Comments on: IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (2 Aug 07)

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:28:06 +0000

197. Agreed as to your last point. The trend is down this year and for his career. Still not conviced about taking 2 pitches. His #'s after 0-2,1-1,&2-0(only 12x) are terrible. There is virtually no relationship in his P/PA to RC/G over his career. 2007 is the lowest for both ,but the next lowest P/PA ws 2004, his best RC year.

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By: Didi

Didi — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:54:02 +0000

184, 195: Don’t quite know how to find the numbers yet but Wally should tell him to lay off those first two pitches to start.

This year (I don’t know what the in-game situation was), NOG has:
- drew 9 BB in 9 PA when he got to 3-0,
- OPS 1.082 with 12 BB in 22 PA at 3-1.
These are small sample sizes but this also show how rarely does he get to those count.
However, just going through his other count situation quickly, he’s not very successful in the first three pitches situation either. Perhaps, NOG is just not very good.

His numbers by month:

Month AB H BB SO OBP SLG OPS
April 98 32 8 13 .376 .459 .835
May 100 22 12 20 .316 .310 .626
June 101 21 11 22 .286 .277 .563
July 63 9 4 14 .194 .190 .384

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By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:03:09 +0000

No, I don’t know where to check for that. It would be useful to see what percent of the time he’s swinging at the first pitch, what percent of the time it gets put in play, what percent of the time it’s fouled off, and what percent of the time he misses.

I’m not really saying that swinging earlier in the count is NOG’s problem, just that those batting average numbers don’t necessarily mean NOG is hitting well when he swings at the first pitch.

Matt Antonelli homered again today.

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By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:59:09 +0000

186. Not that I'm suggesting that NOG's problem is NOT swinging earlier in the count, but for general knowledge is there some reference that shows % of balls in play by pitch count?

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By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:47:46 +0000

191. You'll not be called up to SD for a while.

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:40:11 +0000

Great. Thanks for the false alarm or false good news.

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By: Pad fan in Portland

Pad fan in Portland — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:37:04 +0000

190: Just off my fantasy team, he's really hurting my pitching staff.

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:33:01 +0000

Really, he is being released?

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By: Marsh

Marsh — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:20:10 +0000

I think if we beat Cain tomorrow night - despite his struggles this year - then we might build some momentum. That guy has really killed us in the past....