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Only 60 pitches through four full. He should be able to go seven full assuming he doesn't get bogged down.
Chicago Cubs (44-69) vs. Houston Astros (38-78) 8/13-15 Series Discussion Thread
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I do realize that but this isn't the first good outing he has had since that disaster of June either...Well, you know, it IS the Astros
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He's kept up that big strikeout rate even in his crappy month. He gets in trouble when his control is off, like all pitchers. I read that he had been working on a curveball that didn't curve and stuff worked out again once he ditched that curve. Maybe something else he'll work on later.
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That's 8 K's then. 14 outs left but I doubt he gets to 15 or 20 Ks :lol:
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Yeah that was one theory that he was floating out there. It seemed like he was going away from the splitter a lot during that bad month too, but that is just my recollection of it without wading through pitchf/x.
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There's the control issues. That'll drive up his pitch count a bit.
1-6-3 double play though. Very nice.
1-6-3 double play though. Very nice.
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Soriano ---> 21 HR
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No shutout for Samardzija.
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Left that fastball up. Oh well, Shark needs to regroup here and get through another couple innings.
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Everything has been up this inning. That splitter should have been in the dirt but it was still in the strikezone.
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Brett Jackson swung and missed on a fastball in the middle of the strikezone before taking a called third strike.
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Brett Jackson has some issues. Guess they should let him get on-the-job training and adjust in-game when it doesn't matter, then figure this shit out in the offseason with extra work if that's not too taxing on the body.
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Yeah I wasn't expecting an over 60% k rate from BJax.
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He's obviously recognizing pitches but it's got to be a mechanical thing. He's worked very deep counts which I like. Swinging and missing and hittable pitches screams "timing and mechanics" to me but I'm not an expert.
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If you could combine Vitters swing with eveything else Jackson does you would have a fucking stud.
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Science experiment!
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http://worldseriesdreaming.com/2012/08/13/revisiting-the-jeff-samardzija-experiment/
Great work from Samardzija.
Great work from Samardzija.
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11 Ks for Samardzija?
How do you explain that?
Shark week.
How do you explain that?
Shark week.
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Astros are guppies.
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