i realy enjoy the self-deprecating player interview that avoids bull durhamisms.
for those of you in the seattle market, i highly recommend bedard post game interviews.
― j.q higgins, Friday, 8 May 2009 03:23 (fourteen years ago) link
another complete game..
― extremely demanding on the hardware (ciderpress), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.joakimsoria48.com/
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/joakimsoria/
i still belive in the royals ...22 minutes ago from web
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
He could have said "YEAH BITCHES MEXICUTIONER STRUCK OUT THE SIDE LAST NIGHT INCLUDING MICHAEL CUDDCHEWER NOW WHAT"
But no. The man is humble.
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
jazayerliCongratulations Miguel Olivo! No one's had as many Ks (67) with as few BBs (3) before! It takes a great man to break Rob Picciolo's record.2 minutes ago from TweetDeck
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Sunday, 5 July 2009 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
This club will now feature Yuniesky Betancourt.
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Friday, 10 July 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf royals.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 July 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.kansascity.com/385/story/1317069.html
BOSTON | [b]The Royals pulled off a major trade today when they acquired shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt from the Seattle Mariners for two minor-league pitchers.
Betancourt, 27, has been a disappointment this season for the Mariners with his batting average tumbling to .250 and producing just two homers and 22 RBIs in 63 games. He is a .279 career hitter in 63 games.
In exchange, the Royals surrendered Danny Cortes and Derrick Saito.
Cortes, 22, was the organization’s minor-league pitcher of the year in 2008 but is just 6-6 with a 3.92 ERA this season at Class AA Northwest Arkansas. He joined the Royals in the 2006 trade that sent reliever Mike MacDougal to the White Sox.
Saito, 21, is 2-6 with a 4.15 ERA in 22 relief appearances at Class A Burlington. He was a 16th-round pick in 2008.[/q]
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Friday, 10 July 2009 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Woops
"major"
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 10 July 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
this sounds like an awful trade
― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
wait how does betancourt have any value at all at this point??/
― extremely demanding on the hardware (ciderpress), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
what happened to aviles? they have like 4 shortstops now who don't hit any better than him and don't have upside
― extremely demanding on the hardware (ciderpress), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Law, LOL: "Betancourt does nothing well on a baseball field. He can't hit and has lost bat speed since reaching the majors. He hacks at everything he sees, and even swings at pitches thrown to other hitters."
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Thursday, 16 July 2009 13:19 (fourteen years ago) link
joe_sheehan Ah, Trey Hillman. Soria pitches down five before ASB, down eight last night, but not up two in the eighth. Tie game.
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Thursday, 23 July 2009 08:22 (fourteen years ago) link
When Greinke starts, his team is 10-10.
He just doesn't know how to win.
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Saturday, 25 July 2009 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Tony Pena Jr to work on becoming a pitcher.
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Sunday, 26 July 2009 02:59 (fourteen years ago) link
stfu
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 26 July 2009 08:21 (fourteen years ago) link
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=281&f=2054&t=4537311
Dayton said it on the pregame.
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Sunday, 26 July 2009 14:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Royals' Pena Jr. being moved from shortstop to pitcher
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/royals/2009-07-26-pena-royals_N.htm
"Tony is still young enough if the pitching doesn't go the way we think it has the possibility of going or if the arm doesn't react, he can always go back the other way and continue to play winter ball, see if his at-bats gets better, see if he can become more of a productive hitter," Hillman said.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Monday, 27 July 2009 01:39 (fourteen years ago) link
joe po has been advocating this for a while
― meme-first attitude (J0rdan S.), Monday, 27 July 2009 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link
you didn't include the part where he's 28 YEARS OLD xp
― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 27 July 2009 04:01 (fourteen years ago) link
New Burlington roster add: RHP Tony Pena Jr.
― Don Armando Galarraga's Second Inning Give Back Runs Band (Andy K), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I was last seen five days ago, when I threw 30 pitches in a blowout win against the A's.
I have pitched in two of my team's last 15 games.
Who am I? (WHERE am I?)
― Don Armando Galarraga's Second Inning Give Back Runs Band (Andy K), Thursday, 13 August 2009 12:09 (fourteen years ago) link
3rd G Beckham homered to left.4th C Quentin homered to left.7th A Rios homered to left.
Damn, Zach.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
SEATTLE -- Things have been smoothed over after a confrontation between Royals players Mike Jacobs and Jose Guillen as the team arrived in Seattle.Guillen and Jacobs went nose-to-nose outside the club's Seattle hotel after getting off the team bus on Wednesday night. Witnesses said they were arguing and were separated by teammates Miguel Olivo and Brayan Pena. There was a brief scuffle and witnesses said mediators Olivo and Pena were on the receiving end of errant blows.Things quieted down immediately and the team entered the hotel without further incident."Just a misunderstanding. Obviously you don't want to have misunderstandings with a teammate but sometimes you do," Jacobs said. "It's OK. We kissed and made up."Guillen, on the disabled list but traveling with the club, did not want to discuss the matter."Stuff happens," Guillen said. "We deal with that as professionals."Manager Trey Hillman, who had already entered the hotel, declined to comment as did Olivo. Pena acknowledged getting in the middle of things."I was a peacemaker," he said.Jacobs said he considered the incident with Guillen closed."We're all good. He's probably one of the closest guys on this team -- me and him are pretty close to each other," Jacobs said. "I chalk it up to one of those things like a misunderstanding with a brother or something like that. We're obviously spending seven, eight months out of the year with each other now."All seemed serene in the Royals' clubhouse before Thursday night's game against the Mariners."No big deal," Jacobs said.
Guillen and Jacobs went nose-to-nose outside the club's Seattle hotel after getting off the team bus on Wednesday night. Witnesses said they were arguing and were separated by teammates Miguel Olivo and Brayan Pena. There was a brief scuffle and witnesses said mediators Olivo and Pena were on the receiving end of errant blows.
Things quieted down immediately and the team entered the hotel without further incident.
"Just a misunderstanding. Obviously you don't want to have misunderstandings with a teammate but sometimes you do," Jacobs said. "It's OK. We kissed and made up."
Guillen, on the disabled list but traveling with the club, did not want to discuss the matter.
"Stuff happens," Guillen said. "We deal with that as professionals."
Manager Trey Hillman, who had already entered the hotel, declined to comment as did Olivo. Pena acknowledged getting in the middle of things.
"I was a peacemaker," he said.
Jacobs said he considered the incident with Guillen closed.
"We're all good. He's probably one of the closest guys on this team -- me and him are pretty close to each other," Jacobs said. "I chalk it up to one of those things like a misunderstanding with a brother or something like that. We're obviously spending seven, eight months out of the year with each other now."
All seemed serene in the Royals' clubhouse before Thursday night's game against the Mariners.
"No big deal," Jacobs said.
― Andy K, Friday, 28 August 2009 08:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Free Disco Hayes
http://www.kansascity.com/159/story/1412928.html
They call Chris Hayes “Disco” because he throws in the 70s.
― Andy K, Sunday, 30 August 2009 16:31 (fourteen years ago) link
* Z. Greinke Kansas City Royals* 9 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 5 K, Win* @ SEA | Final
― Andy K, Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Posnanski on an "LH" pitcher:
Since World War II ended there have been 16 pitchers who have made 25 starts in a season and put up an ERA higher than 6.50....
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/10/05/the-hochevar-principle/
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
from BP:
If the internet made crowd noises, the sabermetrics section would have belted out quite a cheer when Zack Greinke, upon winning his 2009 American League Cy Young Award, uttered, "That's how I try to pitch, to keep my FIP as low as possible."
― Feingold/Kaptur 2012 (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 13:26 (fourteen years ago) link
In any case, Gordon came up to the most extreme expectations and he struggled. Man, did he struggle. Gordon has always had this detached nature which suggests he doesn’t feel pressure, and he carried himself quietly through the worst of it. But underneath it all, I think it was just too much for him. His swing even now has a hole in it — it’s something he simply has to overcome and it’s a daily struggle –and in those early days pitchers just ate him up. The poor guy was hitting .173 in early June, and he’d struck out 55 times in 53 games, and he was taking it out to the field, and even though he still carried himself in that placid and even-tempered way that now marks him as one of the better players in baseball, you could tell: He was seriously lost.And then, at his low point, Zack Greinke came up to him.“Alex,” he said, and he pointed to the video room. “Follow me. I want to show you something.”Greinke’s teammates will tell you: The guy’s kind of a baseball savant. He is known for calling just how hard he will throw his curveball the next inning (“I’m going to try for 50 mph”). He sees things nobody else seems to see. Not too long ago, I was talking with Brandon McCarthy, who is one of the smartest guys in baseball himself, and he said that the coolest thing he can imagine doing is sitting next to Greinke during a game and just picking his mind, view the game through Zack’s eyes. Others have said the same. He will probably stay in baseball after he’s done.So Gordon was pretty excited when Greinke called him into the video room. He figured that Greinke must have found something in his swing, something small, some little flaw that he could fix and it would turn his entire season around. He followed Greinke to to the monitor. Greinke turned it on.The video was … yep: Zack Greinke hitting a home run. Greinke watched it lovingly and then turned back to Gordon.“Do more of that,” Zack said.
And then, at his low point, Zack Greinke came up to him.
“Alex,” he said, and he pointed to the video room. “Follow me. I want to show you something.”
Greinke’s teammates will tell you: The guy’s kind of a baseball savant. He is known for calling just how hard he will throw his curveball the next inning (“I’m going to try for 50 mph”). He sees things nobody else seems to see. Not too long ago, I was talking with Brandon McCarthy, who is one of the smartest guys in baseball himself, and he said that the coolest thing he can imagine doing is sitting next to Greinke during a game and just picking his mind, view the game through Zack’s eyes. Others have said the same. He will probably stay in baseball after he’s done.
So Gordon was pretty excited when Greinke called him into the video room. He figured that Greinke must have found something in his swing, something small, some little flaw that he could fix and it would turn his entire season around. He followed Greinke to to the monitor. Greinke turned it on.
The video was … yep: Zack Greinke hitting a home run. Greinke watched it lovingly and then turned back to Gordon.
“Do more of that,” Zack said.
http://joeposnanski.com/a-zack-greinke-story
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 October 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
he really is baseball's most loveable asshole
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 October 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
literally LOL
― na (NA), Thursday, 5 October 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
Zack Greinke, asked about his expectations for the home run derby: "I expect the home run derby will be boring and I'll leave early."— Ted Berg (@OGTedBerg) July 16, 2018
otm
― mookieproof, Monday, 16 July 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1FWATWX4AAnJvD.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 March 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1YkkSnXcAIgqbb.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 March 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
he's the Happy Gilmore of baseball
― frogbs, Monday, 11 March 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link
I think he is a shoe-in at this point and it's just a matter of padding stats.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 11 March 2019 17:13 (five years ago) link
Zack Greinke says he doesn't care about throwing a no-hitter. He'd rather not deal with the attention he'd get. "It'd be more of a hassle than anything."— Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan) June 14, 2019
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 June 2019 03:21 (four years ago) link
Zack Greinke made the All-Star team. Pregame, he had this exchange with the media:How does it feel?"It's nice."What was the reaction in the room?"Cheering."Would it mean more to you to start the game?"No, it wouldn't."Are you at a loss for words?"Good question."— Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan) June 30, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 July 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
don't remember this story from '15
https://www.bleachernation.com/baseballisfun/2015/12/19/that-time-zack-greinke-told-his-teammates-to-wash-their-hands-after-number-two/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 3 August 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
I'd have to check his game logs, but it feels like Greinke's had a four- or five-run lead every time he's set foot on the mound for the Astros.
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 September 2019 01:07 (four years ago) link
Greinke just threw Pujols a 63.1 MPH eephus.— Daren Willman (@darenw) September 21, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 21 September 2019 01:55 (four years ago) link
Checked his game logs...and I'm not even close.
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 September 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
just wanna say I love him for not giving a shit about a no-hitter
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 September 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/zack-greinke-brief-alds-press-conference
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 October 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
Slow and steady wins the race. On pitches slower than 70 MPH, Zack Greinke held opponents to a .078 BAA and a .130 SLG. pic.twitter.com/uDGfDM0es3— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) October 7, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 October 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
Pitching, Mental Game, Competitiveness: Zack Greinke vs. Chipotle pic.twitter.com/YrUJIhZSvH— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 25, 2019
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 October 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
Zack Greinke on the new extra-inning rule: "Not confident in my thoughts on it. I would lean towards I like. But that could change any moment."— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 8, 2020
― mookieproof, Saturday, 8 August 2020 06:50 (three years ago) link
August 12:
Zack Greinke, Calling his own pitch/Filthy Slider. pic.twitter.com/CzCyQ48H6T— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 13, 2020
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 23:01 (three years ago) link
With a guy on 2nd he’s indicating to his catcher which pitch in the sequence he wants. 2 can mean anything from 1st pitch, last, 2nd etc based on what they decide between innings— Phil Hughes (@PJHughes45) October 8, 2020
― ✖, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 00:49 (three years ago) link
he's done the thing where he's literally yelled the pitch before he threw it but that's not what this was
― ✖, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
"Sometimes I call the same pitch that I throw"-Zach Greinke, throwing his 2 pitch when he calls a 2
-Zach Greinke, throwing his 2 pitch when he calls a 2
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
"Most of the time it’s not the same pitch"-Zack Greinke, the next sentence
― ✖, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 02:37 (three years ago) link
lol guys
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 03:36 (three years ago) link
Zack Greinke said the only career milestones he pays attention to are 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases. "Then I got traded to the American League and that made it harder."— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 1, 2021
(he has nine of each)
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 March 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
Greinke sat in on Odorizzi's arbitration hearing, which was against the Rays, who had James Click at the table. Odorizzi models himself after Greinke and was traded for him.— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) March 9, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 17:37 (three years ago) link
The Astros had a “dress like Zack Greinke” day for their flight to Anaheim, according to Yuli Gurriel’s Instagram story. pic.twitter.com/eB7IrmIu7q— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) September 19, 2021
― mookieproof, Monday, 20 September 2021 02:10 (two years ago) link
never knew my wardrobe was greinke-core
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link
same, except for the whole foods bag (which i'm told is key)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 02:28 (two years ago) link
went to see greinke pitch opening day today, there were good vibes all around, royals fans were happy to see him back. it was cold and super windy and intermittently sprinkling with occasional snow flakes, but greinke was basically the only guy not wearing long sleeves under his uniform.
― circles, Friday, 8 April 2022 05:23 (two years ago) link
greinke has seven strikeouts in 28 innings
(and also a 2.57 ERA!)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 16:56 (one year ago) link
lol his bWAR is 1.1 and his fWAR is 0.3
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
I guess fwar assumes that if you’re not striking guys out, you must not be all that good?! (Tho his babip is pretty low and his lob% is a little high I don’t think that alone can explain a 0.3 WAR for a 2.57 ERA)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 17:11 (one year ago) link
Posnanski's column today is about Greinke and his strikeout rate:
https://joeposnanski.substack.com/p/zack-and-strikeouts-and-ten-who-missed?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
xp fWAR is primarily built on FIP which only factors in Ks, BBs and HRs
― ✖, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 17:52 (one year ago) link
is it actually that simple? i thought FIP took a whole bunch of defensive/park stuff into account too?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 18:17 (one year ago) link
fWAR itself does, along with things like catcher framing and infield pop-ups, but FIP is just those three things and that's the heart of it
― ✖, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
huh. just when you think you know a stat
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
Gausman is the anti-Greinke this year: he's given up a hit per inning, but with zero walks or HR, he easily leads pitchers in fWAR while not in the Top 10 in bWAR.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 22:04 (one year ago) link
Splitting the difference still seems like the best idea to me.
i respect greinke for what he's managed to do thus far, but regression is going to bury him
in any case i would MUCH rather have gausman -- no walks is cool, no homers is amazing
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 23:05 (one year ago) link
lmao
Another chapter in the book of Greinke(via @revive85KC) pic.twitter.com/kpty5SaYzG— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) June 27, 2022
― frogbs, Monday, 27 June 2022 02:52 (one year ago) link
If I was that guy I would both be 100% grateful for the experience and 100% pissed off at Zach Greinke. Maybe 101% grateful actually
― hrep (H.P), Monday, 27 June 2022 23:08 (one year ago) link
not certain i trust that dude's word for it, but if true that's a totally unfunny dick move
― mookieproof, Monday, 27 June 2022 23:51 (one year ago) link
Ross Stripling was recently chatting w/ Zack Greinke."Man, I really think the Blue Jays are using you right," Greinke said. Stripling asked what he meant. "They don't let you go through a third time," Greinke said. "That's perfect for you." "Thank you?" Stripling said. https://t.co/faVzziOlyP— Andy McCullough (@ByMcCullough) August 24, 2022
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 08:56 (one year ago) link
amazing
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 24 August 2022 13:57 (one year ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/news/zack-greinke-strikes-out-1000th-different-batter
Only ("only") 20th on the career K list--moving around a bit helps.
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 May 2023 02:13 (eleven months ago) link
Scherzer must be really close; Verlander, in the A.L. his whole career, probably not.
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 May 2023 02:16 (eleven months ago) link
Saw a post in one of these FB baseball groups that argued Greinke was hurting his HOF chances by hanging on too long and having a miserable season with a miserable team (possibly in search of 3,000 K). I assumed Greinke was already in, and therefore he couldn't hurt his chances--Carlton was terrible near the end, and of course it didn't matter--but for the sake of argument, assume Greinke's not a sure thing. Can a player hurt his HOF chances at the very end? It doesn't really make any difference to the career he's already had. I don't mean someone who peters out during the second half of his career, a big chunk like Fred Lynn or Dave Parker, but rather a 75-80% guy for the last year or two.
― clemenza, Monday, 21 August 2023 00:14 (seven months ago) link
nah i don't think so, i think there are clearly guys who didn't play like HOFers over a big chunk of their career (Griffey, Pujols, Ichiro, Frank Thomas to a lesser extent though he was probably at a lower tier HOF level when healthy) but Greinke was good enough recently to not be dinging his stats too much. I do think he's clearly on a lower level at least for consistency vs Kershaw, Scherzer, Verlander as far as pitchers go. I mean he's only had eight seasons outta twenty where he was above 4.0 bWAR. i could see him getting dinged more on that vs how he ended things this far down the line. he probably really will get in on the strength of those two huge peak years. If they were merely as good as his other "best" seasons, he'd be closer to an Ian Kinsler kinda guy.
― omar little, Monday, 21 August 2023 01:33 (seven months ago) link
I agree with Omar-- the case against Greinke is his lack of great, CY-caliber seasons, and this year doesn’t change that.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 21 August 2023 04:13 (seven months ago) link
I think he's a cinch too. Dollarama has been periodically putting these out the past few years for four or five dollars: I've bought three (and Scherzer, deGrom, Nelson Cruz, and Bumgarner).
https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/602407/files/390160/600x800x1/imports-dragon-mlb-figurine-zack-greinke.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 01:10 (seven months ago) link
He's 1-15 now. Assuming he really is done after this year, is the worst ever season by a probable HOFer?
Adam Wainwright is having a worse season but he's not a HOFer. Then again, if you take away Greinke's two best seasons, or even just knock them down a bit, then you get Wainwright's career more or less.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 10 September 2023 05:46 (seven months ago) link
he's been bad but 1-15 is beside the point
i mean he's only marginally better than replacement-level and can't strike anyone out but he's no 2014 jeter
― mookieproof, Sunday, 10 September 2023 05:53 (seven months ago) link
Carlton over his last two years was awful:
6-14, 5.740-1, 16.76
That last season, with the Twins, was only 9.2 IP, but still: 20 hits, 5 walks, 18 earned runs.
Together: 6-15, 6.40, 5.77 FIP, 1.707 WHIP. Putting W-L record aside, and just looking at one season--Carlton's 1987--I'd say Carlton was even worse.
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 September 2023 06:43 (seven months ago) link
I know that it's about more than the W-L record -- all his stats are awful -- but looking at the numbers, yes, Carlton was worse.
When I wrote my comment I was thinking about pitchers but if we also consider position players then wow, I'd forgotten how awful Jeter was.
I think there is more of a reason to keep sending a bad pitcher out there every fifth day because a lot of teams need somebody to eat innings. But with a bad position players, it really takes a perfect storm of awful player, awful contract, dim-witted nostalgia, oversized player ego, etc. to give him 634 (!) PA without feeling the need to turn him into a part-time player. Ichiro, for instance, was terrible his last few years but played part-time and rarely started.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 10 September 2023 09:26 (seven months ago) link
Niekro was really bad in his final year too, 7-13, 6.30 ERA, negative WAR for each of three different teams, but to be fair, he was 150 years old and Greinke is only 40.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 10 September 2023 09:31 (seven months ago) link
For position players, Willie Mays' last season with the Mets--only 239 PA--is a famous shell-of-himself season: .211/.303/.344. He was 3-10 in the postseason, but no XB hits and no walks.
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 September 2023 14:20 (seven months ago) link