Kyle Hendricks Low Velocity Assassin Splooge Thread

[Bort]

And another QS down the shitter due to the pen, specifically Wood. I'm starting to sour on his ass lately. His #'s look good, but he seems to give up too much shit that leads to bad.

::waits patiently for someone with more time to demonstrate Wood's effectiveness::

Have we ever seen CFiHP and this RING FFS person in the same place?

[WTB...A RING FFS!!]

Don't act as if no one else on this board hasn't said the exact same shit about Wood that I have Douche and Bort. I know one last night said they never want to see him in high-leverage situations again, which I'm fully behind. I don't get some people on this board. Some of the posts I make are the same basic shit others have put out there and yet responses I get make it seem like my ideas are unheard of.

[CT III]

And another QS down the shitter due to the pen, specifically Wood. I'm starting to sour on his ass lately. His #'s look good, but he seems to give up too much shit that leads to bad.

::waits patiently for someone with more time to demonstrate Wood's effectiveness::

Have we ever seen CFiHP and this RING FFS person in the same place?

Well, you've been a room with me, so yeah.

[ChuckD]

And another QS down the shitter due to the pen, specifically Wood. I'm starting to sour on his ass lately. His #'s look good, but he seems to give up too much shit that leads to bad.

::waits patiently for someone with more time to demonstrate Wood's effectiveness::

Have we ever seen CFiHP and this RING FFS person in the same place?

Well, you've been a room with me, so yeah.

That's quite the Halloween costume, I imagine.

[Bort]

Don't act as if no one else on this board hasn't said the exact same shit about Wood that I have Douche and Bort. I know one last night said they never want to see him in high-leverage situations again, which I'm fully behind. I don't get some people on this board. Some of the posts I make are the same basic shit others have put out there and yet responses I get make it seem like my ideas are unheard of.

Because you say them in such a pearl-clutching, meatball way that it makes SKO seem calm and rational.

[ChuckD]

And another QS down the shitter due to the pen, specifically Wood. I'm starting to sour on his ass lately. His #'s look good, but he seems to give up too much shit that leads to bad.

::waits patiently for someone with more time to demonstrate Wood's effectiveness::

*Crickets*

Since July 4th, he's faced 47 RHH. Among left-handed relievers, that's the 10th most in MLB over that stretch.

Those 47 LHH have slashed .429/.489/.881/1.370. Among the 40 LH relievers who've faced at least 25 RHH (or, about half what Wood has faced) those slash rates rank 40th/39th/40th/40th.

He's given up 5 HR against just 6 SO. His wOBA against RHH in that stretch is .586 -- about 140 points above anybody else.

His BABIP over that stretch is .419 (the rest of the staff's BABIP against RHH is .241 over that stretch).

So, he's been both really bad and unlucky against RHH.

And as I mentioned, he continues to face lots of RHH (for some reason).

[Bort]

And another QS down the shitter due to the pen, specifically Wood. I'm starting to sour on his ass lately. His #'s look good, but he seems to give up too much shit that leads to bad.

::waits patiently for someone with more time to demonstrate Wood's effectiveness::

*Crickets*

Since July 4th, he's faced 47 RHH. Among left-handed relievers, that's the 10th most in MLB over that stretch.

Those 47 LHH have slashed .429/.489/.881/1.370. Among the 40 LH relievers who've faced at least 25 RHH (or, about half what Wood has faced) those slash rates rank 40th/39th/40th/40th.

He's given up 5 HR against just 6 SO. His wOBA against RHH in that stretch is .586 -- about 140 points above anybody else.

His BABIP over that stretch is .419 (the rest of the staff's BABIP against RHH is .241 over that stretch).

So, he's been both really bad and unlucky against RHH.

And as I mentioned, he continues to face lots of RHH (for some reason).

Now THAT'S how you say someone sucks!

[ChuckD]

And another QS down the shitter due to the pen, specifically Wood. I'm starting to sour on his ass lately. His #'s look good, but he seems to give up too much shit that leads to bad.

::waits patiently for someone with more time to demonstrate Wood's effectiveness::

*Crickets*

Since July 4th, he's faced 47 RHH. Among left-handed relievers, that's the 10th most in MLB over that stretch.

Those 47 LHH have slashed .429/.489/.881/1.370. Among the 40 LH relievers who've faced at least 25 RHH (or, about half what Wood has faced) those slash rates rank 40th/39th/40th/40th.

He's given up 5 HR against just 6 SO. His wOBA against RHH in that stretch is .586 -- about 140 points above anybody else.

His BABIP over that stretch is .419 (the rest of the staff's BABIP against RHH is .241 over that stretch).

So, he's been both really bad and unlucky against RHH.

And as I mentioned, he continues to face lots of RHH (for some reason).

I tried adjusting his allowed numbers of singles/doubles/triples downward using the .241/.300 BABIP values to see just how much unluck he's had.

Using .241 like the rest of the Cubs, he'd allow a slash line of .297/.372/.709/1.081 (32nd/35th/40th/39th)
Using .300 like a MLB average, he'd allow a slash line of .341/.411/.766/1.177 (39th/38th/40th/40th)

So, even adjusting for luck, he's still been really bad against righties. The only two left-handed relief pitchers who've had anywhere close to as bad of a performance against as many RHH over that stretch were Brett Oberholtzer (.444 wOBA in 47 PA) and someone named "Buddy Boshers" whose middle name I'd wager is probably Mountweazel (.447 wOBA in 38 PA).

[Tonker]

I'd just like to remind everybody that in picking up Kyle Hendricks, the Cubs got rid of Ryan Dempster.

Kyle Hendricks.  Ryan Dempster.

KYLE HENDRICKS.  RYAN DEMPSTER.

[Bort]

I'd just like to remind everybody that in picking up Kyle Hendricks, the Cubs got rid of Ryan Dempster.

Kyle Hendricks.  Ryan Dempster.

KYLE HENDRICKS.  RYAN DEMPSTER.

Well, you just made my day.

[SKO]

I'd just like to remind everybody that in picking up Kyle Hendricks, the Cubs got rid of Ryan Dempster.

Kyle Hendricks.  Ryan Dempster.

KYLE HENDRICKS.  RYAN DEMPSTER.

in the end Dempster's Golden Tee shenanigans and the trade they didn't did ended up being the best possible thing that could have happened to the Cubs.

[SKO]

Also that was 17 straight quality starts by Kyle, the longest streak by any pitcher in baseball that year. That's the kind of thing that should earn a guy a nickname or something.

[Canadouche]

Also that was 17 straight quality starts by Kyle, the longest streak by any pitcher in baseball that year. That's the kind of thing that should earn a guy a nickname or something.

"Quality" Kyle Hendricks?

[Bort]

Also that was 17 straight quality starts by Kyle, the longest streak by any pitcher in baseball that year. That's the kind of thing that should earn a guy a nickname or something.

"Quality" Kyle Hendricks?

Kyle "The Beginner Who Tends To Do Pretty Well By Certain Standards" Hendranzobeanz.

[ChuckD]

Also that was 17 straight quality starts by Kyle, the longest streak by any pitcher in baseball that year. That's the kind of thing that should earn a guy a nickname or something.

"Quality" Kyle Hendricks?

Kyle "The Beginner Who Tends To Do Pretty Well By Certain Standards" Hendranzobeanz.

"Dependable, and semi-durable hurling automaton"