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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:33 am Post subject: Livan Hernandez 4.83 ERA UP or Down |
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The 4.83 ERA for Livan is for his entire year.
He had a 5.34 with WA. and a 3.76 with AZ
(Poll is asking if his ERA will be up or down)
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:39 am Post subject: Re: Livan Hernandez 4.83 ERA UP or Down |
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shoewizard wrote: |
The 4.83 ERA for Livan is for his entire year.
He had a 5.34 with WA. and a 3.76 with AZ |
Just to clarify, are you asking if Livan's performance will be up this year or if Livan's ERA will be up this year?
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: |
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Will his ERA be up.....or down.
I voted his ERA will be up, I.E., he will be WORSE |
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: |
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I voted down, he won't beat his AZ numbers but should have no problem beating the total for the whole year. |
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:44 am Post subject: |
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He was VERY lucky for this team last year.
His GB % was only 33%
His k/g was only 5.1
But his HR/F rate dropped to 7.5%. LUCKY!!
When I watched him pitch, it was all smoke and mirrors, fooling guys with crap the first two times around the lineup. Alot of hard hit balls right at people too, (as evidenced by his .719 DER)
By the 3rd time around the order, guys usually started teeing off on him.
My feeling is that as the hitters in the NL west get to see more and more of him again, they will start getting to him earlier. His velocity isn't there, he isn't getting the movement to make guys pound it in the dirt, and he won't strike out too many guys.
Look for him to give up alot more homers per 9 than he did while pitching for the D Backs last year....and look for him to struggle mightily to keep his ERA under 5.00 |
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:51 am Post subject: |
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shoewizard wrote: |
He was VERY lucky for this team last year.
His GB % was only 33%
His k/g was only 5.1
But his HR/F rate dropped to 7.5%. LUCKY!!
When I watched him pitch, it was all smoke and mirrors, fooling guys with crap the first two times around the lineup. Alot of hard hit balls right at people too, (as evidenced by his .719 DER)
By the 3rd time around the order, guys usually started teeing off on him.
My feeling is that as the hitters in the NL west get to see more and more of him again, they will start getting to him earlier. His velocity isn't there, he isn't getting the movement to make guys pound it in the dirt, and he won't strike out too many guys.
Look for him to give up alot more homers per 9 than he did while pitching for the D Backs last year....and look for him to struggle mightily to keep his ERA under 5.00 |
We talked about this last year and my observation was the same. I'm not sure what new rabbit Livan can pull out of his arse this year to keep the hitters off-balance.
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:57 am Post subject: |
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While I don't think he will be in the 3.7 Range like he had in AZ but he will not be in the 4.83 area he will better that. I say 4.10-4.25 range. |
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:31 am Post subject: |
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I say down... He hasnt been a 4.83 ERA very often...
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:35 am Post subject: |
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Plus, he should be completely recovered. I say down. Don't forget it's a contract year, either.
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Career ERA+ of 101 which is around 4.5-4.6 for Chase. I say under |
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:46 am Post subject: |
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His GB % was only 33% |
Correct, this was way out of line with his career.
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His k/g was only 5.1 |
Yes but his K/9 has always fluctuated by a lot. Yes it was a career low in his time in AZ but with WA it was closer to his career averages. Maybe he "trusted his defense" in AZ more than the WA defense. Maybe I'm talking out my ass.
/PV love mode on
Look, we aren't talking about a prospect that hasn't pitched at the MLB level here. Livan has put in many seasons and during that time his K rate has gone up and down. Should we really be that concerned that he is striking out 1 less batter per game when the results are there?
/PV love mode off.
//yes, yes, Russ Ortiz...
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But his HR/F rate dropped to 7.5%. LUCKY!! |
Yes, but this is entirely due to the fact that his G/F was low, but his HR/9 remained the same. It isn't additional evidence, you are only restating #1.
So his G/F is low and his K/9 was low as well. What didn't change was his H/9, HR/9, and BB/9 which were not far from career averages. Lets not forget that he was injured and had the signs of a guy recovering from injury.
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Year Ag IP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 K/9
1996 21 3.0 9.00 0.00 6.00 6.00
1997 22 96.3 7.57 0.47 3.55 6.73
1998 23 234.3 10.18 1.42 3.99 6.22
1999 24 199.7 10.23 1.04 3.43 6.49
2000 25 240.0 9.53 0.83 2.74 6.19
2001 26 226.7 10.56 0.95 3.37 5.48
2002 27 216.0 9.71 0.79 2.96 5.58
2003 28 233.3 8.68 1.04 2.20 6.87
2004 29 255.0 8.26 0.92 2.93 6.56
2005 30 246.3 9.79 0.91 3.07 5.37
2006 31 216.0 10.25 1.21 3.25 5.33
WA 146.7 10.80 1.35 3.19 5.46
AZ 69.3 9.09 0.91 3.38 5.06
2166.6 9.56 0.98 3.12 6.05 |
I'm not going to pretend that Livan had a good amount of luck in AZ this year but at the same time you need to give the dude some credit and look at his track record. You're saying that this guy who has always been mid 3's ERA will balloon to well over 5.00 just because of his G/F rate.
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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I think his last 3 seasons weighted averages would give you a more accurate projection than looking at career averages.
I just went and looked up ZIPS....it aint pretty
231 IP, 5.14 ERA, 258 Hits 31 HR 83 Walks, 142 K's
Might I suggest you spend some time Here and look at his trends in each category, including BIP distribution. |
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I vote his ERA going up. He seemed to lose it last year after the 3rd time around the batting order. Hopefully I'm wrong about him. |
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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One last point.....I know Levski's retort will likely be "Fip Schmip"
But Livan last 4 seasons
03-4.04
04-4.16
05-4.51
06-4.90
That kind of continued degradation in peripherals usually precedes collapse.
We've seen this before ya know....
Check out the FIP trend of one other well known player from 2001-2004
01-3.68
02-4.20
03-4.34
04-4.94
I think you know Who I am talking about
The ONLY reason anyone can say they might expect Livan to reverse this trend is because they feel the trend is due to the fact he had an injured knee, and now it's "all better".
I'm not buying. Not after watching him pitch. |
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i know we're not supposed to, but i vote the same. right around a 4.8ish era. i agree with most of what shoe is saying -- he was incredibly lucky last year, and he can only fool batters twice with his crap. but he's also a very smart pitcher, it seems. he's been impressive thus far with changing speeds, locations, height, sides. and he claims he's improved from his knee surgery.
so, if he gets back a bit of velocity, that might offset the impending collapse. and if he doesn't, i think he'll still be okay. sure, he's a FB pitcher, but we're going to have some awesome OF defense this year.
he'll get worse from what he was in AZ. but i think he's got smarts, and he's intelligent enough to change his gamplan, where ortiz was not. ortiz went about the game the same way as always, even after he lost his velocity. livan did not, it seemed to me.
yeah, the collapse is coming, but it won't happen that fast. at least, i pray it won't.
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shoewizard wrote: |
He was VERY lucky for this team last year.
His GB % was only 33%
His k/g was only 5.1
But his HR/F rate dropped to 7.5%. LUCKY!!
When I watched him pitch, it was all smoke and mirrors, fooling guys with crap the first two times around the lineup. Alot of hard hit balls right at people too, (as evidenced by his .719 DER)
By the 3rd time around the order, guys usually started teeing off on him.
My feeling is that as the hitters in the NL west get to see more and more of him again, they will start getting to him earlier. His velocity isn't there, he isn't getting the movement to make guys pound it in the dirt, and he won't strike out too many guys.
Look for him to give up alot more homers per 9 than he did while pitching for the D Backs last year....and look for him to struggle mightily to keep his ERA under 5.00 |
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Lookin at parks, in our division, BOB is the only "live" park now. The others are all pitcher's parks, sans a few quirks down the lines. Even ours plays long between the alleys.
I've always thought Livan was vulnerable, but he has the uncanny ability to work out of jams. I was always waiting for the other wheel to fall off and he just kept getting outs.
Voted he'll do better only because 4.83 is pretty high and I think he'll end up between 4.6 and 4.8 by the end of the year.
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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i voted up i think he is wearing down and he gets to pitch his home games at chase now not rfk
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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but he has the uncanny ability to work out of jams. I was always waiting for the other wheel to fall off and he just kept getting outs. |
Thats what they said about Ortiz.
And Coors is still a hitters park.
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Good call on RFK replaced by BOB, but Coors isn't the big purple monster to pitchers it once was. Still a hitter's park - just not like what it used to be.
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Thats what they said about Ortiz. |
I'll bet every dime I have right now that says Livan doesn't do as poorly as Ortiz. You takin that bet?
I only have faith in Livan cuz he's either dominican or cuban. Forget which (Cuban cuz he came from the same place as El Duque, right?), but those guys are better.
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He's the same new Livian from 02 on. He's a knuckleball pitcher, only he doesn't throw a knuckleball. Expect 22 quality starts, and it doesn't matter if he has 3.8 era or a 4.8, expect 22 quality starts, and probably pitch into the 8th in 24 of them. Now, there's always a concern, he could show up overweight and not get a long with any of coaches, media, teammates, dog or that will happen throughout the season with him anyway.
clear?
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't say he was going to be as bad as Ortiz was........you have to remember that Ortiz was far worse than even the most pessimistic projections.
But after watching Ortiz's perihperals degrade as badly as they did, it was fairly obvious to many of his he would be a bust here. I figured an ERA around 5 or higher.....of course I didn't see an ERA in the 6's and 8's !!
Livan shows the same trends over the last 4 season....take a look again at the FIP numbers I quoted above.
You wanna make a bet?
I'm game.
Over/Under on last years 4.83 ERA.
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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He's the same new Livian from 02 on. He's a knuckleball pitcher, only he doesn't throw a knuckleball. Expect 22 quality starts, and it doesn't matter if he has 3.8 era or a 4.8, expect 22 quality starts, and probably pitch into the 8th in 24 of them. Now, there's always a concern, he could show up overweight and not get a long with any of coaches, media, teammates, dog or that will happen throughout the season with him anyway.
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No, it's not clear. You are talking out your ass again with numbers.
You don't get 22 quality starts with an ERA of 4.8.
Doesn't happen.
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http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerGameLog?categoryId=85867
it's within 22.
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19 is within 22? |
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