Biggest Contribution: Sean White, +14.7%
Biggest Suckfest: Jose Lopez, -22.6%
Most Important AB: Gutierrez strikeout, -14.0%
Most Important Pitch: Cabrera homer, -24.0%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): +11.2%
Total Contribution by Lineup: -61.2%
Total Contribution by Opposition: 0.0%
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I was not around for this game
How did Snell look? Three run homer to Cabrera and 4 walks don’t look good, but that doesn’t always tell the whole story. . .
killer_ewok18 - April 18, 2010
They tell the whole story
Jeff Sullivan - April 18, 2010
That is unfortunate.
killer_ewok18 - April 18, 2010
Considering what Dave said about the Tigers being the optimal team for Ian to face,
I am discouraged.
katal - April 18, 2010
I've seen little reason to be encouraged by Snell so far.
Which is shame because I want to like him.
JY - April 18, 2010
How much longer can we expect the Ian Snell experiment go on?
Especially if Vargas and Fister continue to pitch well and the return of Lee/Bedard
niceguysfinishlast - April 18, 2010
I don't know.
He’s apparently sick and somewhat bereaved, which usually means for a no-hitter in the case of most, just not ours. I wish he would throw more strikes. That would be dandy.
JY - April 18, 2010
Maybe he shouldn't be pitching then
If he is sick and bereaved
niceguysfinishlast - April 18, 2010
Ian Snell is perhaps irrational.
Except for the hating Pittsburgh part. That’s totally sane.
JY - April 18, 2010
Doug Fister did it, why can't Ian.
JAH - April 18, 2010
Yea
With our park and defense, walking batters is basically the worst thing our pitchers can do…giving them free bases. That’s why I think Fister and Vargas are better options for our rotation right now.
niceguysfinishlast - April 18, 2010
Absolutely. I'm tired of Snell's act. He has better stuff than Fister and Vargas
but he pitches afraid. He nibbles, he’s out of the zone, and he’s just a mentally fragile guy based on everything we’ve heard.
I just can’t watch him anymore. He’s the antithesis of what this team is trying to be. Wak’s belief system revolves around attacking the zone, trusting the defense, not walking guys, being agressive in all aspects of the game, and believing in your talents.
Snell goes out there and doesn’t exhibit these characteristics. As Drayer pointed out vs Texas, “he looked at the names on the back of the uniforms and the ballpark” and pretty much psyched himself out of that game.
I don’t want to watch him anymore. If Fister and Vargas keep pitching the way they have been, Snell should be the odd man out when Cliff returns.
Rudy4three - April 18, 2010
He's a 4-million dollar Brandon Morrow.
harkening - April 18, 2010
Amen.
wyte_lightning - April 19, 2010
This was apparently our first home series win vs. the Tigers since 2005
Per Mentink.
ThundaPC - April 18, 2010
I want real victories, not moral ones.
JY - April 18, 2010
There are times I'd even take a Pyrrhic victory.
msb - April 18, 2010
Not unless what follows doesn't really matter all that much.
I don’t think that we can afford one of those at the moment.
JY - April 18, 2010
I found that weird more than anything.
ThundaPC - April 18, 2010
So there is a fanshot about the win expectancy change in a sac bunt
With Wilson and Ichiro on in the 8th and no outs was Figgins bunting a good call? My first guess is no.
BaronVonBullshit - April 18, 2010
I didn't like it
Figgins is good and left-handed, while the two following guys are right-handed. I don’t think it was egregiously stupid, but I wouldn’t have done it.
Jeff Sullivan - April 18, 2010
At that point of the game I'm thinking I only have two real good hitters left to bat
in this game (Figgins and a scorching hot Guti) and I’m not having one of them give themselves up. Our win expectancy went down following that play and what’s even more annoying is that the pitcher had just walked Ichiro and we all know Figgins is tremendous at working the count and walking.
Just a wasted out in my opinion.
However, looking at the amount of men LOB by Detroit, and having seen how blah Snell was, I’m not all that bothered that we lost this one.
Rudy4three - April 18, 2010
We most certainly did not deserve this game
Jeff Sullivan - April 18, 2010
Yeah, the only benefit I saw was avoiding the double play
but I would think the speed Wilson, Ichiro, and Figgins it wouldn’t be that hard to stay out of one. Would have rather seen him take a real at bat
BaronVonBullshit - April 18, 2010
Wilson really isn't that fast.
harkening - April 18, 2010
I know, but I'd say he's somewhere in the top half of the roster in terms of speed.
BaronVonBullshit - April 18, 2010
Note: he's by no means slow, but he's not a speedster by any measure.
He’s significantly slower than Ichiro and Figgins. He’s in the same category as Adrian Beltre, J.D. Drew, et al. Career speed score of 4.1. So, slightly above average, but strictly middle of the pack.
harkening - April 18, 2010
Yes, and trying to turn a double play on a slightly above average and top tier runner
or two top tier runners would be harder than if Wilson were below average. That’s all I was saying, I just would have liked to see Figgins not bunt
BaronVonBullshit - April 18, 2010
Wilson's no speedster
But I don’t know how you can double him up when he’s going to third and still have time to get Ichiro or Figgins.
doublemazaa - April 18, 2010
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