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levski
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 Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:15 am Post subject: Koppy, Baj free agents |
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http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/1014bbnb1014.html
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Relief pitcher Mike Koplove cleared waivers and has elected to become a free agent, ending his nine-year association with the Diamondbacks.
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Reliever Jeff Bajenaru, 28, also cleared waivers and will become a minor league free agent on Sunday. The Diamondbacks would like to sign him to a minor league deal and keep him in the system.
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I hope the Dbacks can re-sign Baj. I think he's got a couple of decent major league seasons in him before all is said and done...
Farewell, Koppy.
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baldmaga
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| Baj got quite a reputation when he gave up those 3 HR's in 3 AB's earlier this year. |
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TAP
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:29 am Post subject: |
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Koppy looking to be a fish this year...
| Juan C. Rodriguez of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel this morning wrote: |
Koplove joins dogfight for Marlins bullpen spot
Mike Koplove's sidearm delivery probably has brought him a little more attention than he otherwise would have enjoyed bouncing between the minors and majors since 2001.
Koplove, along with Felix Rodriguez and Wes Obermueller, is among the most experienced non-roster relievers in camp vying for a bullpen spot. As recently as 2004, Koplove made 76 appearances and totaled 862/3 innings for the Diamondbacks.
Since his 2001 big-league debut, the 2004 season is the only one in which Koplove hasn't spent some time in the minors.
In 2005, Koplove lost the feel for his changeup and slider, and struggled trying to get by with a sinker.
"Even if it's a good sinker, it's hard to get people out when they know that's coming," he said. "Last year I got it back a little bit and feel great with [the slider and changeup] this spring."
Though Koplove has totaled 2482/3 innings over six years with the Diamondbacks, the right-hander arrived in Marlins camp not knowing anybody. He's played against most of his new teammates, but bench coach Carlos Tosca is the only person who at one time wore the same Diamondbacks uniform.
Last season Tosca and Koplove weren't part of the same outfit very long. Despite going 5-0 with a 3.60 ERA in 48 appearances at Triple-A, Koplove pitched in just two games for the Diamondbacks.
"His sinker was running off the plate and his breaking ball, he couldn't get that little snap on it where it would have the appearance of a strike and go into a ball," said Tosca, of Koplove's 2005 regression. "It was a ball from the time it left his hand. Next thing you know he's staring at 2-1, 3-1 counts and he's got to pitch strike one, strike two, and be able to expand the strike zone ... His delivery and his deception is a big thing."
Until the Diamondbacks selected him with the 29th round of 1998 draft, Koplove split time in college (Northwestern and Delaware) between the mound and shortstop.
"First basemen weren't crazy about me," said Koplove, adding he's thrown sidearm all his life. |
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Pilgrim 33
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:44 am Post subject: |
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| This article finally gives a little bit of perception on the disappearance of Mike Koplove within the D-Back's organization. Always wondered what was up there and thought he may have ended up in the doghouse for some reason. After all, similar to Randy Choate we were still paying him a million or so last season. Choate made it back from Tucson and pitched in 30 games. It would seem with all of our bullpen issues last season that Koplove would have received the call for more than 2 games after pitching decently at AAA. Koplove was excellent for us in 2002-2003 and remained ok in the otherwise horrible 2004 even after he developed arm problems. His numbers were similar in 2005 (2-1, 5.07 ERA, 48 hits, 20 walks, 28 K's, 49 2/3 IP) before being sent down in what many thought was a surprising wake-up call. He was horrible at Tucson that year after the surprise demotion. Like I said, I always thought there was more going on behind the scenes. |
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dbackfanron
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| Sidearm pitchers should be banned from the sport. |
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levski
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:30 am Post subject: |
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| Sidearm pitchers should be banned from the sport. |
huh. why?
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dbackfanron
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| I just don't see that many being very succesful over long periods (years). I would rather see a conventional pitcher learn how to pitch (Trevor Hoffman) when they lose their "stuff", rather than resorting to throwing sidearm. Just my opinion. |
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whatuwant
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:05 am Post subject: |
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| dbackfanron wrote: |
| I just don't see that many being very succesful over long periods (years). I would rather see a conventional pitcher learn how to pitch (Trevor Hoffman) when they lose their "stuff", rather than resorting to throwing sidearm. Just my opinion. |
I think Jeff Nelson is a good example of making it work for a long period of time. But he's probably the exception, not the rule.
Mike Myers too, if you count what he does as success.
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dbackfanron
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Is Myers still a lefty specialist? I don't particularly care for lefty or righty specialists. It seems to me that it's a wast of $$ and a roster spot.
Wow! All this negativity makes me sound like azphraud. LOL |
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levski
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| dbackfanron wrote: |
| I just don't see that many being very succesful over long periods (years). I would rather see a conventional pitcher learn how to pitch (Trevor Hoffman) when they lose their "stuff", rather than resorting to throwing sidearm. Just my opinion. |
Uh, there are so many problems with these statements, I'm not sure where to start from... So I'll just pass...
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dbackfanron
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:31 am Post subject: |
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| Educate me lev. I have no problem admitting I'm wrong if that's the case. |
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levski
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:40 am Post subject: |
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| dbackfanron wrote: |
| Educate me lev. I have no problem admitting I'm wrong if that's the case. |
Why don't you prove you're right?
Show me the number of sidearmers in the game, tell me how successful or unsuccessful they were, and how their success or lack of success compares to conventional pitchers in the same roles.
Then you tell me exactly what you mean by Hoffman losing his "stuff", what adjustments he made, and how you'd recommend that other pitchers do the same. Then you give me examples of pitchers who used to have good "stuff" the conventional way, lost it and became sidearmers.
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