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Hitting, Where are thou?
Once again the Pirates find themselves with no hitting to begin the season. This year if you can believe it has actually been worse than the start of the 2012 season. It is mind-boggling that a team can hit this bad at the start of the season but it is happening. Once again though people are overreacting some, the Pirates are not this bad of a hitting team. Make no mistake they aren't a good hitting team but they aren't a historically bad hitting team either. In the coming weeks the Pirates will likely rebound some and becomes the below average offensive team they are but that still leaves us with the question of why we are once again seeing such a poor start.
Any number of factors could be in play here. It is possible the team did an inadequate job getting the hitters ready during spring. It is possible the collection of hitters the Pirates have assembled could be prone to poor starts. It is possible it could just simply be bad luck. Or it could be something else or some combination. It is impossible to figure out just what is at play here but I'd like to take a deeper look at the mix of hitters the Pirates have in their lineup.
The Pirates lineup is loaded with high strikeout guys. The major league average strikeout rate for non pitchers last season was 21.4% so keep that in mind when looking at these numbers.
Russell Martin: 19.6% K rate in 2012
Garrett Jones: 20.0% K rate in 2012
Gaby Sanchez: 17.2% K rate in 2012
Neil Walker: 19.6% K rate in 2012
Pedro Alvarez: 30.7% K rate in 2012
Clint Barmes: 21.5% K rate in 2012
Starling Marte: 27.5% K rate in 2012
Andrew McCutchen: 19.6% K rate in 2012
Travis Snider: 25.9% K rate in 2012
Jose Tabata: 15.5% K rate in 2012
The above are the Pirates 10 regular players. A fair number of them were below the average K rate last season but only two Sanchez and Tabata were significantly lower. What does that mean? It means on days when Snider and Jones both starts which should be against just about every right handed pitcher the Pirates are fielding an entire lineup of players who are going to strike out in at least about 1 out of every 5 at bats. In theory that isn't a big deal but of course the strike outs don't come exactly 5 at bats a part. Players get cold and when average to high strike out players get cold guess what they strike out a lot. Not exactly rocket science there. Strike outs in return limit the number of balls put in play and limit the chances of getting a good bounce. Without a good bounce hitters continue to hit without runners on where they see fewer pitchers to hit so they continue to struggle and the strike outs continue to mount. It's all a cyclical effect. A couple hitters start off cold and struggle to put the ball in play creates fewer good hitting opportunities for the players hitting well so they in return get cold and start hitting fewer balls and striking out more. What this Pirates lineup lacks are some low strikeout guys who can work counts and get on base or even players who just manage to make contact a lot.
The Pirates find themselves in a tough cycle to break out of. Ideally a lineup like this would have a different type of bench supporting it but the Pirates really don't have that. Sanchez and Tabata can mix things up a little bit but McKenry and McDonald are largely useless to change much. The last bench player Harrison is an interesting player though. Harrison won't work hardly at all but he won't strike out much either so having a bat like him who will make contact in the lineup could be a good thing. Problem is unless you are facing a left handed pitcher where do you play him? The Pirates really can't sit Walker or Alvarez against right handers and Harrison isn't good enough defensively to warrant starting him over Barmes, Marte or Snider. I thought this past weekend when facing two left handers in a row was a perfect opportunity to play Harrison for a couple games and see if his contact skills couldn't ignite some sort of spark but alas that didn't happen. In reality that is all Harrison brings to the table the ability to make contact on a consistent basis and that is something this Pirates team desperately needs.
With all that being said the Pirates non pitchers currently have a ridiculously low .169 BABIP. Simply put that isn't going to continue forever and in time more balls will begin to fall in and the Pirates will in return score more runs. Still even with bad luck playing a huge role in this current offensive mess it would be nice if the Pirates lineup had or at least could be complimented with some good contact hitters who can manage to get on base at a high level. The front office has done a fair job of assembling some decent arms and some decent power hitters but it has been a miserable failure at balancing out the lineup and providing it with any kind of useable depth.
Battling Bucs is Cutting Back
I must sadly report that with life catching up with me I am going to have to trim back my posting here at Battling Bucs. I have been doing everything I could to try to keep up my post per day rate over the last month and a half but I will no longer be able to do so. The site won't end as I'll continue trying to do a couple of posts per week and I'll chime in with my thoughts on important Pirates moves. You can still follow me on Twitter and I'm doing some blogging on Pittsburgh Sport Forum so you can also check me out there. I'm not going to disappear from the online Pirates fan community but I will have to scale back. I guess life catches up with all of us in time. Thank you to all of you who have stopped by and read my blog and I hope you continue to do so even if it will be running at a reduced pace.
Opening Day!!!
Apologies in advance to the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers who opened last night but today is the true honest to goodness Opening Day. Nothing warms my heart more than those two little words, this is the best day on the calendar year for me and a true holiday. On today of all days anything really does seem possible. Every Pirates season I can recall has finished the same way in disappointment but no matter the outcome the one day that does not and can not disappoint me is Opening Day. There is just something magical about it. There are a few days every year in which we say the Sports world creates an unofficial holiday. Most prominent are probably Super Bowl Sunday, the beginning of March Madness and possibly the Olympics. More so than any of those days though Opening Day feels truly special more like a religious day than just a sporting day.
Those other days I mention aren't holidays simply because of the sport. March Madness takes on its holiday like form largely do to office pools and gambling. Super Bowl Sunday takes on its holiday like feel largely do to the event and not the game. And the Olympics are more a celebration of human achievement than a celebration of any particular sport. Opening Day however, to me at least, has nothing like that attached to it. It is quite simply and purely the celebration of baseball. It is a day to sit back, remove all the noise (PEDs, lack of competitive balance, etc) and focus on the greatness of the game. The feeling of it, the sights, the smells are impossible to describe. For me everything just seems better this one day a year, my senses feel heightened and I walk with a spring in my step.
The reason for this great feeling I and I'm sure countless others feel is difficult to describe. There is just something about baseball some force which draws us to the games. No matter how bad our teams may be the ones who truly get baseball stick with it and ride the season through until the bitter (or sweet) end. If you can't feel this force it is nearly impossible for me or anyone else to describe what it can do to a person but if you feel this force you will know immediately what I am talking about here.
The last couple of weeks have seen many disagreements between Pirates fans and baseball fans in general but today is the day we sit that all aside and welcome our game back. For this is truly a special and magical day. Enjoy it, live it and take in the magic. This is a day of great hope and where anything truly feels possible. There is no other day quite like today. Opening Day is here and the world is right again.
Leading Off
Going into this offseason I identified to key areas in which I felt the Pirates needed to improve. The top priority was and should quite frankly near always be starting pitching depth. The Pirates worked on that this offseason by tendering Morton, resigning Karstens, (allegedly) signing Liriano and adding a few players like Jonathan Sanchez and Vin Mazzaro to serve as depth. The second area I pointed out was their lack of OBP and by extension top of the order and specifically lead off candidates. To address this the Pirate have done … well … nothing. Russell Martin was added and while I have heard some rumblings he might bat 2nd that really shouldn't be an option except possibly against left handed pitching. So it appears the Pirates are going to try to address this problem internally. Let's take a close look at the options:
The first thing we need to ask is what exactly does a team want in a leadoff hitter. The typical lead off hitter is viewed as someone who is fast and can steal bases but more importantly it is about getting on base and to a smaller extent making pitchers work. Since the primary goal of a leadoff hitting is getting on base I am going to focus most of this discussion of OBP but as a secondary number I will look at BB and K rates and finally as a third number I am going to look at stolen bases. Looking at those stats and comparing them to the league I get a very rough estimate that a good leadoff hitter should meet at least the following criteria: .330 OBP, 8-10 BB%, 15-20 K% (so 2:1 K:BB), 25 SB at a 75% rate. Those are reasonable estimates of minimum production teams would be expecting out of good leadoff hitters. So to compare the Pirates players to those standards I will use their 2013 ZiPS projections.
Russell Martin: .328 OBP, 10.3 BB%, 16.1 K%, 7 SB, 78 SB%
Michael McKenry: .297 OBP, 8.7 BB%, 24.8 K%, 1 SB, 50 SB%
Garrett Jones: .309 OBP, 7.7 BB%, 21.1 K%, 5 SB, 71 SB%
Gaby Sanchez: .324 OBP, 8.7 BB%, 14.6 K%, 3 SB, 75 SB%
Neil Walker: .328 OBP, 7.9 BB%, 18.5 K%, 8 SB, 62 SB%
Pedro Alvarez: .313 OBP, 10.2 BB%, 31.1 K%, 2 SB, 67 SB%
Clint Barmes: .289 OBP, 5.5 BB%, 18.7 K%, 3 SB, 50 SB%
Josh Harrison: .299 OBP, 3.7 BB%, 12.1 K%, 12 SB, 67 SB%
Jordy Mercer: .286 OBP, 5.4 BB%, 18.2 K%, 5 SB, 56 SB%
Chase d'Arnaud: .285 OBP, 6.4 BB%, 21.6 K%, 24 SB, 83 SB%
Starling Marte: .310 OBP, 4.3 BB%, 22.8 K%, 24 SB, 67 SB%
Andrew McCutchen: .369 OBP, 11.4 BB%, 18.0 K%, 23 SB, 68 SB%
Travis Snider: .310 OBP, 7.4 BB%, 22.7 K%, 9 SB, 69 SB%
Jose Tabata: .329 OBP, 7.9 BB%, 15.0 K%, 19 SB, 61 SB%
Jerry Sands: .304 OBP, 8.5 BB%, 25.0 K%, 4 SB, 80 SB%
Alex Presley: .308 OBP, 6.1 BB%, 18.0 K%, 15 SB, 65 SB%
Well as should have been expected no one met all the criteria listed and in fact no one at all met the 25 SB criteria. Since the Pirates do not have an ideal leadoff hitter (something we already knew) I think it is time to look at the best of the flawed options.
Only one Pirates player projects to have an OBP over .330 and he is obviously the best choice to bat leadoff but the problem is he is the same guy who is the best choice to bat 3rd, 4th, 5th and well really anywhere in the lineup. With an ideally balanced lineup Andrew McCutchen is the obvious choice to be a leadoff hitter and if he can improve his stolen base efficiency he would be as near perfect a lead off hitter as one could make. However we all know he has more value to the Pirates batting in the middle of the lineup and driving those runs in than he does sitting atop the lineup, getting on base and ultimately staying on base.
The Pirates have 4 players who have an OBP in the .320s and without an obvious choice to leadoff it would make sense that the player should come from this group. Those players are Russell Martin, Gaby Sanchez, Neil Walker and Jose Tabata. Looking at the secondary numbers I posted each of these players BB% and K% look fairly good as well as the BB% are at the very least near 8% and the K% for all of them is less than 20%. Where the divergence happens though is in the SB department, only one of these players, Jose Tabata is any sort of threat on the bases and while he does have the speed to swipe bases he like most other Pirates isn't good at picking his spots. Still there is little doubt that outside of McCutchen the Pirates player best suited for the leadoff spot is Jose Tabata but there is a problem with that as Tabata's 2012 struggles has made it very likely that he won't be in the starting lineup. Gaby Sanchez is in a similar position as he is only expected to get consistent at bats against left handers. That leaves us with martin and Walker. In an ideal world where the leadoff hitter is determined only by the ability to get on base Martin batting lead off against lefties and Walker against righties makes a ton of sense as both players do a really good job getting on base against those particular handedness. In practice Martin is a catcher and catchers no matter how much they are suited for it rarely if ever lead off. I would not dismiss the possibility of Walker doing so however.
Next up are 3 players who do not put up the best on base percentages but show a decent knack for working a count as shown by their projected BB%. These 3 players Garrett Jones, Pedro Alvarez and Jerry Sands. On the surface none of these 3 look like a leadoff hitter and when you dig a little deeper that becomes even clearer. Alvarez's strike out rate is projected to be above 30% and his power bat is too valuable to have at the top of the order and he is better suited for a slugger role somewhere in the middle of the lineup. Similar to Pedro Alvarez, the Pirates count on Garrett Jones for his power and middle of the order presence. He doesn't strike out a ton though and is actually has a fairly high OBP against right handed pitchers so using him at the top of the lineup against them shouldn't be entirely dismissed. THe other player Sands faces a similar situation to Tabata as there is probably just not a whole lot of playing time to be had by him. Even so with a projected 25% strike out rate and a low OBP the top of the order probably isn't a good place for him.
There are 3 more players with a projected OBP above .300 but all of them do not walk a lot. They are Starling Marte, Alex Presley and Travis Snider. First I'll deal with Travis Snider, he is a lot like Garrett Jones in that the Pirates are going to be expecting him to provide power but that his OBP is decent enough that using him near the top of the lineup can not be completely dismissed in the right situations. The other two players Starling Marte and Alex Presley fit the look of a traditional leadoff hitter. Both are speedy outfielders that can steal a base fairly well. However both have some OBP problems and Marte has a strike out problem. Presley is in the same boat as Tabata and Sands and in actuality is probably worse off so it is unlikely he gets enough playing time to be a real leadoff hitter candidate. Starling Marte appears likely to be the Pirates first choice as a leadoff hitter but his projected numbers show he really isn't a good fit for that role. He can steal some bases but he will really work a walk and is projected to have a strike out rate more than 6 times greater than his walk rate.
I have 5 other players listed above but they have even greater on base problems than the ones I have already discussed. McKenry is a solid backup catcher with a little power but he quite obviously has the OBP nor the speed to handle lead off duties. Clint Barmes is expected to be the everyday starting shortstop but that is more for his defensive prowess than anything with the bat. He quite simply should see nothing but the bottom of the order. All that leaves us with is the 3 primary candidates for the reserve infielder jobs in d'Arnaud, Harrison and Mercer. Each one has his strengths but none of their strengths are really getting on base. d'Arnaud is a decent enough base stealer but can't hit well enough to get on base at a decent enough clip, Mercer is a solid defensive player but once again is lacking with the bat, and Harrison is a little better with the bat and is a decent base runner but lacks a true position and doesn't have the plate patience nor the OBP ability to make any sort of leadoff hitter.
So what does all of this tell us? Quite simply that the Pirates are going to have to patchwork their leadoff spot and their top of the order. All things should be on the table. Players like Garrett Jones, Travis Snider, Russell Martin and Gaby Sanchez need to be considered for the top of the order even though they aren't your prototypical choices. Neil Walker shouldn't be pigeon-holed as a #2 hitter as he has the ability to be a competent lead off hitter at least against left handers. I am going to share my own ideas for lineups below and then discuss my rationale behind them.
vs RHP
Walker, 2B
Jones, 1B
Cutch, CF
Alvarez, 3B
Marte, LF
Snider, RF
Martin, C
Barmes, SS
vs LHP
Tabata, RF
Martin, C
Cutch, CF
Alvarez, 3B
Marte, LF
Sanchez, 1B
Walker, 2B
Barmes, SS
In my lineup against right handers I am having Walker lead off because he is the Pirates best OBP man against right handed pitchers outside of Andrew McCutchen. The second spot in my order came down to Garrett Jones and Travis Snider both of whom can post decent OBPs against right handers while providing a little pop but Jones is more proven in that regard and I want the younger Snider concentrating more on unlocking his power pontential rather than trying to set the table. The middle of the order I kept the same for both lineups as I think Cutch fits well in the 3 hole and that it is time for Pedro to get a real chance to inherit the clean up job. Marte is more of a run producer than a leadoff hitter so batting him 5th gives him a oppurtunity to do and if he develops he could possible move up to the 3rd spot which would allow Cutch to inherit the lead off spot. Rounding out the lineup I have Martin and Barmes who I hope will at least be competent. If Martin sits McKenry can just slide right into the 7th spot.
In my lineup against lefites I start with Tabata as I am not ready to give up on him quite yet and feel it would be for the best to sit Snider against left handed pitching. Outside of McCutchen, Tabata is clearly the player that best profiles as a leadoff hitter so this will give him a chance to audition for that job. The second spot came down to either Martin or Sanchez and I went with Martin because I feel Sanchez brings a little more power lower in the lineup and I feel that Martin's track record of posting a high OBP against lefties is just a touch better than Sanchez's. The middle of the order stays the same as I want those guys to try and establish themselves. I dropped Walker the whole way down to the 7th spot because when he is forced to bat right handed he really struggles. I wouldn't mind seeing him swapped with Sanchez though and batting 6th. And of course Barmes rounds out the lineup. When Martin sits move Sanchez up to the 2 spot and insert McKenry in Sanchez's spot.
My lineups may be a little unconventional but I feel they make the best use out of what is the poor assortment of top of the order candidates the Pirates currently have in their stable.
What Makes A Team, Small Market
One of the many goals I have laid out for myself is to get a better grip on how baseball's finances work. I always hear people complain about it and occasionally I complain about it as well but in all honesty I'm guessing very few people know that much about it. Sure they can share with you their opinion on if baseball should have a salary cap or not but can they tell you much about how revenue sharing works? Or even about how much revenue a typical team brings in? Forbes does their annual evaluation of each franchise's worth and that is a good read but it is really just a snapshot and doesn't contain too many details. There is some information out there concerning baseball's finances but it is really difficult to get a grasp on it, so that is my goal to attempt to gain the best understanding of it I possibly can.
All of this is good of course but it raises a question on just where exactly does one begin. I could read the CBA to find out more about revenue sharing or read up on the new mega TV deals, teams like the Dodgers just signed but for me at least to really begin to grasp this concept I need to start with something small and work my way up. Which is exactly what I did by taking a look at what makes a team a small market team or even a large market team for that matter? The easy and technically correct answer is physical market size but I don't think that tells the whole story. Boston's population is relatively average in the grand scheme of baseball markets but yet they aren't just simply an average market. So another factor obviously needs to be considered and to keep things simple it should be fairly straightforward. What is needed is a measure of baseball interest surrounding a particular team. This can be a very difficult thing to measure so to keep things simple I opted for a crude but fairly accurate measurement, revenue from ticket sales. This information as best I was able to search wasn't readily available but what I was able to find was an average ticket price for each team and an attendance figure for 2012 so by multiplying those 2 together I am able to creat a rough estimate.
The next step was to figure out the best way to combine these two measurements and like I usually do and plan to do a lot doing my attempt to understand baseball's finances I kept things simple. I rated each team's ticket revenue and metro population on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being for the highest and 5 the lowest (All numbers are based upon the 2012 season). The scale I used for estimated ticket revenue is 1 – 120+ million, 2 – 80-120 million, 3 – 60-80 million, 4 – 40-60 million, 5 for anything under 40 million. For metro size I used 1 – 8+ million, 2 – 5-8 million, 3 – 3.5-5 million, 4 – 2.5-3.5 million, 5 – for anything below 2.5 million. I then added the rankings up and the team's with the lowest combine score should be the large market teams, whereas the teams with the highest combine score are the small market teams. The results were as followed
2 – Yankees, Cubs (143 million)
3 – Phillies (175 million)
4 – Mets, Dodgers, Angels, Red Sox (129 million)
5 – White Sox, Rangers, Nationals, Marlins, Giants, Tigers (111 million)
6 – Astros, Blue Jays, Braves, Twins, Cardinals (85 million)
7 – Mariners (82 million)
8 – Athletics, Diamondbacks, Orioles, Rockies, Brewers (77 million)
9 – Padres, Reds, Rays (67 million)
10 – Pirates, Indians, Royals (68 million)
In parantheses I put the average 2012 opening day payroll of the teams in each group. As you can see there is some noise at each end but overall the payrolls start to decrease as you move down the scale as one would expect. It becomes even more evident when you combine the tiers into an upper, middle and lower class.
Upper (2-4) – 140 million
Middle (5-7) – 98 million
Lower (8-10) – 72 million
It should be noted the upper class is actually skewed down some as the Dodgers began 2012 with a payroll of only 95 million and also the Cubs were only at 88 and the Mets at 93 million. Restating the averages with the estimated 2013 opening day payrolls we get:
Upper (2-4) – 153 million
Middle (5-7) – 98 million
Lower (8-10) – 75 million
It should be stated the "middle" includes the Astros and Marlins who have payrolls at ridiculously low levels, removing them from the discussion raise the average of the middle group up to 110 million.
As for how all of this realtes to the Pirates it tells us who their peers are in terms of market. They are the Reds, Rays, Padres, Indians and Royals. Last year that group saw a low of 55 million (Padres) and a high of 82 million (Reds). Realisticly speaking the Reds probably represent the high end of what a team in this group could have realistically pushed their payroll to in 2012. Overall it appears salaries and there by revenues are seeing a slight uptick in 2013 so it is probably reasonable to say that the high end of the Pirates current group is 85 million going forward. All of this doesn't mean the Pirates payroll can never rise above 85 million though. The Reds are going to surpass that threshhold in 2013 and the Brewers were in the Pirates class just a few years ago and appear to be regressing back to it now. The Pirates if they are successfully and embraced by the city have a chance to rise up from the lower class and into the lower middle class and in that group a payroll of slightly over 100 million for a season or two is realistically possible.
Going into 2013 the Pirates project to have a payroll right around 68 million. That is definitely far below the 85 million max they should be able to sustain for a season or two in their given climate but is perfectly reasonable when compared to their peers. The average projected 2013 opening day payroll of the lower class teams excluded the Pirates is 76.7 million but when we remove the 3 teams who are making a run in 2013 (Orioles, Diamondbacks and Reds) the average payroll of the teams in the lower class is 68.4 million (this includes the Brewers, Rockies, Athletics, Rays, Padres, Indians and Royals). The Pirates are in no position to say 2013-14 is their window (which is essentially what the Reds, Diamondbacks and Orioles are doing) so a payroll just slightly below 70 million feels about right for 2013.
A Look Back: Tony Sanchez Selection
With the 4th pick in the 2009 draft the Pirates took a catcher from Boston College by the name of Tony Sanchez. At the time of the selection this was viewed as a sign-ability pick and Sanchez wasn't considered the best player available. Obviously this selection hasn't panned out quite like the Pirates and their fans would have hoped. Not only has Sanchez struggled in the minor leagues but none of the high upside high school arms the Pirates selected later in the draft have turned out. So this obviously raises the question what could the Pirates have had if they would have taken someone who was appropriate for that spot? Using hind sight here and saying that Mike Trout should have been the selection isn't really what I'm looking to do instead I'm going to look at players who were rated around the #4 overall spot. To keep this reasonable Strasburg, Ackley and Tate won't be considered as they were already off the board. So I'm going to take a look at the rest of Baseball America's top 10.
#4 Kyle Gibson: Gibson just completed an injury plagued season in which he threw only 28.1 innings. He has yet to make his major league debut but has pitched parts of 3 seasons in AAA compiling 117.2 IP at that level while supporting a 4.67 ERA, 1.402 WHIP, 8.4 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9.
#5 Jacob Turner: Turner was traded this season to the Marlins as the key piece in the Anibal Sanchez deal. He made his major league debut last season but got his first real taste of full time action this season with the Marlins. He looked good throwing 42.2 innings and posting a 3.38 ERA, 0.984 WHIP, 6.1 K/9 and 1.9 BB/9. His AAA numbers are also solid with a 2.85 ERA, 1.239 WHIP, 6.4 K/9 and 3.3 BB/9 in 107.1 IP.
#6 Alex White: White was traded last season to the Rockies as a key piece in the Ubaldo Jimenez deal. He made his major league debut last season and got to make about half a season worth of starts this year. His time in the majors has thus far been a struggle with 149.1 IP and a 6.03 ERA, 1.688 WHIP, 6.1 K/9 and 4.6 BB/9. He was better in AAA posting a 3.20 EA, 1.198 WHIP, 7.8 K/9 and 3.0 BB/9 in 84.1 IP.
#7 Aaron Crow: Crow made it to the majors quickly as a relief pitcher, even earning an All Star appearance in 2011. He has been very solid out of the bullpen throwing 126.2 innings while posting a 3.13 ERA, 1.279 WHIP, 9.2 K/9 and 3.8 BB/9. Crow spent no time at AAA and struggled in his time at AA posting a 5.66 ERA, 1.584 WHIP, 6.8 K/9 and 4.4 BB/9 over 119.1 innings.
#8 Tyler Matzek: Matzek has yet to make his major league debut and in fact has not pitched above the A+ level. In 175.1 innings at the A+ level Matzek has posted and 5.60 ERA, 1.762 WHIP. 9.8 K/9 and 7.2 BB/9.The Rockies are still using him as a starter.
#9 Tanner Scheppers: As most of you may know the Pirates actually selected Scheppers during the 2nd round of the 2009 draft but he didn't sign presumably because the Pirates had concerns about his medical history. Scheppers was drafted the next season by the Texas Rangers and made his major league debut this season. In 32.1 innings of relief Scheppers posted a 4.45 ERA, 1.732 WHIP, 8.4 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9. In AAA Scheppers threw 120.2 innings posting a 4.77 ERA, 1.500 WHIP, 91. K/9 and 3.4 BB/9.
#10 Matthew Purke: Purke was drafted in the 1st round of the 2009 draft but did not sign. The Nationals selected him in the 3rd round of the 2011 draft and he made his professional debut this past season in A ball. Purke pitched sparingly only throwing 15.1 innings so he must have had injury problems but in those few innings he posted a 5.87 ERA, 1.761 WHIP, 8.2 K/9 and 7.0 BB/9.
Gibson and White are two players who have reached AAA and pitched decent but not great. They both will probably get a chance (or in White's case another chance) to establish themselves in the majors but neither is a good bet.
Turner was a very solid prospect who shown good signs of establishing himself as at least a solid major league starter. Right now he appears to the best of the group.
Crow and Scheppers have both made the major leagues as a reliever and that appears to be their path going forward. Crow is now established while Scheppers looked decent in his first stint this past season.
Matzek and Purke have a long way to go to get established. Matzek has the look of a bust while it is too early to make a real call on Purke. Purke's injury history does make him look like a real risky prospect though.
This does not excuse the Pirates for a poor selection but their belief that the remaining talent was a bit of a crap shoot does seem to have some validity. Outside of Turner there doesn't appear to be a major impact player anywhere in the bunch. Again not an excuse for missing on the pick but this portion of Baseball America's 2009 draft rankings certainly isn't looking promising right now.
Piratves vs NL Central: Part 2
I'm going to keep this simple and post just a few fielding stats for each team. I'm going to use the tradition Fielding percentage and two more advanced metric DRS (Defensive Runs Saved) and UZR/150 (Ultimate Zone Rating per 150). Remember for the sake of this comparison I'm excluding the Astros since they won't be in the division next season.
Reds: .985 F%, 32 DRS, 1.7 UZR/150
Cubs: .982 F%, -7 DRS, 1.0 UZR/150
Pirates: .982 F%, -25 DRS, -1.3 UZR/150
Brewers: .984 F%, 13 DRS, -1.3 UZR/150
Cardinals: .983 F%, 13 DRS, -3.7 UZR/150
Overview: I'm going to brief here because well one my knowledge of advanced fielding stats is limited and two I'm saving most of my defensive analysis for the position by position break down I'm going to do later on. Just looking at things from a team perspective it is easy to see that the Pirates defense was below average for the NL Central. Their fielding percentage is tied for last, their DRS is last by a fairly wide margin and their UZR/150 is tied with the Brewers for second worse in the division ahead of only the Cardnals. Putting all the information together one can make a pretty good case that the Pirates were the worst fielding team in the division. As I hinted to early I'll take a look later on to see exactly where improvements are necessary but it should be obvious from just these basic numbers that upgrades are needed somewhere.


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Believe it? I personally don't see why not. None of this is all that surprising. The bit about the annual iPhone upgrade being a tradition is an obvious observation, not a rumor. And to keep the original iPhone users under contract, they have to provide a device this summer that is a significant enough upgrade for them to renew. We've also been hearing a lot about the possibility of AT&T upgrading their network, which could be part of the reason the 10MB podcast over the air download limit will be lifted from iPhone OS 3.0.
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* Q1 sales up 2 pct $4.7 bln, in line with poll forecast
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ZURICH, April 16 (Reuters) - Syngenta AG, the world's largest maker of crop chemicals, expects weak emerging markets currencies to have a bigger hit on full-year earnings than previously assumed, it said on Wednesday, as it posted higher first-quarter sales.
Adverse currency moves knocked 3 percent off quarterly sales, which rose 2 percent to $4.7 billion, in line with the average forecast in a Reuters poll.
Excluding exchange rate moves, sales increased 5 percent.
Syngenta now expects weaker currencies to knock around $100 million off full-year earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), compared with an earlier forecast for a negative impact of $50 million.
Chief Financial Officer John Ramsay said the main impact had come from the devaluation of Ukraine's hryvnia, as fears of all-out war with Russia and a worsening domestic economy have seen the currency lose a third of its value versus the dollar this year.
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After years of study, what is the thing that many college students wish they had more of? Real-life experience.
A unique partnership in Upstate, New York is providing pharmacy students with a practical application for the knowledge they are acquiring while they provide extra resources to thousands of people in need.
In spring of 2016, Hometown Health Centers and Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences opened New York State's first ever student-operated pharmacy. It's called College Hometown Pharmacy.
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Enter Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Gregory Dewey, Ph.D., President, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) says he is always on the lookout for his students to get real-life experience. He was thrilled by the prospect of having his students help run a pharmacy. The resulting "win-win" of College Hometown Pharmacy is that it helps thousands of people get the convenience of a pharmacy in the same location where they are receiving care, while students get real-world experience both in helping patients and operating a business.
Of course, no-one wants to create a situation where patients receive less-than-qualified care, nor where students are put into a situation where they are in over their heads. A licensed pharmacists is always in charge. And students are never going to do anything they haven't passed qualifications exams for. At pharmacy chains, stocking shelves and ringing out purchases is the kind of work increasingly done by "pharmacy assistants." How much better might it be for pharmacy students to fill some of those duties?
Looking toward the future, Dr. Dewey says Hometown Pharmacy may become a model for expanded services at all pharmacies, "The profession is changing and we would like to see a broader role for pharmacists. We would like to see pharmacists to becoming more like providers. They are educated to really do a lot more. They are a great untapped resource in our healthcare system."
Pharmacy candidate Sarah DiVello, (Class of 2018) agrees that prescription filling is just the beginning of what pharmacists can provide, "We also offer a whole bunch of other services like osteoporosis screenings, blood pressure readings, all different kinds of a little more clinical aspects of pharmacy that you might not necessarily get at your average community pharmacy and we can do that because we have students running it.
How does it all work? Check out these podcasts featuring Sarah DiVello, Dr. Dewey, and Joe Gambino:
Want to know more? Check out these videos prepared by Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Albany College of Pharmacy.


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Have I Told You Lately, That I Love.....The Library?
So go on then, I dare you :)
I am pretty tired and cranky today so this is a perfect opportunity to complain about a few items:
You can purchase all sorts of International channels. In fact, Comcast offers 15 different Indian channels. They also have a German Channel package available for purchase.
You can not, however, order any other BBC other than BBC America.
Well, how the hell am I supposed to watch James May At The Edge of Space, James May On the Moon or Man Lab???
My daily fix of Captain Slow will now be reduced to re-shows of Top Gear. This is because Toy Stories has just had it's "Finally".
Woe is me.
Someone please cue up the song: "I can't liiiivvveeeee, if living is without you.......I can't liiiiivvveee, I can't giiiivvve anymore.."
(pic taken from BBC homepage. Purple hearts drawn by a very silly pennylane. )
I started this amazing project with two friends. We were creating scrapbook pages with our favorite quotes on them. We picked 9 topics and each week we were to meet and exchange our pages. So far we have completed:
Motivational Quotes
Fave Lyrics
Quotes from a Book
Funny Quotes
Love Quotes
Movie Quotes
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Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Woods
North, South fall in district play
University Liggett wins opening two contests
By Thomas Franz
Posted October 23, 2013
FRASER — Grosse Pointe North soccer lost in a district semifinal Oct. 16 to Warren Cousino. After defeating Cousino by a combined score of 9-2 in two games in the regular season, North lost 4-1 to the Patriots.
In earlier district play, the Norsemen defeated Roseville 7-0 in a district opener.
North had five seniors — Vince Bruno, Joseph Garvin, John Kusch, Carter Bock and Giancarlo Collette — on the roster. Bruno, Garvin and Kusch served as captains this year.
"We improved greatly from last season. We have great leaders. We won a lot of big games for this programs but lost games that we should've won," North coach Skipper Mukhtar said. "We grew from those situations every single day. We got better every single day and we had a great season overall, and we're getting better every season."
Grosse Pointe South fell in its district opener to Warren De La Salle 1-0. The Blue Devils finished the year with a 7-8-3 record overall while going 7-2-3 in MAC White play.
South will be graduating 11 seniors from this year's team. They are Murray Sales, Anthony Carrier, Eric Addy, Daniel Bukacel, Noah Erickson, Chaz Bilderbeck, John Kanan, Jackson Yezbeck, Andrew Cornwall, Wade Penman and Stuart Daudlin. Sales and Cornwall were captains.
University Liggett beat Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 3-2 in the district final Oct. 19. Liggett took on Allen Park Inter-City Baptist Oct. 22 in regional semifinal. The winner of that game plays at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at Bishop Foley.
Liggett defeated Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 1-0 in the district opener before beating Clarkston Everest 5-0 to advance to the final.
For more coverage of soccer playoffs, please visit our website, candgnews.com/sports.
About the author
Staff Writer Thomas Franz covers Macomb Township, Chippewa Valley Schools and the Macomb County Board of Commissioners for the Macomb Township Chronicle. He also covers sports primarily for the Shelby-Utica News. He has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2013 and attended Michigan State University.
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So anyone realize how much David Bowie looks like Kakashi i think if there was ever alive action naruto movie he should play him.
Where did you get this image?
David Bowie sama sensai senpai oni-chan kun san sama himi sama!
Thats awsome i love the little kuriboh naruto abridged
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Ashwin, the Streetsmart Cricketer Outsmarting Himself
Ravichandran Ashwin is probably the last of the street cricketers India will have in some time. Most famous street cricketer of our generation is MS Dhoni in my opinion. The problem is, Ashwin is too smart to be just a street cricketer. He has an excellent international record built largely at home and a poor away record but it has been just 4 tests abroad and people have understood his utility diminishes considerably. If you're wondering what betting sites offer the best cricket odds take a look on over at and see if you'd like to sign up to any …Read More


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Well im not suprised this hotel is rated as one of the worse in Santa Cruz.We stayed here for one night while travelling in California and of the six hotels we have stayed in so far this is the worse by a long way. The rooms are dirty and need updating, the breakfast was rubbish and we had to take it back to our room to eat as there is no dining area. We paid $90 dollars to stay here, that now seems a rip off! We were just glad to get out of there after only one night, there are plenty of other hotels in santa cruz so try one of them!
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- Welcome to the Surf City Inn & Suites Santa Cruz Family-focused budget motel close to famous Beach Boardwalk. Surf City Inn & Suites Santa Cruz is a ten-minute walk to the Pacific Ocean where sun-filled days and peaceful sunsets entertain visitors in this Northern California surf city. Surf City Inn & Suites focuses on the affordable family experience with a quiet policy after 10 p.M. An on-site indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi and the skate park across the street are popular with guests of all ages. Enjoy an affordable stay that's close to the action of the Santa Cruz beach lifestyle. Highlights Indoor heated swimming pool and spa (seasonal) Free morning juice, coffee and pastries Walk to the beach, pier and Boardwalk in 10 minutes No noise policy after 10pm Free high-speed Internet access in all rooms. Surf City Inn & Suites Santa Cruz is a two-story building with 63 basic motel rooms. Each room is equipped with necessities including a coffee-maker, hairdryer and satellite TV. Family suites have two bedrooms. Complimentary high-speed Internet access is available in all units. Features Grab a newspaper, coffee, juice and pastries each morning in the lobby. Kick back while the kids swim in the indoor pool (heated seasonally). An on-site hot tub is heated and open year round. Surf City Inn & Suites Santa Cruz is located in a suburban center with several restaurants in close proximity. Santa Cruz Skate Park is across the street. The bustling beachfront is just four blocks away. ... more less
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Ambient Light Sensor API - based on Generic Sensor API.
This API is a handy way to make a web page or web app aware of any change in light intensity. See also https://w3c.github.io/sensors/
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The renowned biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women returns with this first volume in a multigenerational history that will forever change the way America views its most famous family ...
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The US Department of Defense has uploaded a video showcasing its use of a swarm of micro-drones during a training exercise held last October.
Measuring around six inches each, 103 Perdix micro-drones were launched from three F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets for a short control test. The drones are designed for low-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
In a statement released on Monday, the DoD revealed that the Perdix drones are not "pre-programmed synchronized individuals", and instead act as a collective organism. The micro-drones are capable of advanced swarm behaviours including collective decision-making, adaptive formation flying and self-healing.
It is not yet known when the DoD intends to deploy Perdix micro-drones in the field, as the devices are yet to be certified for combat.


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The Rite Reviews
January 29, 2011 by Post Team
The Rite Reviews, Rite it feels like you might be watching something good. Do not trust him. It's just the demon inside of you to sleep in a false sense of security. The film starts slow and moody. It seems to be very careful construction of his world and to build suspense. We are introduced to a young funeral director named Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue). Guy is not Kovak with high hopes and dreams, but he wants something more than paint the nails of the dead. So he enrolled in seminary school, given that just before he was sworn in as a commando holy, he can leave everything and get a free education of the transaction.
The first thing you notice about the movie you watch, it is the camera work. The compositions are always interesting. Peak point of view of the camera from the corners, behind fences. We get little montage sequences of still shots on stationary objects such as scene transitions and overall plans. Visually things feel thoroughly prepared. The camera moves when it needs to move, and he does it with skill, and it remains when it needs to linger, and always with the goal. If there is a hidden star of the film, it is perhaps filmmaker Ben Davis. But, unfortunately, the real star of the film is O'Donoghue, and he fails to shine so much.
Kovak is reserved, reluctant to believe in anything, and unclear about where he wants to go. O'Donoghue's performance begins appropriately steel and restraint, but you feel he's going to have to do later, as the character develops. Kovak plan leeches free education goes wonderfully until his resignation is not accepted, and a higher decides he wants to send the young student class exorcism at the Vatican rather than let him go. A melodramatic death scene with Kovak leaning on a young girl who got hit by a van helps motivate him agree. After installing the film played so many things about the jacket, this exaggerated cinematic moment I felt a little out of place, like a hiccup. But it has been proven to be a hint of things to come.
When we arrive in Rome, which began slowly starts to look a little. The picturesque town gives something photography can show and movie gains a pleasure trip. Even the interiors are used grand and beautiful, and they did a credible job of replacing the Vatican City. And once we meet Anthony Hopkins character we get some real life injected into the proceedings. His veteran exorcist, Father Lucas is a man who treats his work crazy so casually that his flippant eccentricity becomes. Hopkins is fun and playful in the role. It was all bright eyes and charisma, and it comes as a welcome addition after a first act of nothing, but faces Dour. Once he shows the film moves from the construction of mystery and fear of a horror movie full part in almost an instant. We're going to Rome, in Hopkins, a young pregnant girl chained and writhing in no time. Unfortunately, it's just at that moment that things should get exciting, as the ritual becomes a bore.
If there's one good thing about the movie goes all crazy is that the ramps Hopkins's performance right alongside it. Once all the action starts, it just goes completely to him, throwing her into the whirlwind of noise and act downright goofy. His recent work has focused on nothing else but fun quality. He is a veteran of the craft that has proved anything it wants and is more concerned about building a career. The highlights of this film could be mistaken as an audition reel for the lead role in The Mask. All it takes is a green head and he was at home. Hopkins balls to the wall is a silent film, we'll at least have fun with it, the attitude was the best thing about The Wolfman recent years, and this is the best thing about this generic horror movie.
But boy does he leave Donoghue eat his dust. From the beginning of the movie you think Michael Kovak begins stoic and that later it will grow into something else. But when put to the test during the third act, Donoghue does not seem to be able to project a lot. If everything there is a black hole sucking energy when the end credits role you will not be able to describe Kovak any other way than being a protagonist in a film to become an exorcist. The film tries to be on his crisis of faith, but exposure around its crisis becomes so clumsy and reported that even in this way will not bare fruit. Donoghue and face is a blank. If you were asked to pick him up on a range of ten other guys you would not be able to do so. This is a booth in a model without visible soul or charisma whatsoever.
So what you end up with a banal movie stands out in its genre in any way. There is no shortage, but it fails to impress. Other than Anthony Hopkins in this movie any lack of balls: even the devil. For all the ballyhoo and bluster, the final battle does not mean anything biblical. Why are these demons always having the same M.O.? It can make swarms of animals appear. It can have anyone he wants. But he sticks to mention frogs. And he takes the trope to enough girls who have, and small children, and makes them hop and playing mind games. When it comes down to it, the worst things that these demons are never able to produce hurt feelings and strained muscles.
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Reissue with the latest 24-bit remastering. Features original cover artwork. Comes with a descripton in Japanese. Mid-'80s big band recordings featuring the arrangements and compositions of David Matthews, mixing swing, bop, soul-jazz, and fusion influences. There's a blend between acoustic and electric, standards and originals, and tightly crafted ensemble-dominated arrangements and straight blowing material.
Reissue features the latest DSD remastering and HR cutting. Also features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD players). A really great title for this classic late 50s set – as the record showcases a host of young alto players who've all come up in the generation of Charlie Parker – but who are each bringing their own sense of style to the instrument! There's hardly any "bird feathers" here – as the Charlie Parker modes are never used slavishly, but instead as a way to sprout wings and really take off in new direction – a difference that really comes through wonderfully on the tracks that feature two different altoists playing together.
Reissue with the latest 24-bit remastering. Features original cover artwork. Comes with a descripton in Japanese. Ronnie Foster cut plenty of sweet fusion sides for Columbia Records at the start of the 80s – but this set's from the second half of the decade, and was initially an album that was only issued for the Japanese market! Foster arranged the whole record himself, and works with a nice lean lineup that includes Phil Upchurch on guitar, Harvey Mason and Ndugu on drums, and Paulinho Da Costa on additional percussion – all in a groove that's kind of a mid 80s update of Foster's earlier mode, still delivered with just the right sense of space and soul! Titles include "Ipanema Walk", "Festival Do Brasil", "Squirt", "Night Life", "Europe", and "The Racer".


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NJ Employer Industrial Hygiene Analyst in Cinnaminson, New Jersey
EMSL Analytical, Inc. is currently seeking a full time an Industrial Hygiene Analyst for its Headquarters location in Cinnaminson, NJ. This position is an analytical role working within our Industrial Hygeiene laboratory. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:Industrial Hygiene Specific Tasks:Setup and analyze samples using GC, HPLC, XRD, and/or LC/MS ProficiencyLearn procedures and operation of basic analytical instrumentsUtilize Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook to process data and generate reportsAnalyze samples for GC and HPLC analysis and XRD. Requirements:Bachelors Degree in Chemistry is desired. Must have some lab experience, either academic or commercial1-2 years experience of LC/MS experience a plus Write and maintain SOPs pertaining to the work above. Successful analysis of Performance Evaluation Samples is required for GC and HPLC areas.GC/HPLC/XRD experience is a plus AIHA accredited lab experience a plusMust be Proficient in Computers both in Typing and MS OfficeStrong Communication skills required Must be able to work independently and with a teamMust be able to multi-task and prioritize work assignmentsBasic math skills related to analytical chemistry requiredRecord keeping and QA activities are requiredFlexible to work overtime and weekends when neededHours: Monday Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. extra hours and/or weekend work may be requiredFor further consideration of employment, please apply through the company website: https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=EMSL&cws=1&rid=2168Mobile device career link: https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm02/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=EMSL&cws=40&rid=2168EMSL offers full time benefits: medical, dental, 401(k), voluntary benefits, paid time off, holiday pay, flexible spending account.As the nation's leading environmental testing firm, EMSL's network of nationwide laboratories has been providing quality analytical services since 1981. We offer a wide array of analytical testing services to support environmental investigations focused on asbestos, microbiology, lead paint, environmental chemistry, indoor air quality, industrial hygiene and food testing. Additionally, we also provide materials testing, characterization, and forensic laboratory services for a wide range of commercial, industrial, regulatory, and law enforcement clients.EMSL Analytical, Inc. is a stable and growing company that offers the opportunity to cross train, advance within, and become a part of a close knit team. EMSL laboratories are throughout the U.S. and international with a laboratory location in Canada.To find out more about EMSL Analytical, Inc. please visit our website at: www.emsl.com EOE including Veterans and Disabled