ago, and was going to drop Cueto simply because my other pitchers have been doing so well that I had no choice but to choose him. I didn't get Kershaw (I was 9th on waivers), and I feel now that I would have regretted making that decision had it gone through.

  Posted 5/30/2008 [reply] [flag]

  • Derek Carty

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    Thanks very much sdanne.  I'm glad I was able to help.  I think Cueto is a much better bet to be successful than Kershaw this year.

    Good luck!

    Posted 5/30/2008 [reply] [flag]

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The No. 32 -- Quick Hits
Published 5/28/2008 by Rick House at Red Reporter: Front Page Posts
... Hardball Times uses PitchF/X data to examine Johnny Cueto. They find that one of his biggest assets is the similarity between his slider and changeup: They're the same pitch until the very end, when they "dart in opposite directions 20 feet or so from the plate." Very interesting read. ...

Monday Reading: Containing two separate references to mullets
Published 6/2/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... The Hardball Times posted a great piece on Johnny Cueto using PITCHf/x data. For those of you involved in fantasy baseball, it’s a must-read. For those of you interested in one of the most intriguing rookie pitchers to come up in a while, it’s also a must-read. ...