Blue Jays GDT: (2016 v22) Next: @ CLE| Sun, Aug 21| 1pmET/10amPT | Stroman vs Kluber

[Rysto]

On the subject of 'struck out the side', we got a very interesting example a couple of innings ago when Stroman had 3Ks but one reached, and the other out was a ground out.

 

[canucksfan]

I know Clemens did it as a Jay but are there any other pitchers to have 4 SOs in an inning? Morrow?

 

[ShaneFalco]

It wasn't a pick, it was a scratch

 

[ShaneFalco]

Ruh-roh

 

[Daisy Jane]

well that sucks.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Crap, Indians are just slapping it through the holes

 

[Josh92]

I really believe this Cleveland team is going to be the biggest hurdle come playoff time. Good pitching and alot of switch hitters. Very rarely does the pitcher have the advantage against the indiams hitters.

 

[Josh92]

Huge dp !!!

 

[BertCorbeau]

Nice work Stro, limit the damage

 

[Del Preston]

"yeeeeeeeeeeah"

 

[TF97]

I know Clemens did it as a Jay but are there any other pitchers to have 4 SOs in an inning? Morrow?

Delabar did it in 2012 or 2013, and I believe that someone else did it fairly recently (Cecil maybe?)

 

[The Nemesis]

I know Clemens did it as a Jay but are there any other pitchers to have 4 SOs in an inning? Morrow?

According to baseball almanac, the only Blue Jay to do it is Delabar on Aug 13, 2012. Clemens isn't listed as doing it at all.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats19.shtml

On the subject of 'struck out the side', we got a very interesting example a couple of innings ago when Stroman had 3Ks but one reached, and the other out was a ground out.

Yeah. For me that's not striking out the side because there ended up being a baserunner (and an out was a non-strikeout). When someone says "the side" i take it to mean the totality of batters that a pitcher faces in an inning, so striking out the side means you struck out every single one of them, or in other words it's 3 batters faced, 3 Ks. If someone reaches base, he's part of "the side" and was not put out via K

 

[BertCorbeau]

Goins with some really good AB's today

 

[ShaneFalco]

Goins has had a nice weekend

 

[BertCorbeau]

Need a two out rally here .. C'mon JD

 

[Daisy Jane]

Bassseessss LOADED..

 

[BertCorbeau]

Insurance runs would be huge here, need a clutch EE hit

 

[The Nemesis]

I really believe this Cleveland team is going to be the biggest hurdle come playoff time. Good pitching and alot of switch hitters. Very rarely does the pitcher have the advantage against the indiams hitters.

Thankfully, only Stroman and Sanchez show any sort of really pronounced batter-handedness splits. Liriano too, but it's a smaller sample size, especially vs the AL.

Pitcher|wOBA vs LHB|wOBA vs RHB
Aaron Sanchez|.302|.250
Marco Estrada|.276|.267
J.A. Happ|.287|.293
Marcus Stroman|.338|.297
R.A. Dickey|.345|.339
Francisco Liriano*|.330|.358

*full-season stats including his Pittsburgh play.

Again for the benefit of those who don't know, the wOBA scale for pitchers (basically the inverse of the hitter one) would be something like this:

|wOBA
Excellent|.290
Great|.300
Above Average|.310
Average|.320
Below Average|.340
Poor|.370
Awful|.400

 

[Daisy Jane]

Balk!

 

[BertCorbeau]

Balk!

 

[Daisy Jane]

Wait what? geeze.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Or not...

 

[Daisy Jane]

USA Chants?
seriously?

 

[LeafsMonster]

What...?

 

[The Nemesis]

I don't think I've ever seen this before.

That shuffling is probably a balk, but the home plate ump did call timeout. So both umps are right, but the HP ump's call supersedes the balk cal. Damn.