Posts Tagged ‘Cliff Lee’

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Staff Report 2011: Phillies

by C. Sven Jenkins on February 18th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Posted In: Philadelphia Phillies, Staff Report 2011, Sven Jenkins

There are no secrets here. After the Philadelphia Phillies surprised the baseball community by signing Cliff Lee this off-season, the starting rotation has been compared to some of the best of all-time. Roy Halladay [2-seam fastball(89-95), cutter(87-92), curve(74-80), splitter(80-85)] Cliff Lee [fastball(87-93), cutter(84-89), curve(73-78), changeup(82-85)] Roy Oswalt [fastball(90-96), curve(66-80), slider(83-87), changeup(81-83)] Cole Hamels [fastball(87-96), changeup(77-85), […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Staff Report 2011: Indians

by C. Sven Jenkins on February 27th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Posted In: Cleveland Indians, Staff Report 2011, Sven Jenkins

It might feel like it was two decades ago, but in 2007 the Cleveland Indians played in the ALCS. Yeah, they really did. They were loaded with young talent and it looked like they were about to be making a long run of AL Central titles. The rotation was led by C.C. Sabathia, Fausto Carmona, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Is This Really Happening?: Jair Jurrjens

by C. Sven Jenkins on July 2nd, 2011 at 5:42 pm
Posted In: Atlanta Braves, Is This Really Happening?, Philadelphia Phillies, Sven Jenkins

Atlanta Braves‘ starting pitcher, Jair Jurrjens, threw a complete game shutout (as opposed to the rare non-complete game shutout) Friday night against the Baltimore Orioles. The shutout upped Jurrjens’ record to 11-3, and lowered his ERA to a major league best 1.89. Jair has even out-shined the Phillies’ trio of Doc Halladay, Cole Hamels, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Control vs. Command

by C. Sven Jenkins on August 17th, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Posted In: Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Sven Jenkins

In baseball, the terms ‘control’ and ‘command’ are thrown around quite often when talking about pitching. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the time, the players, announcers, and just about everyone else is using the term ‘command’ incorrectly. During a game, or on 60ft6in.com, you might hear, “Cliff Lee has ‘command’ of his cutter today” or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Five Month Cy Young Awards

by C. Sven Jenkins on September 1st, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Posted In: Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, San Francisco Giants, Sven Jenkins, Tampa Bay Rays

As the pitching in Major League Baseball continues to improve, or the hitting continues to decline, a number of pitchers have put together fantastic seasons so far in 2011. In the National League, I’m looking at a four man race between Clayton Kershaw, Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Cole Hamels for the Cy Young Award. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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$120 Million Duel: Cliff Lee vs. Matt Cain

by Josh Robbins on April 19th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Posted In: Factor12, Josh Robbins, Matchups, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, San Francisco Giants

If you watched last night’s Phillies/Giants game, you witnessed an epic pitching duel. Cliff Lee became the first pitcher in seven years to pitch 10 scoreless innings, making only 102 pitches.  Matt Cain matched the Phillies left-hander for 9 innings allowing just 2H/ 0R/ 1BB/ 4K while throwing just 91 pitches.  Neither pitcher factored in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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