Sergio Mitre

You can’t stop him, you can only hope to hit him with an errant throw.
4IP 3H 0ER 1BB 7K and 5GB:0FB before getting plunked by a Ted Lilly throw on his way to first base.  He was taken out of the game, but it shouldn’t be serious.
Good Lawd Sergio!  What do you eat for breakfast?

Mail Call: Waiver-wire pitchers

I’m back from the vacation and ready for action, starting tonight with a question I recently received from a reader.
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Nathan asks…
I know you like Mitre, but how would you rank the following pitchers available in my 10-team 5×5 Yahoo league –
Sergio Mitre
Sean Marshall
Orlando Hernandez
Greg Maddux
Chuck James
Fausto Carmona
I don’t usually deal with questions in a league [...]

Mitre Shuts Down Mets

WTP sleeper fave Sergio Mitre was in control facing the Mets tonight, putting up a 7.2IP 8H 0ER 1BB 8K line, and getting 12 groundball outs to 1 flyout (two outs came off of outfield assists).  He now has a 56% GB-rate (it actually dropped thanks to all the K’s) and 6.4K/9, putting him among [...]

Braun Called Up, Bloggers Rejoice

As I’m sure you’ve seen in five or six different places before you came here, Ryan Braun was called up today.  I just wanted to take a moment to point back to my April 15th write-up about Braun’s imminent promotion. An injury knocked my early-May prediction back a bit, so I’ll still count it as [...]

Did You Pick Up Kuo Yet?

Hong-Chih Kuo struck out four in four scoreless innings last night, and is expected to start for the Dodgers on June 2nd.  He now has 23K in 15.1 AAA innings. 
Did you listen to me the other day? It’s on Rotoworld now, so you better hurry.

Keep An Eye On: Kevin Kouzmanoff

One of my favorite offseason sleepers this year was Kevin Kouzmanoff.  Kouz was the prototypical late-bloomer prospect, spending four years in college before getting drafted, only to spend another year-and-a-half getting through A-ball.  After finally reaching AA in 2006, the power-hitting third baseman rocketed to the majors–logging only 346AB in the high minors, and ending the year with a .214/.271/.411 [...]

News From the Pacific: Buy Matsui and Kuo Before the Spike

Two players I mentioned in my on the mend write-up a month ago are finally back getting regular playing time.  If you read that article at the time, you might’ve picked up Dan Johnson for next to nothing and been pretty happy with his production so far. Well, Hong-Chih Kuo finally returned to the Dodgers a week [...]

Clippard Minces Mets, Suggesting Sleeper Status?

Yankees pitcher Tyler Clippard made his big-league debut on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball last night against the team with the second-best record in baseball, the New York Mets.  He pitched quite well, dropping a 6IP 3H 1ER 1HR 3BB 6K line on the NL’s best offense, and landing his first W in the process.
Clippard’s minor league [...]

HR/F Fun: Five Lucky and Five Unlucky Pitchers

Like I did a few weeks back, I wanted to look at how HR/F rate has affected certain pitchers this season. Similar to BABIP, HR/F is something pitchers have virtually no control over–a hurler’s HR/F should move toward 10-11% as the season goes on. Using that information, it’s pretty easy to understand how we can [...]

Throwing Bullets

After going 3-for-3 with a walk and 2RBI last night, Kevin Kouzmanoff is now hitting .296/.343/.444 in May. It’s a small sample, but it’s encouraging that he’s got a 4:4 BB:K ratio over that time, compared to 4:22 in April.  His overall numbers are still a big frustration to any owner who is hanging onto him in [...]