Quick and dirty, here’s his release points from tonight (thanks to Brooks Baseball as always for the easy to grab Pitch f/x info). Compare to his last start. It moved a little bit horizontally and down just a tad. It seems to very slowly be getting back to where it was vertically Pre May 2008 [...]
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Chien-Ming Wang's Release Point Last Night
In last night’s game I’d rather not talk about (but will later on anyway), Chien-Ming Wang came up in pseudo mop-up duty. Since we already know that his release point changed at around the time he became less effective, I figured I’d take a look at it using the Brooks Baseball Pitch F/X tool. And [...]
Is Dave Eiland Right About Wang's Sinker?
After the last disaster of a start the Yankees got from Chien-Ming Wang, Dave Eiland said that he thought Wang’s sinker was better than it had been in his first two starts. Using the Pitch F/X tool provided by Brooks Baseball it’s pretty easy to check out how it was behaving for each start. So, [...]
Why I'm (A Little) Worried About Chien-Ming Wang
I am really fond of Chien-Ming Wang, as I think most Yankees fans who are not insane generally are. He’s the first starting pitcher the Yankees system has produced that has stayed with them since Andy Pettitte and he puzzles projection systems because he doesn’t strike out a lot of people (but he has very [...]
Yankees vs Braves (Spring Training Game – March 7th)
For various reasons (WBC, faulty hips) a lot of the starting lineup is missing, but there’s still pitchers to watch. Hideki Matsui is starting to get his time in, and will probably play again tomorrow for his first back-to-back games this year. Chien-Ming Wang – 3IP, 3H, 1R, 1HR, 0BB, 2K, 5GO, 2AO Today marked [...]
Yankees vs Team USA – Spring Training Exhibition
Today’s matchup was interesting, because it gave the pitchers for the Yankees some looks at real upper level big league talent. Some of them fared better than others (which makes sense, as a few of them spent the whole year at AA). Phil Hughes – 2.2IP, 3H, 2R, 0BB, 2K, 0HR, 3AO, 3GO A good [...]
Today's Pitching Lines
Today’s game wasn’t televised so I have no astute observations about how anyone looked outside of the pitching lines: Chien-Ming Wang – 2.0IP, 2H, 0R, 0HR, 0BB, 0K, 2GO, 4AO I really do not like that GO: AO ratio, but I’m not going to worry about it yet. Brett Tomko – 2.0IP, 1H, 1R, 1HR, [...]
Brian Bruney – Losing Weight and Walks
Remember last year when Brian Bruney showed up at Spring Training and everyone was amazed because he looked like a completely different person? Well, according to the Daily News he’s lost even more weight. Bruney, who figures to be an important part of the Yankee bullpen this season, lost about 16 pounds over the winter, [...]
Andy Close To Re-Signing
Seeing this all over the place now, but here’s this particular quote is from the AP: Andy Pettitte and the Yankees are closing in on a one-year contract that would bring the left-hander back to New York. A person familiar with the negotiations said the agreement could be reached later Monday. The person spoke on condition [...]
Feeling Out The 2009 Rotation
Although it’s not set in stone as the fifth starter is to be determined, enough is in place that we can start to check out what the 2009 rotation is going to look like. I don’t really believe in assigning numbers as an indicator of quality, especially given what the Yankees are going to have [...]
