Scheppers and Gutierrez - AFL Rising Stars Game
by NothinG on Nov 9, 2009 2:38 PM CST
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PrintThe hitters Gutierrez faced did not have a chance on his curveball. Gutierrez has great stuff, and he has a real shot to impact our bullpen this year as well as Scheppers. I'd prefer he get more time in AA and AAA, but if he performs really well I don't see why you wouldn't give him a look in September.
Scheppers threw 1 83 mph breaking ball and an 89 mph changeup. The rest were all fastballs ranging from 96 - 99. We need a great nickname for this guy. Enjoy!
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the bobbing Scheppers does between pitches is kinda funny
whatever works.
I didn’t have time to edit it down, so here are the full 1/2 innings from each pitcher.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
97 at the knees...
is a really cool phrase. I like hearing an announcer say that one over and over again.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
Is there a way I can download the videos?
I’d like to get some stills of both pitchers for analysis.
by NoNameOnCard on Nov 10, 2009 1:00 AM CST up reply actions
Nevermind.
I downloaded the FLV files. Now I just need a way to play them back without re-embedding them somewhere.
by NoNameOnCard on Nov 10, 2009 1:03 AM CST up reply actions
Try this
Awesome little site. I mostly use it when I want to DL something off youtube, but you can also upload your own files. And since youtube vids are FLV files, I imagine it’ll work pretty much the same way if you upload a FLV from your computer. There is a 100 MB limit though, unless you subscribe (not sure how big these vids are).
It should convert the file into whatever format you tell it to, and email you a link where you can DL it, usually instantly or within a few minutes. As far as I know it’s safe – I’ve never had a problem with it, and I’ve been using it quite a bit lately.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
did this work for you?
if not, let me know what format you need it in
i look forward to your breakdown of their mechanics
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I'm beginning to think Gutierrez should be considered a closer prospect rather than SP.
He’s already got two really good pitches, and I get the feeling from reading what has been posted on royals review and elsewhere that he’s not exactly a go-getter, self-improvement type. For example, here is a comment from Jason Cole’s interview with Danny Clark:
Cole: How much of a focus with Gutierrez is his changeup right now, as he tries to get that third solid pitch?
Clark: I just talked to him today about making him throw his changeup more in the Fall League to obviously get him to get a feel for it. He’s had such good command on both sides of the plate, his response is, ‘Well, I don’t need it.’ And I’m like, ‘You might not need it now, but you’re going to need it later.’ That’s the big issue—making him throw his changeup at least five to six times to get him to get the feel for it.
So, let him get after it for one-inning stings with the two pitches he already has. With any luck, Gutierrez could replace frankfranKKKKK when he’s ready for free agency.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
His fastball is too straight, imo, to be a big K guy
but that Googly is wicked. With a third pitch, he could be a good #3. Well, that or get some action to his FB.
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Yeah. I didn't like the lack of movement on his fastball either.
If he locates it well, though, he should be pretty darn good as a closer just with 94-96 and that nice curve.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
Are you talking about vertical movement?
Because Gutierrez has really nice left-to-right movement on his four-seamer.
Scheppers, on the other hand, doesn’t have much movement on his fastball. When he throws the ball knee-high, the ball has a nice downward angle because he releases it so high. But when he gets the ball up in the zone, it comes in real straight.
Video angle is deceiving, I guess, or he didn't have much movement in this outing.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
What is the movement like on Trevor Hoffman's fastball?
I know it’s not exactly a fireball. When you’ve got a devastating pitch like Hoffman has with the change, and like Gutierrez may have with the curve, you don’t really need a dominant fastball to succeed as a closer.
"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT
Maybe...
the Rangers’ player development people need to get Gutierrez in touch with Mr. Santos and Juan Dominguez so that he can talk to them about what happens to douchers in baseball.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
Someone get Miles to set this up right away.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Gutierrez
His curveball was so nasty in that game. I don’t know how to overstate how cool it is that they added two pretty advanced guys with this kind of stuff.
I have him in the back side of the top ten prospects in the system.
by Brett Perryman on Nov 9, 2009 3:40 PM CST up reply actions
I have him as our #6 SP in the book, #9 prospect overall.
by Jamey Newberg on Nov 9, 2009 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
I would assume Kiker and Main
i haven’t ordered the book yet, but I plan on doing it soon.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Not Kiker, not Feliz (have him with the relievers).
by Jamey Newberg on Nov 9, 2009 4:48 PM CST up reply actions
really, Feliz with the relievers?
IMO he should start, but you see him as a reliever
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
It was sorta cheating.
Allowed me to feature both Feliz and Perez as tops at their position, getting another player photo of each in the book.
by Jamey Newberg on Nov 9, 2009 7:33 PM CST up reply actions
Those
are the only ones for whom I can see much of an argument of ranking ahead of him. I would not have Kiker or Beavan ahead of him for sure.
by Brett Perryman on Nov 9, 2009 5:12 PM CST up reply actions
Thanks a ton
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
i noticed you had this up on prospecttube.com
you’ll have to edit with the new embed code
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
thats a pretty legit comparison
maybe a little bit less than Javy just b/c he’s not quite the K machine Vasquez is.
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
You sir, are a video-cropping god.
Thanks heaps.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
Whenever I go to Spring Training
I’ll try to ask Tanner what his nickname has been during his college/independent ball days.
Anything is better than Nasty McFilthy.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Mangum; Neutral Milk Hotel
Nasty McFilthy is pretty awesome, as far as my vote goes
As long as the description fits him
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Fits his hair
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
Why not just "Schepp"
Like, “Hey look, it’s good ol’ Schepp”
And some guy with a dreamy, yet notty wig looked at you, then threw a 99 mph fastball at the knees and on the black.
Good ol’ Schepp.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar
Thanks for putting those videos together.
"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT
stupid photobucket
i’m going to repost the videos through youtube
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