https://twitter.com/SamMillerBP/status/734966240888819712
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 24 May 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Obviously a little giddy and premature, but I love this:
•In five May starts, he has had more shutouts (three) than walks (two).
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/180219652/clayton-kershaw-goat-may-2016-dodgers?partnerId=ed-10369488-658620023
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 May 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
his k/bb ratio rn is 100/5 o_o
― johnny crunch, Monday, 30 May 2016 01:05 (eight years ago) link
10 ks and no walks in 7.2 IP and who gets the win? adam liberatore, who blew a save in seven pitches.
this has been your daily outrage over something no one cares about anymore
― qualx, Monday, 30 May 2016 06:44 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/BillPetti/status/737280851524911105
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 May 2016 14:54 (eight years ago) link
I was messing around last night with a six-year peak (consecutive seasons) comparison between some recent pitchers--I didn't write anything down, but I think it was Pedro first, Kershaw or Maddux second, Johnson and Seaver and Clemens behind them.
― clemenza, Monday, 30 May 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
Years and years of research here:
http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/pitchers_zpso9ar9u74.jpg
In honor of Adam Liberatore, I included wins and losses.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 00:43 (eight years ago) link
Seaver was hurt in '74--I should have gone '68-72 for him:
100-53, 2.38, 147+, 1.030, 3.52.
With that in mind, I'd rank them 1) Pedro, 2) Kershaw/Maddux, 4) Johnson, 5) Clemens/Seaver.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
Aargh--let's try Seaver again, '68-73:
119-63, 2.32, 151+, 1.021, 3.58.
Same ranking.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 00:51 (eight years ago) link
At home, against Atlanta, opposing pitcher 1-6 with an ERA near 6.00. Dodgers won last night, the Braves have lost two in a row. Betting $100 on Atlanta wins $400+. If I could, I would make that bet--the set-up is just too perfect.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 June 2016 14:03 (eight years ago) link
Just for fun--my own--Kershaw's line minus his one bad start against Miami:
Games started - 12W/L - 9-0Team W/L - 12-0QS - 12Average game score - 77IP - 93.2R - 13ER - 12H - 53BB - 5K - 112ERA - 1.15WHIP - 0.622K/BB - 22.40
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 June 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
@McCulloughTimesClayton Kershaw is being flown back to Los Angeles to see team doctors.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
Stay healthy, please.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
ffs please
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 29 June 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
at least it's a sore back, to counterpoint the trendy arm apocalypses.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link
got an epidural(?!), going on the DL
― mookieproof, Thursday, 30 June 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
:( hope the birth goes well stay strong little kersh jr
― qualx, Thursday, 30 June 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
@McCulloughTimesDave Roberts initially said the team hoped Kershaw would be back after the break, but then he backed off that. May be a little longer.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 June 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3TuOQkN7e0
― Edgard Varese is god (of music anyways) (outdoor_miner), Friday, 1 July 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
@McCulloughTimesClayton Kershaw "didn't feel great" on Sunday, Dave Roberts said. He's shut down until his back pain goes away. His return? "Uncertain."
― Andy K, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/17108426/clayton-kershaw-los-angeles-dodgers-shut-due-continuing-back-pain
SMH
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 20 July 2016 00:16 (seven years ago) link
Out until at least Aug. 27.
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/dodgers-ace-clayton-kershaw-moved-to-60-day-dl-080316
I'd shut him down for the year, but they're close enough in the standings to complicate that.
― clemenza, Thursday, 4 August 2016 01:23 (seven years ago) link
The starting pitching is doing very well without him iirc
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 4 August 2016 02:15 (seven years ago) link
Looks like he's close to returning:
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/196718316/clayton-kershaw-throws-bullpen-session/
I'd say it's amazing that the Dodgers have taken over first in his absence, except it's an old story: everyone--GMs, writers, fans, me--tends to over-value the importance of one player. (Truer for pitchers, but holds for position players too.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 August 2016 03:31 (seven years ago) link
hasn't pitched in 8 weeks and leads NL pitchers in both kinds of WAR. nuts.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link
3-inning start for Rancho Cucamonga today
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 3 September 2016 15:46 (seven years ago) link
great job Kersh! said he's gonna start for LA in 4 games
― Bandol soleil for the St. Tropez tan (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 4 September 2016 03:25 (seven years ago) link
If he goes Friday and continues to take his regular turn, he'll have five more starts. I could see where his Cy Young case is still strong if he pitches well, but I think all the calendar time missed would point to Scherzer or Bumgarner. It could be a little like the year Josh Hamilton missed the last month of the season; he held on to the MVP, but I don't Kershaw will.
― clemenza, Monday, 5 September 2016 02:57 (seven years ago) link
Will become the second-fastest to 2,000 K tonight (after Randy Johnson). So not the second-youngest--I did a double-take at first. I'm guessing Seaver, Clemens, and Blyleven got there younger. Maybe Ryan, too; he got a bit of a late start, though. And the war probably interrupted Feller.
― clemenza, Saturday, 3 June 2017 00:36 (seven years ago) link
No Seaver, no Clemens--very surprised.
http://groundballwitheyes.blogspot.ca/2015/05/youngest-pitchers-to-reach-2000.html
― clemenza, Saturday, 3 June 2017 00:37 (seven years ago) link
every time i see this thread title in my bookmarks my heart skips a beat
― qualx, Saturday, 3 June 2017 00:41 (seven years ago) link
Scherzer's just a couple of points from overtaking Kershaw on Bill James's "#1 Starting Pitcher Rankings" (it's all based on Game Scores, includes postseason play, and is a year-over-year running ranking):
1. Clayton Kershaw - 589.42. Max Scherzer - 587.23. Chris Sale - 5574. Corey Kluber - 537.55. Madison Bumgarner - 531
― clemenza, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
4 walks for kershaw tonight. he hasn't looked quite right this year― k3vin k., Saturday, May 6, 2017 11:17 PM (one month ago)
Having a great year, but I think you were onto something there. 7-0 lead tonight, proceeded to give up three HR; that's 16 for the year, tying his career high before the break.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 04:04 (six years ago) link
make that 4
― qualx, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 05:08 (six years ago) link
how the fuck did he give up 2 to Reyes?
cheap 6-ER win for CK.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 10:53 (six years ago) link
past calendar year:
kershaw: 137.1 IP, 3.5 fWARjansen: 69.1 IP, 3.7 fWAR
― k3vin k., Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
Got out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the first, great after that.
Overall, definitely his shakiest year in a while. Going through his game log, though, he's only had the one (really) cheap win last week; every other win was 7+ innings, 0, 1, or 2 runs. There was one cheap no-decision (4.1 innings, 4 runs), and he wasn't good in either loss (6 innings and 4 runs in both). His other two no-decisions he pitched well (16 innings, 2 runs).
It wouldn't be accurate to say the gaudy W-L record is a mirage--reverse the cheap win, call the no-decisions a wash, and he'd be 10-3.
It's the home runs that have killed him this year (leading to his worst FIP since 2010 by a big margin). Everything else is right in line with 2011-2013 Kershaw, if not always the last three seasons.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 June 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
he's 93-0 when dodgers give him at least 4 runs of support
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 25 June 2017 14:19 (six years ago) link
Wanted to get some context for that, but Baseball Reference breaks down pitcher's starts by 0-2 runs of support, 3-5, and 6+. Anyway, with 6+:
Clemens: 179-5Johnson: 160-11Pedro: 105-3Maddux: 173-10
Am I reading that correctly? All of them got six or more runs of support in half their wins? That seems really high.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 June 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
all of them played half their careers in the steroid era
― qualx, Sunday, 25 June 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
It's almost like there's something flawed with the Win statistic ;)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 25 June 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
I knew I was teeing one up there...Had no idea the percentage was that high, though. Era would explain some of that, yeah; I also wonder if that includes runs scored for the entire game, i.e. any runs scored after the pitcher leaves. So a guy could leave with a 2-1 lead in the seventh, his team scores four runs in the eighth/ninth, and it ends up looking like he won a blowout.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 June 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Since his terrible start against the Cubs:
36 IP, 22 H, 51 K, 6 BB, 2 ER.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
pretty sure that includes 4 shutouts in his last 5 outings (incl one stretch of 3 in a row!) i think maybe you mean against the mets, clem, when he gave up 3 or 4 homers june 19
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
June 19 against the Mets, you're right--the Cubs go back to May 28. He had three good starts between the two.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
Clayton Kershaw disappeared into the trainers' room after the top half of the second inning, and now Ross Stripling is warming up. Looks like he will take it from here. No word yet on what might be ailing Kershaw, who has been pitching at his best.
― qualx, Sunday, 23 July 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
dammit. missed the beginning of the game, just tuned in to see him leave the field and there's been no conjecture what's wrong except he was holding his hip as he walked off after the top of the 2nd
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 23 July 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
Who's the idiot who titled this thread?
― clemenza, Sunday, 23 July 2017 22:10 (six years ago) link
@BNightengaleClayton Kershaw will go on DL, #Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says. with no timetable on return; tests scheduled Monday on his back.
― Andy K, Sunday, 23 July 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
fuck
― qualx, Sunday, 23 July 2017 23:56 (six years ago) link