It's Official ... Sabathia to Milwaukee

[wayne1218]

At some point they should strech his arm to get him ready for the playoffs.

To what, 140 pitches? It's not like he is throwing 70 pitches a game now.

[frankb03]

I don't buy into the late season dead arm BS. It's fictional BS created by the media. The same can be said about batters. How they're bat speed slows at season end. It's all relative.

Throughout his career, CC statistically gets strong later in the season. His best months are Sept/Oct followed by August.

Here's the link breaking down CC's starts by month:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi...00#dates-month

Look at the history of the better pitchers in baseball. Most become more dominant as the season progressive.

Stop buying into ESPN and media myths. Do your own research. There's a wealth of info on the internet.

[GOLDENGREEK]

To what, 140 pitches? It's not like he is throwing 70 pitches a game now.

100- 120

[wayne1218]

Hasn't Santana had "Lights Out" 2nd halfs the last few years too?

[wayne1218]

100- 120

So 7 innings? Hopefully the pen can get 6 outs!

[GOLDENGREEK]

I don't buy into the late season dead arm BS. It's fictional BS created by the media. The same can be said about batters. How they're bat speed slows at season end. It's all relative.

Throughout his career, CC statistically gets strong later in the season. His best months are Sept/Oct followed by August.

Here's the link breaking down CC's starts by month:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi...00#dates-month

Look at the history of the better pitchers in baseball. Most become more dominant as the season progressive.

Stop buying into ESPN and media myths. Do your own research. There's a wealth of info on the internet.

DONT PITCHERS WITH 3 DAYS REST HAVE A HORRIBLE RECORD IN THE PLAYOFFS ?

CC WAS BAD LAST YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS- WASNT HE ?

[kbsooner21]

So 7 innings? Hopefully the pen can get 6 outs!

You worried about Marmol and Wood cause I'm not

[wayne1218]

You worried about Marmol and Wood cause I'm not

I'm worried about bullpens PERIOD!

[GOLDENGREEK]

So 7 innings? Hopefully the pen can get 6 outs!

Cubs pen is not Milwaukee's or ST Louis'

Wood
Smaradja
Marmol
Gaudin
Marshall

yeah -- I think they can get the last 6 outs

[wayne1218]

Cubs pen is not Milwaukee's or ST Louis'

Wood
Smaradja
Marmol
Gaudin
Marshall

yeah -- I think they can get the last 6 outs

I agree but look at what has happened. He is going 5-7 innings and getting no wins.

[wayne1218]

I agree but look at what has happened. He is going 5-7 innings and getting no wins.

and by "No", i mean very few.

[kbsooner21]

Very few runs of support as well, but I'm not worried about that either.

[wayne1218]

Very few runs of support as well, but I'm not worried about that either.

I hope not 'cause his Era won't stay that way forever ......



Neither will Sabathia's, just for the record!

[frankb03]

Leo Mazzone, is the best pitching coach of this generation. One of his philosophies was for his pitchers to throw MORE between starts. They'd have 2 throwing sessions unlike the one that most teams and coaches employ. Studies have been done on Mazzone coaching style.

In his book The Baseball Economist, J.C. Bradbury titles a chapter, "How Good is Leo Mazzone?" Using statistical analysis, he analyzes whether Mazzone had a significant impact upon the pitchers that he coached. The sample is all pitchers who have pitched at least one year under Mazzone and one year under a different pitching coach. Bradbury found that Mazzone lowered the ERA of pitchers by an average of .64 points, and that after leaving Mazzone, pitchers' ERA increased by an average of .78 points

[GOLDENGREEK]

I agree but look at what has happened. He is going 5-7 innings and getting no wins.

no run support -wasnt the pen