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Gurriel hit an absolute bomb 440 feet

I live in Scottsdale, landed in my front yard.

Good lesson for up and comers, doesn't matter how hard you throw, big leaguers will feast if you dont pitch/locate

Good ol Jake Woodford gives up 5 runs in 11th and San Diego prevails

Happens.

Newton's Third Law

Baseball Savant wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 00:21 am Good ol Jake Woodford gives up 5 runs in 11th and San Diego prevails

Hmm, I remember a poster on here who used to try and tell us frequently Woodford was good and needed to be in the rotation.

Baseball Savant wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 00:21 am Good ol Jake Woodford gives up 5 runs in 11th and San Diego prevails

Woodford was one of the slugs Cranny listed in his annual list of “up and coming” players.

Bomber1 wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 08:03 am

Baseball Savant wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 00:21 am Good ol Jake Woodford gives up 5 runs in 11th and San Diego prevails

Woodford was one of the slugs Cranny listed in his annual list of “up and coming” players.

Was the starting pitcher in the AAA All Star game several years ago. You forgot to mention that, Bomber.

Cranny wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 08:59 am

Bomber1 wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 08:03 am

Baseball Savant wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 00:21 am Good ol Jake Woodford gives up 5 runs in 11th and San Diego prevails

Woodford was one of the slugs Cranny listed in his annual list of “up and coming” players.

Was the starting pitcher in the AAA All Star game several years ago. You forgot to mention that, Bomber.

I learned something today:
1. There’s a AAA All-Star Game.
2. Someone cares about it.

Jobu's Rum wrote: ↑05 Aug 2025 23:57 pm I live in Scottsdale, landed in my front yard.

Good lesson for up and comers, doesn't matter how hard you throw, big leaguers will feast if you dont pitch/locate

When the Cardinals faced him a couple of days ago, Miller couldn't land a breaking pitch or secondary offering.

Like Helsley this year, hitters can just sit on that fastball. Spit on anything else unless he hangs one.

Miller is a couple of ticks faster than Helsley. But professional hitters can still hit a fastball even at 104 mph.

Can he vary shape and speed to throw hitters off? Anyway he's having a good season. So most things are working for him.

Cranny loves his clean cut hard working white guys.

JohnnyMO wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 09:16 am Cranny loves his clean cut hard working white guys.

They’re like oxygen to a good chunk of Cardinal Nation.

JohnnyMO wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 09:16 am Cranny loves his clean cut hard working white guys.

Although… was he (or Hudson) really working that hard? I never saw anything about them visiting pitching labs to work on pitch shape / spin / design to try to figure out how to miss bats.

They both looked the part of innings eating mid-back of the rotation starters but never did anything development wise to get there. Some of that is obviously on the organization for being nearly a decade behind the industry in pitching development.

Cranny wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 08:59 am

Bomber1 wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 08:03 am

Baseball Savant wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 00:21 am Good ol Jake Woodford gives up 5 runs in 11th and San Diego prevails

Woodford was one of the slugs Cranny listed in his annual list of “up and coming” players.

Was the starting pitcher in the AAA All Star game several years ago. You forgot to mention that, Bomber.

Yay for Jake.

He has a ML career:
10-15 record
4.97 ERA
-.9 WAR

You forgot to mention that Cranny.

Would’ve been nice to actually include a link in the OP…

https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/video/lourd ... ing-homer

Baseball Savant wrote: ↑05 Aug 2025 23:50 pm Gurriel hit an absolute bomb 440 feet

Sounds like the Jordan Hicks Experience.

Sweet Jones wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025 11:26 am

Baseball Savant wrote: ↑05 Aug 2025 23:50 pm Gurriel hit an absolute bomb 440 feet

Sounds like the Jordan Hicks Experience.

It’s not. He’s averaged over 13 K/9 (204 K in 138 IP) so far in his career.

Hicks is at 8.8/9 for his career (9.2 as a RP)