That's something I should look at as well, maybe comparing pitches per AB or something. Because I agree it seems like there's not a lot of 0-2 counts that don't wind up 2-2. Which leads to the walks.
Great article! I started working on a series for October entitled “Closers in the Hands of an Angry God” because basically from Eckersley to Helsley every closer was booed off the field. Brantley, Bottalico, Izzy, Franklin, Boggs, Mujica…the one exception may be Jason Motte.
Great work, as usual. Last night, I thought the Cards had it won in the ninth with Helsley and a one-run lead. I should have known better.
He seems to be throwing a lot of what I hear called "non-competitive pitches."
That's something I should look at as well, maybe comparing pitches per AB or something. Because I agree it seems like there's not a lot of 0-2 counts that don't wind up 2-2. Which leads to the walks.
Great article! I started working on a series for October entitled “Closers in the Hands of an Angry God” because basically from Eckersley to Helsley every closer was booed off the field. Brantley, Bottalico, Izzy, Franklin, Boggs, Mujica…the one exception may be Jason Motte.
And that was probably only because he got injured.