baseballprospectus.com - 4/21/2008
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One of the members of a new, less happy baseball trinity breaks down, plus dispelling a Sabathia rumor you should ignore.
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Update about CC Sabathia
Beyond the Box Score —
In a recent article on this site I showed that CC Sabathia has thrown fewer sliders than last year so far this season, especially in his past three starts. I wondered if this was because of an injury. The article has received some attention, and recently on Baseball Prospectus, Will Carroll wrote about Sabathia, disspelling any ...
Carsten Charles Sabathia II
The Outsiders Look at the Insides of Baseball —
... hard to believe an extra 4 starts would vault the league leader in innings pitched into the top 20, let alone the top 5 where one could justifiably raise a flag. Further evidence against CC comes in support from Will Carrol in mid February when he writes, "That said, he's as unrisky as pitchers come from a mechanical standpoint. There's some concern that the post-season innings may have an impact, but 200 innings is almost a gimme for the big man." In today's Under the Knife, Will Carrol also reports the following fallacies, ...
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