2016 Regular Season Thread

[Quake Griffin]

Come on Corey.

2 RBI in your 1st game.
Let's get 2 hits.

[Neddy]

thank you kershaw for striking out rather than hitting a little grounder for a double play to end this inning.

now bases loaded and Utley up

It paid off

that's why I don't subscribe to the old school thought of striking out being the worst outcome at the box.

[Neddy]

****

I know Vin just called that pitch a change and I rewinded to see if his fingers turned over and I do think that was a change.... that break is insane!!!!!!!

[TKainZero]

Dodgers look dominant

[Ranma]

Vin Scully mentioned earlier how Kershaw's changeup is his least utilized pitch by a lot. Eric Gagne also worked with Kershaw on developing the pitch during camp. I've been hoping for quite a while for Clayton to refine and add this pitch to his repertoire. He threw one earlier in the game that faded too quickly but he just dropped one for his 9th strikeout to end the 7th inning.

[Neddy]

Vin Scully mentioned earlier how Kershaw's changeup is his least utilized pitch by a lot. Eric Gagne also worked with Kershaw on developing the pitch during camp. I've been hoping for quite a while for Clayton to refine and add this pitch to his repertoire. He threw one earlier in the game that faded too quickly but just dropped one for his 9th strikeout to end the 7th inning.

Yeah I ddid catch up on that article on the dodgers site about Gagne giving some pointers about his changeup to Kersh. it seems to me Clayton has had that change up for some time but did not want to throw it in a game situation until he felt confident that his change up was a top notch stuff... and that change up's break my friend, is a top notch stuff!!!!

frankly it reminded me of Nomo's Fork. what. a. break!

[Quake Griffin]

Vin Scully mentioned earlier how Kershaw's changeup is his least utilized pitch by a lot. Eric Gagne also worked with Kershaw on developing the pitch during camp. I've been hoping for quite a while for Clayton to refine and add this pitch to his repertoire. He threw one earlier in the game that faded too quickly but he just dropped one for his 9th strikeout to end the 7th inning.

You have the article, tweet or whatever where they talked about Gagne teaching it to him?

If he learns a change up, it's over. He's gonna set records imo.
1st season ERA under 1?

I think he's that good. A plus changeup would be unfair. He's always said he doesn't have a feel for it and isn't good at it.

[Quake Griffin]

That's my dude Yasiel Puig bros!!!!!!111


It's 2013 again!

[Neddy]

lol are they gonna give Puig a triple with an error? or a inside the park HR?

[Neddy]

Vin Scully mentioned earlier how Kershaw's changeup is his least utilized pitch by a lot. Eric Gagne also worked with Kershaw on developing the pitch during camp. I've been hoping for quite a while for Clayton to refine and add this pitch to his repertoire. He threw one earlier in the game that faded too quickly but he just dropped one for his 9th strikeout to end the 7th inning.

You have the article, tweet or whatever where they talked about Gagne teaching it to him?

If he learns a change up, it's over. He's gonna set records imo.
1st season ERA under 1?

I think he's that good. A plus changeup would be unfair. He's always said he doesn't have a feel for it and isn't good at it.

... and he still said he doesn't feel natural to throw a change up in the new article too.

but that was some filty stuff, whether he feels natural or not.

[Neddy]

glad as Vinnie puts it, "we clobbered" the home team but I don't feel good about where Kazmir's velocity is for tomorrow.

[Ranma]

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[Neddy]

JOC's on FIRE

[Neddy]

more so than a strike out, I dislike an early count infield popfly.

its a same out and with less than 2 outs already you continue the inning so its better than a DP, but you don't make the pitcher spend more pitches.

to me, among GIDP, SO, and an infield fly, in terms of my personal dislike ranking,

run scoring GIDP < deep count SO and deep sount infield fly < SO < first or second pitch IFF < GIDP to move a runner without a run < GIDP to end an inning.

[Quake Griffin]

glad as Vinnie puts it, "we clobbered" the home team but I don't feel good about where Kazmir's velocity is for tomorrow.

Thought he got back up to 92 in the springg and thathe touched 92 a few times in his last start?


Happier to see Alex Wood touch 95 with my own eyes on his last start.



Dammit Coleman.

[Ranma]

Yeah I ddid catch up on that article on the dodgers site about Gagne giving some pointers about his changeup to Kersh. it seems to me Clayton has had that change up for some time but did not want to throw it in a game situation until he felt confident that his change up was a top notch stuff... and that change up's break my friend, is a top notch stuff!!!!

frankly it reminded me of Nomo's Fork. what. a. break!

You have the article, tweet or whatever where they talked about Gagne teaching it to him?

If he learns a change up, it's over. He's gonna set records imo.
1st season ERA under 1?

I think he's that good. A plus changeup would be unfair. He's always said he doesn't have a feel for it and isn't good at it.

I actually didn't see the article and heard the Gagne tidbit from Vin during today's telecast. I think I just found the article in question with a Google search.

Ken Gurnick, MLB.com (4/1/16)

"I met him when he signed in 2006, and when he was a rookie we played golf in Spring Training," recalled Gagne. "He doesn't talk a lot, but he learns a lot. Even this year, he came up to me and asked how I threw my changeup. He's never satisfied with whatever his numbers are. He just wants to get better. That's the difference between a good pitcher and one-of-a-kind.

"I just told him to throw it as hard as he can in arm speed. It has to look like the fastball. He's capable of taking anything to the next level. We played catch the other day, he threw a cutter I didn't even know he had. He's not going to throw 97 pmph] the rest of his life. I think he's getting ready for that, for being able to dominate for many years. And he's still himself. He's cool to watch."

Kershaw said don't expect a sudden breakthrough off the Gagne Q&A.

"He had one of the best changeups ever," said Kershaw. "But I'm always asking guys. Zack [Greinke] dominated the league with his changeup, and for three years I asked him every other day how he did it. He'd show me, but at the end of the day, it doesn't really compute.

"It's a different throw than everything else I throw. My ball has a little natural cut and making it go the other way, turning it over, is very different altogether. Just the way I throw, I guess."

Kershaw Has Goals Yet to Conquer This Season

[Neddy]

glad as Vinnie puts it, "we clobbered" the home team but I don't feel good about where Kazmir's velocity is for tomorrow.

Thought he got back up to 92 in the springg and thathe touched 92 a few times in his last start?


Happier to see Alex Wood touch 95 with my own eyes on his last start.



Dammit Coleman.

I missed Kazmir's last start, but until then he was still throwing mostly 85 to 88. was he consistently hitting 92? or once in awhile?

and glad it was SVS a righty handling that wide throw by Utley and not a lefty Gonzo. it could have been a run scoring pass ball. not that it matters for this game but it matters for Coleman's confidence.

[Quake Griffin]

he was more 90-92 than consistently hitting 92.

[Neddy]

good job Coleman.

[Quake Griffin]

Wonder how much it matters tbh.

The book on him is that his changeup has this huge differential from his fastball....getting down to somewhere in the mid 70s.
Maybe that might make a slight dip in velo acceptable.

edit:
this post is about Kazmir.