Keith Law's 2009 Breakout Players (Contains a Giant)

#9 is the good one, I don't want to spoil the surprise.

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Dirty FTW

by ACgiant97 on Apr 1, 2009 11:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

WARNING

contains hi-res photos of Clayton Kershaw’s failbeard.

I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.

by oldjacket on Apr 1, 2009 11:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought this was pretty funny. So I looked up more examples of failbeard. Ahem…look at result #3.

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by thatdog on Apr 3, 2009 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Average FB? Seems to throw pretty fricken hard for a skinny lefty if you ask me

by m34josh on Apr 1, 2009 11:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Better than average

But low nineties isn’t what you’d guess from his K totals.

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by Bhaakon on Apr 2, 2009 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Average fastball velocity =/= average fastball.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Apr 2, 2009 4:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The average fastball for a starter in the NL last year was like 90-91mph. Sanchez’s fastball was 90.8.

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by xanthan on Apr 2, 2009 6:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Again

Average fastball velocity =/= average fastball. Sanchez get a ton of swing-throughs on his fastball. It doesn’t really matter how hard he throws it.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Apr 2, 2009 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I wasn’t saying otherwise.

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by xanthan on Apr 2, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

KLaw did

Saying that Sanchez only has an average fastball, but gets strike outs thanks to his good control is pretty much as wrong as you can get.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Apr 2, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

OT: I often see this "=/=" here...

Why don’t folks just do this: ≠ ?

by Sabertooth on Apr 2, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Too lazy.

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by Natto on Apr 2, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve always been preferential to sql:

<> or !=

by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 2, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

!= is pretty standard

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by FairweatherFan on Apr 2, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How do you do that?

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Apr 2, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's easy

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by thatdog on Apr 3, 2009 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I, for one, am thrilled to know that Sanchez locates his fastball well now. I predict 250 strikeouts with his improved control.

by Grant on Apr 2, 2009 1:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah. I noticed that too.

I seem to remember that Sanchez locates his crazy moving fastball well early on, but when he gets tired, his mechanics get sloppy and OH THE WALKS! SO MANY WALKS.

I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.

by oldjacket on Apr 2, 2009 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's nothing.

Adam Jones is “starting to hit the ball, which means he’ll make better contact and hit for a higher average.”

That’s just crazy talk.

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by multiphasic on Apr 2, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve long maintained that the last white male to pull off a beard was Abe Lincoln and even he wouldn’t have done it if the south had won the war. Thank you Clayton Kershaw for cementing my theory. That sad collection of wispy follicles just screams kid toucher. GO GIANTS!

by mikeivie on Apr 2, 2009 3:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Unless you are talking Kate Holmes.

by seyheystretch on Apr 2, 2009 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve long maintained that the last white male to pull off a beard was Abe Lincoln…

I beg to differ!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Apr 2, 2009 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You do know that begging usually doesn’t work, right?

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by groug on Apr 2, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Listen, if you don’t like my glorious beard, just try to distract yourself with my cute, button nose.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Apr 2, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think this belongs on hotornot.com

Wall-E for Best Picture 2008

by Useful_Idiot on Apr 2, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or ratemypoo.com

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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I prefer to distract myself with the question of whether you have a hair style or not.

Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
..and this 10 is for the World San Francisco fans Classic.

by thehavenot on Apr 2, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know, I think the only flattering thing about this particular picture is that it shows off my elegant and lengthy eyelashes. Everything else is kind of a mess of bad angles, bad lighting, and bad grooming.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Apr 2, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But yet you sure like to post it.

Don’t worry about it, though (I doubt you are).

That was actually a legitimate question I had upon viewing this picture for the first time. It’s because half of your hair is blocked by the little inset of your eyes.

Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
..and this 10 is for the World San Francisco fans Classic.

by thehavenot on Apr 3, 2009 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, your beard looks like really big sideburns and a little goatee; which is kind of cool, actually.

Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
..and this 10 is for the World San Francisco fans Classic.

by thehavenot on Apr 3, 2009 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Obey the KLaw

Solid list. I like Gallardo a lot and I hope he can bounce back from the knee problems.

Oh and yay for Jonathan too.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 2, 2009 7:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Very solid list. Only three of the players weren’t selected in the first round of the draft (Gallardo 2nd, Lind 3rd, & Sanchez 27th). Doesn’t seem like a list where he’s pulling something out of his ass just to write something bold. Respect to KLaw.

Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.

by ResDog on Apr 2, 2009 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Disappointed

Normally I am impressed with Law’s work, but in the case of Sanchez he was far off the mark. Sanchez’s fastball in 2008 was insanely good: he got swinging strikes 22% of the time the batter pulled the trigger against the F/B. The batting average on balls in play (BABIP) on his F/B was an awesome .285. The one thing Sanchez does not do well is locate his F/B well.

By way of comparison Timmy’s F/B got swing throughs 15% and BABIP .311. Cain 18% and .308. Zito 10% and .323.

by Change Up on Apr 2, 2009 10:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs