Comments on: Is Ervin Santana Back? http://www.baseball-intellect.com/is-ervin-santana-back/ Player Scouting, Baseball Mechanics, and Sabermetrics Combined Into One Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex Eisenberg http://www.baseball-intellect.com/is-ervin-santana-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 Alex Eisenberg Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:01:24 +0000 http://www.baseball-intellect.com/?p=2693#comment-2359 lol blackout, it happens sometimes. Players can be quick to make adjustments. Or I may praise a player and he gets rocked the next time out. As for Liriano, I already made that article last year: http://www.baseball-intellect.com/Articles/francisco-liriano-injury.html He still possesses the same post-injury mechanics he had last year and predictably enough, his velocity has never come back to what it once was. His problems commanding his now average stuff has led to him getting hit hard. Last night he was finally able to show some command. Greg, Gameday had Santana 93/94 in the 9th. You're right...his velocity was very consistent in Wednesday's start. But he did have a small drop off in velocity after the 1st and 2nd innings. He was 95 - 97 with nothing below 95 in the 1st. He was 94 - 96 with nothing below 94 in the 2nd. From there on, he was 93 or 94, touching 95, with a couple fastballs clocking at 92. lol blackout, it happens sometimes. Players can be quick to make adjustments. Or I may praise a player and he gets rocked the next time out.

As for Liriano, I already made that article last year:

http://www.baseball-intellect.com/Articles/francisco-liriano-injury.html

He still possesses the same post-injury mechanics he had last year and predictably enough, his velocity has never come back to what it once was. His problems commanding his now average stuff has led to him getting hit hard. Last night he was finally able to show some command.

Greg, Gameday had Santana 93/94 in the 9th. You’re right…his velocity was very consistent in Wednesday’s start. But he did have a small drop off in velocity after the 1st and 2nd innings. He was 95 – 97 with nothing below 95 in the 1st. He was 94 – 96 with nothing below 94 in the 2nd. From there on, he was 93 or 94, touching 95, with a couple fastballs clocking at 92.

]]> By: Greg Andrew http://www.baseball-intellect.com/is-ervin-santana-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 Greg Andrew Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:40:32 +0000 http://www.baseball-intellect.com/?p=2693#comment-2351 Santana was still throwing 94/95 mph four-seamers in the ninth, so his velocity wasn't really down late in the game. His fastball velocity was consistent all game long; he thew only 2 fastballs under 93 mph and 2 or 3 above 95 mph. Santana was still throwing 94/95 mph four-seamers in the ninth, so his velocity wasn’t really down late in the game. His fastball velocity was consistent all game long; he thew only 2 fastballs under 93 mph and 2 or 3 above 95 mph.

]]> By: Blackout http://www.baseball-intellect.com/is-ervin-santana-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2349 Blackout Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:58:20 +0000 http://www.baseball-intellect.com/?p=2693#comment-2349 I had to laugh when I saw that start, and I simply figured that Santana is a Baseball-Intellect follower. He did say after that game that he'd been working on mechanical flaws. I was going to suggest that you do a similar article to jump start Liriano, but he already went out and threw a gem yesterday. Let's see...who else is struggling... lol I had to laugh when I saw that start, and I simply figured that Santana is a Baseball-Intellect follower. He did say after that game that he’d been working on mechanical flaws. I was going to suggest that you do a similar article to jump start Liriano, but he already went out and threw a gem yesterday. Let’s see…who else is struggling… lol

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