Sunday, July 12, 2009

Score: 7/12 CIN @ NYM: NYM Pitchers

1) Mike Pelfrey: 115 pitches. 4 strikes swinging. 3 on Fastballs (1st, 5th, 7th), Slider (5th)
  • Pelfrey came from a high 3/4 release and showed a fastball with good run in on righties and good sink, a 2-7 slider with some bite and a curve that is just a little slower and has okay depth.

1st: FB (90-94), SL (83-84)

2nd: FB (90-93), SL (83-84), CB (76)

3rd: FB (91-94), SL (82)

4th: FB (90-93), SL (81-83)

5th: FB (88-94), SL (81-87), CB (78)

6th: FB (91-94), SL (84), CB (77)

7th: FB (91-94), SL (80)

2) Sean Green: 9 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

  • Green is a sidearming righty who showed a fastball with good run in on righties with good sink and a frisbee 3-8 slider with good bite.

8th: FB (88-91), SL (73-75)

3) Pedro Feliciano: 7 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

  • Feliciano is a sidearming lefty who showed a fastball with a little late run in on lefties and a cutter with some cut and sink.

8th: FB (86-89), Cut (81)

4) Bobby Parnell: 23 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. 3 Fastballs.

  • Parnell came from an over the top release and showed a 2-7 slider with some bite and a fastball with a little run in on righties.

8th: FB (95-99), SL (85-89)

5) Francisco Rodriguez: 24 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. 2 on Changeups, Fastball.

  • K-Rod came from an over the top release and showed a fastball with some run in on righties, a change with excellent dive and a big breaking 12-6 curve with good depth.

9th: FB (90-95), CB (80), CU (83-89)

Score: 7/12 CIN @ NYM: CIN Pitchers

1) Aaron Harang: 74 pitches. 5 strikes swinging. 3 on Sliders (2 in 2nd, 3rd), Fastball (3rd), Changeup (3rd)
  • Harang is a 6-7, 260 pound righty. The 31 year old has a big frame that is maxed out. He comes from an over the top release. His fastball has some run in on righties with good sink. His change moves like a fastball with more sink. His slider is a 2-7 pitch with good bite while his curve is a 12-6 big breaker with good depth. Would say he is a # 3 starter.

1st: FB (86-90), SL (78-80), CU (79)

2nd: FB (86-90), SL (80-83), CU (79-81)

3rd: FB (86-92), SL (78-84), CU (80-83), CB (72-73)

2) Josh Roenicke: 26 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Cutter.

  • He came from a high 3/4 release and showed a fastball with some run in on righties and a little sink and a cutter with solid cut that can move like a 2-7 slider at times.

4th: FB (92-95), Cut (84-87)

3) Danny Ray Herrera: 2 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

  • Herrera is a 5-6, 165 pound lefty. The 24 year old has a small frame that can add a little more muscle. He comes from a 3/4 release with a 9-4 slider with good bite and a fastball with some run in on lefties. Solid LOOGY, but more of a # 2 lefty in a pen.

4th: FB (80), SL (73)

4) Robert Manuel: 39 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Fastball (5th)

  • Manuel is a 6-3, 205 pound righty. The 26 year old has a big frame that can get up to at least 220. He come from over the top with a little herky jerk release. He separates hands quickly and seems to try and put his lead leg on the ground as fast as possible. His fastball has a little run in on righties. His change has good sink and a little fade from lefties. His slider is a 2-7 with some bite. Extra (4-A) arm.

5th: FB (84-87), SL (81), CU (76-82)

6th: FB (84-87), SL (78-81), CU (79-82)

5) Dave Weathers: 19 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Slider.

  • Weathers came from an over the top release and showed a fastball with some run in on righties, a changeup with good fade from lefties with sink and a 2-7 slider with solid bite.

7th: FB (86-89), SL (82-83), CU (83-84)

6) Nick Masset: 5 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

  • Masset came from an over the top release and showed a fastball with some run in on righties and quickly dispatched the Mets in the 8th.

8th: FB (92-96)

Chart Observations: CLE @ DET

1) Carl Pavano: 101 pitches. 9 strikes swinging. 5 on Fastballs (1st, 2 in 4th, 5th, 6th), 3 on Sliders (3rd, 4th, 5th) and a Changeup (2nd)
  • Pavano came from an over the top release and showed a 2-seam fastball with good sink and run in on righties, a 2-7 slider with good bite and a change with excellent fade from lefties with above average sink. Can over throw the change at times and may mix in a hard splitter as well (to account for some changes thrown in the 87-88 range).

1st: FB (88-91), CU (81-83)

2nd: FB (89-92), CU (80-82)

3rd: FB (89-92), CU (82-84), SL (85-87)

4th: FB (91-93), CU (80-87), SL (85)

5th: FB (91-93), CU (88), SL (84-86)

6th: FB (90-92), CU (80-83), SL (82-85)

7th: FB (89-90), CU (79-80), SL (84)

8th: FB (88-90), CU (81-85), SL (82-83)

2) Kerry Wood: 14 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Fastball.

  • Wood came from an over the top release and showed a straight 4-seam fastball, a cutter with okay cut and some sink and a big breaking 12-6 curve with good depth.

9th: FB (93-98), Cut (88-91), CB (79)

3) Armando Galarraga: 103 pitches. 8 strikes swinging. 6 on Sliders (2nd, 3rd, 2 in 4th, 2 in 6th), a Changeup (3rd) and Fastball (2nd)

  • He came from a 3/4 release and showed a 2-seam fastball with some run in on righties and a little sink, a 2-7 slider with some bite and a change with some fade from lefties and sink. His slider is his out pitch. He is no better then a back of the rotation starter.

1st: FB (85-92), SL (84-87), CU (84-87)

2nd: FB (89-92), SL (82-88), CU (86-87)

3rd: FB (87-92), SL (82-87), CU (85-87)

4th: FB (89-92), SL (82-86)

5th: FB (86-89), SL (85), CU (84-86)

6th: FB (91-92), SL (82-87), CU (82-86)

7th: FB (88-91), SL (85-87), CU (84-87)

4) Fu Te Ni: 12 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

  • Ni is a 6-0, 170 pound lefty. The 26 year old has a medium frame that can add a little more muscle. He comes from a 3/4 release with a slinging arm action. His fastball has good late run in on lefties. His change has some fade from righties with good sink. His slider is a loopy 11-4 with solid bite. His FB/CU and SL come out of his hand differently, as the FB/CU moves towards the plate 1st and his slider moves up a tad first. Extra arm.

7th: FB (89-90), SL (79), CU (80)

8th: FB (90-91), SL (76-79)

5) Freddy Dolsi: 26 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Changeup (9th)

  • Dolsi came from an over the top release and showed a fastball with good run in on righties, a sharp 2-7 slider with good bite and a change with above average fade from lefties with a little sink. He struggles to find the release point for his slider, throwing one 40 feet then throwing the next at a righties head. Dolsi has good control, but below average command, constantly missing spots.

8th: FB (94-96), SL (84-88), CU (87)

9th: FB (93-95), SL (85), CU (86-88)

Score Observation (7/11): KC @ BOS: BOS Pitchers

1) John Smoltz: 97 pitches. 9 strikes swinging. 7 on Sliders (1st, 2 in 3rd, 4th, 3 in 5th), Fastball (2nd), Splitter (2nd)
  • Smoltz is a 6-3, 220 pound righty. The 42 year old has a big frame that is maxed out. He comes from a high 3/4 release. His fastball has some run in on righties. His slider is a sharp 2-7 will good bite that is very tight. His splitter has okay dive. He struggled to command his fastball in the zone. His slider is back to where it was with the Braves, as was his fastball velocity, he just needs a little more fine tuning.

1st: FB (91-94), SL (86-88), Split (86-87)

2nd: FB (91-92), SL (83-87), Split (86)

3rd: FB (91-93), SL (85-87)

4th: FB (91-93), SL (84-86), Split (86-87)

5th: FB (90-92), SL (83-86), Split (86)

2) Justin Masterson: 25 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

  • Masterson came from a 3/4 release and showed a fastball with good run in on righties with sink and a loopy 3-8 slider he uses as a get-me over pitch and a sharper one as a strikeout pitch. He battled his command and left quite a few sliders and sinkers over the middle of the plate.

6th: FB (90-96), SL (82-87)

3) Manny Delcarmen: 10 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

  • Delcarmen came from an over the top release and showed a fastball with some run in on righties, a change with some late fade from lefties with sink and a 12-6 curve with okay depth.

6th: FB (91-96), CU (80), CB (78)

4) Hideki Okajima: 23 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Fastball (7th)

  • Okajima came from an over the top release and showed a fastball with a little run in on righties, a sharp 12-6 curve with solid depth and a split with okay dive. Gets by on deception more then stuff now.

6th: FB (88-89), CB (77)

7th: FB (88-89), CB (76-77), Split (83-84)

5) Daniel Bard: 30 pitches. 4 strikes swinging. 3 on Fastballs (3 in 8th) and a Slider (7th)

  • Bard came from a high 3/4 and showed a pretty straight 4-seam fastball and a sharp 2-7 slider with good bite.

7th: FB (98-99), SL (84-85)

8th: FB (96-99), SL (85-86)

6) Takashi Saito: 10 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Slider

  • Saito came from a high 3/4 release and showed a 2-7 slider with solid bite, a fastball that was pretty straight and a split with some dive.

9th: FB (92-93), SL (82-83), Split (89)

Score Observations (7/11) KC @ BOS: KC Pitchers

1) Gil Meche: 87 pitches. 4 strikes swinging. 2 on Curveballs (2nd, 3rd), Cutter (1st), Changeup (2nd)
  • Meche is a 6-3, 215 pound righty. The 30 year old has a medium frame that can add a little more muscle. He comes from a high 3/4, almost over the top release. His fastball has some run in on righties. His curve is a 1-7 with good depth. His cutter has good cut and some sink. His chnage has some fade from lefties with sink. His curve is sharp and can be an out pitch. His main issue right now is command, as he is just leaving too many pitches in the middle of the plate (especially the cutter) and his defense is failing to help him.

1st: FB (93-95), Cut (88-90), CU (86), CB (77-80)

2nd: FB (94-96), Cut (89-91), CU (87-89), CB (71-81)

3rd: FB (91-94), Cut (87-89), CU (87), CB (79)

4th: FB (91-92), Cut (84-85), CU (81), CB (71-78)

2) Ron Mahay: 34 pitches. 4 strikes swinging. 3 on Changeups (2 in 4th, 5th), Fastball (4th)

  • Mahay came from an over the top release and showed a change with some fade from righties and sink that he will throw to lefties, a fastball with some run in on lefties and a 11-4 slider with late bite.

4th: FB (90-91), CU (84-85)

5th: FB (90-92), CU (85-86), SL (84)

6th: FB (90-92), CU (85-86)

3) Jamey Wright: 32 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Fastball.

  • Wright came from a high 3/4 release and showed a fastball with some run in on righties, a sharp 12-7 curve with good depth and a cutter with some cut and sink.

7th: FB (91-94), Cut (88-89), CB (79-80)

4) Roman Colon: 39 pitches. 5 strikes swinging. 3 on Sliders (7th, 2 in 8th), 2 on Fastballs (7th, 8th)

  • Colon came from an over the top release with a straight 4-seam fastball and a sharp 2-7 slider with good bite. His splitter had okay dive.

7th: FB (94-96), SL (82-84)

8th: FB (94-96), SL (81-84), Split (88)