Chad Moriyama Dodgers, Sabermetrics, Scouting
If you are in this post and feel mad that I’m calling you stupid, then you can always correct that by not being stupid.
Thanks.
Come at me, bro.
That’s why Jansen is no better than a middle reliever #Dodgers
— Eddie Rievley (@R0yEdward) April 14, 2012
And thats why Kenley Jansen will never be a closer…
— George Bissell (@GeorgeBissell) April 14, 2012
Fuckin’ Jansen. You are NOT ready for primetime. #vivalosdoyers
— Nestor Jimenez (@PresidenteNes) April 14, 2012
Blowing one save is why he’ll never be anything in life.
Be sure to let him know.
Kenley Jansen is bringing back Broxton memories.#pleasedont
— Sammy Oliden⚾ (@SammyOliden) April 14, 2012
Jansen has the Broxton disease. #Dodgers
— Michael Mazzoni (@MikeMazzoni23) April 14, 2012
#Dodgers Jansen blows it like the ol’ broxton days …take his ass out
— Xavier (@kingofbbqs) April 14, 2012
Jansen is the new broxton!!
— BBG ⚾ (@dobson_king) April 14, 2012
All of this is still Jonathan Broxton‘s fault, because he blew saves once too … or something. Glad to know fans still scapegoat him for an inferior team losing to a superior team.
Jansen word of advice. Develop a curveball. #GoDodgers #JBroxton
— Victor M. Velasco (@captvelasco) April 14, 2012
The funny thing? That was one of Jansen’s biggest breaking cutters of the night.
Maybe he should throw more four-seam fastballs, instead.
i love seein kenley jansen fuck up as a closer. javy guerra ftw
— David? (@DEEPHOL3S) April 14, 2012
Jansen must fail for Javy Guerra to succeed. Sweet.
Speaking of Guerra, certain people couldn’t seem to understand where he was, exactly.
Why did they bring in Kenley Jansen they should have brought out Javy Guerra!
— Angel Tinoco (@MuthaFuckTINOKS) April 14, 2012
@JavyGuerra54 is your closer, not Jansen. Ca’mon #dodgers
— Thomas Ramirez (@tramirezjr) April 14, 2012
The weird part is that they didn’t seem to understand that Jansen wasn’t replacing Guerra, it’s just that the Dodgers would prefer Guerra’s arm not explode.
Besides, hasn’t Guerra lost all street credibility after that Snuggie giveaway commercial?
Anyway, I pointed out a bit of a trend…
I see a ton of Latino last names very angry at Kenley Jansen today.
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 14, 2012
…just saying.
I hope everybody realizes that one does not have to fail for the other to succeed. Also, don’t get too attached to a reliever, because they aren’t that valuable, regardless.
Thanks, management/logic.
I’m not mad at Kenley. I’m worried that something wrong with his body or mechanics is causing him to throw 89 :(
3rd time in 4 days might have had something to do with it.
This drop-off on his fastball wasn’t happening last year. Even in the 2012 season opener in SD, when he had plenty of rest, he was mostly throwing 90-92, with only a few pitches in the 93-94 range. I think I read something about the team asking him not to throw at all this past off season, so maybe he just hasn’t found his rhythm yet.
Probably because of the conversion and the work load, but it’s usually a bad idea to not throw at all.
Where did you hear that?
He topped out at 92 though.
I think we all noticed he hasn’t been hitting the velocity we are used to seeing him throw. I am also a bit concerned about that. But I did notice his ball was moving a bunch, and so was Josh Lindblom’s…Any idea who is sent down today for Lilly? I hope it’s not Josh, he has been awesome and a bridge to Jansen and Guerra, it would be a mistake to drop him for someone inferior like Mike Mcdougal or Todd Coffey
There’s the possibility of a phantom DL for Coffey, who’s been receiving treatment for a sore knee.
I can handle that…
And…that’s exactly what has just happened:
Eric Stephen @truebluela Close
Todd Coffey to the 15-day DL (right knee inflammation) to make room for Ted Lilly
3:17 PM – 14 Apr 12 via txt · Details
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5m I Alivandi @I_Alivandi · Open
@truebluela More like “Todd Coffey put on 15 day DL to make room for Josh Lindblom” ;-)
Link:
http://twitter.com/#!/truebluela
Should have linked to Chad’s retweet, seeing as how this is his site and he and Eric Stephen over at TBLA are mortal enemies.*
http://twitter.com/#!/chadmoriyama
*not really
lol
lol, as soon as I saw that blown save HR last night, I thought to myself…oh no, people are gonna start yelling Broxton Jr. Never understood the vitriol spit his way all those years, except for the fact that some people probably have short term memories and put the weight of the entire game on the shoulders of the one guy closing it out.
There’s a reason why I never use Twitter search. It’s just too much dumb to handle.