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Community Projection Review: Ian Snell
PLAYER POS. COMMUNITY ZiPS ACTUAL Ian Snell SP 200 IP, 173 K, 67 BB, 3.84 ERA 191 IP, 157 K, 62 BB, 4.48 ERA 164 IP, 135 K, 89 BB, 5.42 ERA Azibuck was really idiosyncratic in his projections of just about every player and got a lot of them very, very wrong, but he nailed...
For Duke's Sake, the Pirates Need Better Defense
Most years, it seems that the Pirates are about average in either runs scored or runs allowed and dramatically below average on the other. This can lead fans to argue that if they only spent some money on players to help on the side of the ball where they'd been lacking, they'd suddenly have an...
Pirates Win in 12th, 7-6
Most impressive here were the eight scoreless innings of relief by the Pirates' bullpen. Amazingly, Craig Hansen has now gone four consecutive outings without allowing a run. Tyler Yates struck out three batters and didn't walk anybody. The Bucs' bullpen now hasn't allowed a run since...
Pirates 4, Cardinals 1
The ninth inning of this one may feel important right now--Yadier Molina gift-wrapped three runs for the Pirates with an inexplicable string of poor defensive decisions, and then John Grabow and T.J. Beam made the bottom of the inning way too exciting--but the real story here was Ian Snell. Snell...
Pirates 8, Rockies 4
Vlad was actually one of the pierogies in tonight's race. I'll let him describe it. Ian Snell recovered from a spotty first inning and got his first win since... well, at least the Carter administration. It didn't hurt that Valerio de los Santos started the game, making his first big-league...
It's Tough Being a Pitcher
Without exceeding fair-use limits, it's really hard to find a blockquote for the beginning of this Post-Gazette article that explains its argument well, so I suggest you go read it. But here's a snippet: Nineteen National League pitchers logged 200-plus innings in 2007, with Snell tied for...
Are Velocity Problems Causing the Pirates' First-Inning Woes?
This is a pretty interesting article that shows how pitchers' velocity fluctuates throughout games. One of the findings is that most starting pitchers don't throw at peak velocity until 15 or so pitches into a game. That's pretty intuitive, but I honestly never gave it much thought before. I...
Diamondbacks 3, Pirates 1
Well, Brandon Webb took a no-hitter into the sixth, which tells you a lot of what you need to know about this game. Ian Snell did at least rack up strikeouts; his control was all over the place, but his stuff looked good. Unfortunately, he walked off the mound after the fifth visibly wincing and...
Brewers 4, Pirates 1
Tough game for the Pirates, who managed to rack up eleven hits, including two doubles and a homer, against a good pitcher (Ben Sheets) and still only score one run. Part of the problem was that they didn't walk, but the real issue was that the Bucs spread those eleven hits over eight different...
Pirates 3, Braves 2
This one looked like one of those epic Pirates games where the team doesn't even look that impressive -- Ian Snell somehow allowed just one run despite six walks in seven innings, and the Pirates' offense didn't do anything that impressive, either. Still, the Bucs headed into the ninth with the...
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