Clay Buchholz

Factor12 Top50 thru 5/20

by C. Sven Jenkins on May 20, 2013 at 2:42 pm
Posted In: Factor12, Josh Robbins, Sabermetrics, Sven Jenkins
RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12
1 Matt Harvey 24 63.67 32.993
2 Adam Wainwright 31 64.67 32.103
3 Clayton Kershaw* 25 64.33 31.563
4 Felix Hernandez 27 69.67 31.468
5 Jordan Zimmermann 27 66.67 30.950
6 Clay Buchholz 28 65.67 30.814
7 Shelby Miller 22 51.33 30.796
8 Yu Darvish 26 60.67 30.495
9 Hisashi Iwakuma 32 58.67 30.494
10 A.J. Burnett 36 63.00 30.369
11 Anibal Sanchez 29 55.33 30.077
12 James Shields 31 66.00 29.748
13 Chris Sale* 24 64.00 29.680
14 Justin Masterson 28 70.00 29.666
15 Max Scherzer 28 54.33 29.253
16 Drew Smyly* 24 28.00 29.215
17 Cliff Lee* 34 63.67 28.948
18 Hiroki Kuroda 38 58.67 28.868
19 Madison Bumgarner* 23 58.33 28.802
20 Jon Lester* 29 59.67 28.770
21 Doug Fister 29 54.67 28.622
22 Justin Wilson* 25 25.67 28.584
23 Justin Verlander 30 54.00 28.519
24 Patrick Corbin* 23 53.33 28.517
25 Homer Bailey 27 58.33 28.468
26 Mark Melancon 28 23.00 28.420
27 Mike Minor* 25 58.33 28.304
28 Derek Holland* 26 60.00 28.289
29 Stephen Strasburg 24 57.33 27.894
30 Ervin Santana 30 55.33 27.861
31 Travis Wood* 26 60.33 27.837
32 Jake Peavy 32 51.67 27.802
33 Lance Lynn 26 55.00 27.726
34 Ryan Webb 27 24.33 27.536
35 Jeff Samardzija 28 56.67 27.491
36 Mat Latos 25 58.67 27.387
37 Alex Cobb 25 53.00 27.345
38 Ricky Nolasco 30 61.33 27.202
39 Kyle Kendrick 28 60.67 27.056
40 Tommy Milone* 26 57.00 27.034
41 Bronson Arroyo 36 60.33 27.021
42 Hyun-jin Ryu* 26 55.33 27.019
43 Trevor Cahill 25 58.00 26.856
44 CC Sabathia* 32 59.33 26.856
45 Matt Moore* 24 55.00 26.811
46 Jose Fernandez 20 44.00 26.484
47 Scott Feldman 30 49.33 26.290
48 Paul Maholm* 31 54.00 26.268
49 Bartolo Colon 40 47.33 26.219
50 Kyle Lohse 34 55.00 26.084
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60ft6in is here to help Bob Walk

by C. Sven Jenkins on May 19, 2013 at 5:41 pm
Posted In: Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sven Jenkins

I got some love for the website on Tuesday night when my Tweet was used on the Pirates broadcast on ROOT Sports.  Announcers Greg Brown and Bob Walk couldn’t figure out why Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke came out of the dugout to talk to the home plate umpire after a strikeout.

“It definitely wasn’t a foul ball.  Could that be what they were arguing about?” – Walk

“I have no idea.” – Brown

I noticed catcher Russell Martin had played the ball with his mask, and knew that must have been the reason, so I let them know via Twitter.  I can’t believe this Twitter thing actually works.

Tweet Pit Broadcast 60ft6in

I’m running this broadcast.

Tweet Pit Broadcast 60ft6in 2

Martin playing the ball with his mask. He used the mask to help scoop the ball, then tagged the batter to complete a strikeout. The batter should have been awarded first base, but no one saw it.

They ended up talking about my Tweet for two batters….

“Great work by our Tweeter because this Tweeter saw something we did not.” – Brown

“Very sharp eyes on the Tweeter.” – Walk

Pat myself on the back….

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James Shields

Factor12 Top50 thru 5/18

by C. Sven Jenkins on May 19, 2013 at 4:52 pm
Posted In: Factor12, Josh Robbins, Sabermetrics, Sven Jenkins
RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12
1 Matt Harvey 24 63.67 33.121
2 Adam Wainwright 31 64.67 32.236
3 Felix Hernandez 27 64.67 31.988
4 Clayton Kershaw* 25 64.33 31.688
5 Jordan Zimmermann 27 66.67 31.062
6 Clay Buchholz 28 65.67 30.934
7 Shelby Miller 22 51.33 30.904
8 Yu Darvish 26 60.67 30.636
9 Hisashi Iwakuma 32 58.67 30.611
10 A.J. Burnett 36 63.00 30.500
11 Anibal Sanchez 29 55.33 30.198
12 James Shields 31 66.00 29.872
13 Chris Sale* 24 64.00 29.801
14 Derek Holland* 26 55.33 29.415
15 Max Scherzer 28 54.33 29.376
16 Drew Smyly* 24 28.00 29.295
17 Cliff Lee* 34 63.67 29.062
18 Hiroki Kuroda 38 58.67 28.961
19 Madison Bumgarner* 23 58.33 28.915
20 Doug Fister 29 50.00 28.885
21 Jon Lester* 29 59.67 28.875
22 Justin Wilson* 25 25.67 28.643
23 Justin Verlander 30 54.00 28.623
24 Patrick Corbin* 23 53.33 28.603
25 Justin Masterson 28 63.00 28.496
26 Stephen Strasburg 24 57.33 27.999
27 Ervin Santana 30 55.33 27.962
28 Travis Wood* 26 53.33 27.930
29 Jake Peavy 32 45.67 27.913
30 Lance Lynn 26 55.00 27.826
31 Homer Bailey 27 51.33 27.789
32 Jeff Samardzija 28 56.67 27.603
33 Ryan Webb 27 24.33 27.585
34 Mike Minor* 25 52.33 27.505
35 Mat Latos 25 58.67 27.493
36 Mark Melancon 28 22.00 27.464
37 Alex Cobb 25 53.00 27.450
38 Kyle Kendrick 28 60.67 27.153
39 Tommy Milone* 26 57.00 27.139
40 Hyun-jin Ryu* 26 55.33 27.122
41 Bronson Arroyo 36 60.33 27.117
42 CC Sabathia* 32 59.33 26.965
43 Trevor Cahill 25 58.00 26.942
44 Jose Fernandez 20 44.00 26.568
45 Scott Feldman 30 49.33 26.371
46 Paul Maholm* 31 54.00 26.357
47 Bartolo Colon 40 47.33 26.302
48 Matt Moore* 24 48.00 26.200
49 Jaime Garcia* 26 55.33 26.122
50 Brandon McCarthy 29 57.00 26.049
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Yu Darvish GIF

Factor12 Top50 thru 5/17

by C. Sven Jenkins on May 18, 2013 at 5:05 pm
Posted In: Factor12, Josh Robbins, Sabermetrics, Sven Jenkins
RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12
1 Matt Harvey 24 63.67 33.169
2 Adam Wainwright 31 64.67 32.287
3 Felix Hernandez 27 64.67 32.037
4 Clayton Kershaw* 25 64.33 31.734
5 Anibal Sanchez 29 52.67 31.692
6 Clay Buchholz 28 65.67 30.977
7 Shelby Miller 22 51.33 30.940
8 Yu Darvish 26 60.67 30.688
9 Jordan Zimmermann 27 58.67 30.653
10 Hisashi Iwakuma 32 58.67 30.652
11 A.J. Burnett 36 56.00 30.053
12 James Shields 31 66.00 29.916
13 Chris Sale* 24 64.00 29.843
14 Derek Holland* 26 55.33 29.449
15 Max Scherzer 28 54.33 29.419
16 Drew Smyly* 24 24.67 29.277
17 Cliff Lee* 34 63.67 29.100
18 Hiroki Kuroda 38 58.67 28.990
19 Madison Bumgarner* 23 58.33 28.953
20 Doug Fister 29 50.00 28.912
21 Jon Lester* 29 59.67 28.909
22 Justin Wilson* 25 25.67 28.667
23 Justin Verlander 30 54.00 28.657
24 Patrick Corbin* 23 53.33 28.628
25 Justin Masterson 28 63.00 28.532
26 Stephen Strasburg 24 57.33 28.033
27 Lance Lynn 26 50.00 28.032
28 Travis Wood* 26 53.33 27.952
29 Jake Peavy 32 45.67 27.943
30 Kyle Kendrick 28 54.67 27.936
31 Homer Bailey 27 51.33 27.820
32 Jeff Samardzija 28 56.67 27.639
33 Ervin Santana 30 48.33 27.628
34 Mike Minor* 25 52.33 27.533
35 Mat Latos 25 58.67 27.526
36 Alex Cobb 25 53.00 27.482
37 Mark Melancon 28 21.00 27.260
38 Hyun-jin Ryu* 26 55.33 27.154
39 Anthony Swarzak 27 24.33 27.127
40 CC Sabathia* 32 59.33 27.000
41 Trevor Cahill 25 58.00 26.967
42 Tommy Milone* 26 51.00 26.842
43 Ryan Webb 27 23.00 26.822
44 Jose Fernandez 20 44.00 26.588
45 Ryan Dempster 36 48.00 26.423
46 Paul Maholm* 31 54.00 26.382
47 Bartolo Colon 40 47.33 26.325
48 Matt Moore* 24 48.00 26.222
49 Jaime Garcia* 26 55.33 26.149
50 Bronson Arroyo 36 52.67 26.142
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Jordan Zimmermann

Factor12 Top50 thru 5/16

by C. Sven Jenkins on May 17, 2013 at 11:18 am
Posted In: Factor12, Josh Robbins, Sabermetrics, Sven Jenkins
RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12
1 Matt Harvey 24 56.33 32.512
2 Adam Wainwright 31 64.67 32.409
3 Felix Hernandez 27 64.67 32.154
4 Clayton Kershaw* 25 64.33 31.847
5 Anibal Sanchez 29 52.67 31.800
6 Shelby Miller 22 51.33 31.035
7 Clay Buchholz 28 58.67 30.884
8 Yu Darvish 26 60.67 30.815
9 Hisashi Iwakuma 32 58.67 30.755
10 Jordan Zimmermann 27 58.67 30.739
11 A.J. Burnett 36 56.00 30.161
12 Madison Bumgarner* 23 53.67 29.686
13 Derek Holland* 26 55.33 29.539
14 James Shields 31 58.00 29.534
15 Max Scherzer 28 54.33 29.528
16 Drew Smyly* 24 24.00 29.007
17 Jon Lester* 29 59.67 29.001
18 Doug Fister 29 50.00 28.992
19 Cliff Lee* 34 56.67 28.848
20 Justin Verlander 30 54.00 28.749
21 Patrick Corbin* 23 53.33 28.702
22 Chris Sale* 24 56.33 28.644
23 Justin Masterson 28 63.00 28.628
24 Justin Wilson* 25 24.67 28.618
25 Stephen Strasburg 24 57.33 28.124
26 Lance Lynn 26 50.00 28.112
27 Jake Peavy 32 45.67 28.029
28 Travis Wood* 26 53.33 28.019
29 Kyle Kendrick 28 54.67 28.015
30 Mark Melancon 28 21.00 27.931
31 Homer Bailey 27 51.33 27.906
32 Hiroki Kuroda 38 50.67 27.747
33 Jeff Samardzija 28 56.67 27.736
34 Ervin Santana 30 48.33 27.706
35 Mat Latos 25 58.67 27.617
36 Mike Minor* 25 52.33 27.613
37 Alex Cobb 25 53.00 27.572
38 Hyun-jin Ryu* 26 50.33 27.247
39 Anthony Swarzak 27 24.33 27.183
40 CC Sabathia* 32 59.33 27.096
41 Kevin Slowey 29 49.33 26.934
42 Tommy Milone* 26 51.00 26.925
43 Jose Fernandez 20 44.00 26.655
44 Ryan Dempster 36 48.00 26.511
45 Jaime Garcia* 26 50.00 26.434
46 Trevor Cahill 25 50.00 26.416
47 Bartolo Colon 40 47.33 26.392
48 Paul Maholm* 31 48.00 26.374
49 Matt Moore* 24 48.00 26.292
50 Edgmer Escalona 26 23.33 26.288
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Shelby Miller

Factor12 Top50 thru 5/15

by C. Sven Jenkins on May 16, 2013 at 10:28 am
Posted In: Factor12, Josh Robbins, Sabermetrics, Sven Jenkins
RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12
1 Matt Harvey 24 56.33 32.548
2 Felix Hernandez 27 64.67 32.195
3 Adam Wainwright 31 58.67 31.901
4 Clayton Kershaw* 25 64.33 31.886
5 Anibal Sanchez 29 52.67 31.837
6 Shelby Miller 22 51.33 31.069
7 Clay Buchholz 28 58.67 30.917
8 Yu Darvish 26 52.67 30.846
9 Hisashi Iwakuma 32 58.67 30.791
10 Jordan Zimmermann 27 58.67 30.770
11 A.J. Burnett 36 56.00 30.199
12 Justin Verlander 30 51.33 30.065
13 Madison Bumgarner* 23 53.67 29.719
14 Derek Holland* 26 55.33 29.571
15 James Shields 31 58.00 29.568
16 Max Scherzer 28 54.33 29.566
17 Drew Smyly* 24 24.00 29.040
18 Jon Lester* 29 59.67 29.034
19 Doug Fister 29 50.00 29.021
20 Cliff Lee* 34 56.67 28.880
21 Patrick Corbin* 23 53.33 28.730
22 Chris Sale* 24 56.33 28.676
23 Justin Masterson 28 63.00 28.662
24 Justin Wilson* 25 23.33 28.258
25 Mark Melancon 28 21.00 28.146
26 Lance Lynn 26 50.00 28.142
27 Jake Peavy 32 45.67 28.061
28 Travis Wood* 26 53.33 28.045
29 Kyle Kendrick 28 54.67 28.045
30 Homer Bailey 27 51.33 27.938
31 Hiroki Kuroda 38 50.67 27.773
32 Jeff Samardzija 28 56.67 27.770
33 Ervin Santana 30 48.33 27.735
34 Mike Minor* 25 52.33 27.643
35 Stephen Strasburg 24 49.33 27.382
36 Hyun-jin Ryu* 26 50.33 27.278
37 Anthony Swarzak 27 24.33 27.213
38 CC Sabathia* 32 59.33 27.130
39 Kevin Slowey 29 49.33 26.961
40 Tommy Milone* 26 51.00 26.956
41 Mat Latos 25 50.33 26.918
42 Alex Cobb 25 46.67 26.677
43 Ryan Dempster 36 48.00 26.543
44 Jaime Garcia* 26 50.00 26.461
45 Trevor Cahill 25 50.00 26.442
46 Matt Reynolds* 28 19.67 26.440
47 Bartolo Colon 40 47.33 26.418
48 Paul Maholm* 31 48.00 26.400
49 Jhoulys Chacin 25 36.67 26.378
50 Jose Fernandez 20 37.00 26.335
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Felix Hernandez

King Felix Needs to Pitch More

by Josh Robbins on May 15, 2013 at 10:57 pm
Posted In: Josh Robbins, Seattle Mariners

Why is the Seattle Mariners organization babying Felix Hernandez in 2013?  Manager Eric Wedge has pulled “The King” from his past five starts between 93-97 pitches.

Felix HernandezThe right-hander signed a seven-year contract extension with an average annual value (AAV) of 25-million dollars.  Perhaps, this has something to do with the quick hook or is it something else?

On Opening Day, the Mariners ace threw a 109 pitches in 7.67 IP against the Oakland Athletics.  During his next three starts, Hernandez tossed 108, 113, and 106 pitches covering 21 IP.  Why did Hernandez throw more pitches right out of Spring Training than in his most recent starts?  This makes no sense.

Hernandez averages only 14.17 Pit/IP this season, which equates to 127 pitches per nine innings.  The right-hander has worked in the eighth inning in 5 of 9 starts, resulting in under usage of the franchise’s greatest asset.

It is hard to argue with the results.  During his first nine starts, Hernandez has posted a 5-2 record, 1.53 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, and +54 SO-BB.  However, Tuesday’s loss against the New York Yankees could have been avoided with another inning of work from Seattle’s finest hurler.

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Mariano Rivera

Another Record for Mariano Rivera?

by Josh Robbins on May 15, 2013 at 10:17 am
Posted In: History, Josh Robbins, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees

For all the accomplishments achieved by Mariano Rivera, one record eludes him, the single-season saves record.

Rivera GirardiGenerally, I consider the ‘SAVE’ statistic to be the most overrated number in baseball. However, the final season in the illustrious career of the greatest closer ever should warrant a new standard.

Francisco Rodriguez established the current MLB-record of 62 saves during the 2008 season for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.  “K-Rod” set the mark by converting ninety-percent (62 of 69) of his save opportunities.

In 2013, the New York Yankees have played 39 games, 24.1% of the schedule.  Rivera has tallied 16 saves (16 opportunities) and currently is on pace for 66 saves.  This total is not outlandish considering ‘The Sandman” is retiring and there is little reason to withhold his workload.  Manager Joe Girardi should not abuse his trusted stalwart but there is history to accomplish.

From 1997-2011, Rivera averaged 64 appearances and 40 saves per season.  These are standard season totals for the modern closer (there have been 106 40-save seasons since 1997), except the legendary right-hander has accomplished this over 15 years, showing great durability.

The likes of number 42 will never be seen again and a new single-season saves record would cap the greatest relief-pitching career in history.

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