Kyle Hendricks Low Velocity Assassin Splooge Thread

[Powdered Toast Man]

So much sploosh. I've been waiting for his regression to the mean. Hasn't happened yet. Maybe he's really good.

[SKO]

So much sploosh. I've been waiting for his regression to the mean. Hasn't happened yet. Maybe he's really good.

His FIP is up from last year, K % is down, BB% is up a touch, and the BABIP is considerably lower, so one could argue he's been lucky, but I really don't think so. The metrics we have really underrate contact pitchers because for a long time DIPS theory basically argued that pitchers had no control over batted balls. The more data we get though the more it appears some pitchers are really good at inducing weak contact. Jake has been great at this, but Kyle has been even better. He's just really hard to square up with all of his movement and location.

Although I think a big part of the difference between 2015 Kyle and 2016 is also just how much better the defense behind him is this year. There were a number of balls hit last night that I think would have dropped in against a Schwarber/Fowler/Soler outfield that were caught by Szczur/Heyward and then the Cubs have maybe the best defensive infield in the game.

[Quality Start Machine]

Although I think a big part of the difference between 2015 Kyle and 2016 is also just how much better the defense behind him is this year. There were a number of balls hit last night that I think would have dropped in against a Schwarber/Fowler/Soler outfield that were caught by Szczur/Heyward and then the Cubs have maybe the best defensive infield in the game.

Can't wait to see the Mets' pitchers suddenly become more mortal with that dumpster fire of an outfield they now have.

[ChuckD]

He's almost like some sort of great assembly line that just constantly cranks out great starts.

[Quality Start Machine]

He's almost like some sort of great assembly line that just constantly cranks out great starts.

All it took was getting one superhuman reliever for the Cubs' starters to pull their shit together.

Well, that and some off-days.

[CBStew]

He's almost like some sort of great assembly line that just constantly cranks out great starts.

All it took was getting one superhuman reliever for the Cubs' starters to pull their shit together.

Well, that and some off-days.

Went to the game today with my A's fan son and five year old grandson.  When we got back home he told Grammy that "Daddy and I wanted the A's to win, but the good guys won." 

[SKO]

He's almost like some sort of great assembly line that just constantly cranks out great starts.

A Pretty Good Baseball Throwing Automaton if you will

[ChuckD]

He's almost like some sort of great assembly line that just constantly cranks out great starts.

A Pretty Good Baseball Throwing Automaton if you will

Yep. He's like a robot. A great performance robot.

[Quality Start Machine]

Quality starts, 2016 to date:

Lester: 17
Lackey: 16
Jake: 13
Hammel: 12
QSM: 12

Clearly the Machine needs to pick it the fuck up.

Shit, the Cubs aren't even leading the NL in QSs, Dusty and his Legion of Doomed Arms have 72 to the Cubs' 70.

[PenFoe]

Quality starts, 2016 to date:

Lester: 17
Lackey: 16
Jake: 13
Hammel: 12
QSM: 12

Clearly the Machine needs to pick it the fuck up.

Shit, the Cubs aren't even leading the NL in QSs, Dusty and his Legion of Doomed Arms have 72 to the Cubs' 70.

At least some of his low total can be attributed to Joe pulling him before 6, right?

[SKO]

Quality starts, 2016 to date:

Lester: 17
Lackey: 16
Jake: 13
Hammel: 12
QSM: 12

Clearly the Machine needs to pick it the fuck up.

Shit, the Cubs aren't even leading the NL in QSs, Dusty and his Legion of Doomed Arms have 72 to the Cubs' 70.

At least some of his low total can be attributed to Joe pulling him before 6, right?

Yeah I count 6 occasions where he allowed 3 ER or less but didn't go a full six innings, including 3 times he was pulled after 5 despite allowing just 1 ER or less.

He's only allowed 4 ER or more twice in 21 starts. That's pretty damn impressive.

[SKO]

As of tomorrow Clayton Kershaw will fall off the leaderboard and Kyle Hendricks will be your MLB ERA leader

[Shooter]

As of tomorrow Clayton Kershaw will fall off the leaderboard and Kyle Hendricks will be your MLB ERA leader

Somebody is reading Jesse Rogers's tweets.

[WTB...A RING FFS!!]

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.

[Canadouche]

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::