2012 Yu Darvish thread

[bone3421]

i wonder if new york wanted darvish if the media would be saying he cost a ton???

arod,pujols,cc,lee,agon,crawford,werth etc etc all way bigger deals

 

[bone3421]

Japanese maple leaf.

good,i was thinking wtf you get to come to the majors and you show up with a pot leaf on your shirt

 

[bone3421]

turns out it was mary jane on the shirt but he didnt know????

 

[bone3421]

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

Dude looks freakin' huge!

 

[bone3421]

Yu Darvish is Texas Rangers' gateway to Japan business - ESPN Dallas

 

[bone3421]

Yu Darvish's first spring start: March 7 - Dallas Texas Rangers Blog - ESPN Dallas

 

[fordman84]

Keep reading our guys who have taken BP against him talk about how much movement he has on his pitches and how accurate he is.

Holy cow I can't wait for the season to get here. I want to see what Yu can do against ML hitters in a real scenario.

 

[fordman84]

Doubt anyone wants to mess with him right now, but seems like Maddox or Nolan one will get with Yu and see if they can get him to wind up with the ball still in his glove. Won't take long for batters to start looking at his hand at the back of his windup if he keeps dropping it into plain sight. After noticing this, I saw that ESPN MLB front page has a photo of Yu pitching, and it shows exactly what I'm talking about.

 

[fordman84]

Can't see his whole hand, but this is the picture I'm talking about. Seems like a batter could just look down at his hand to see how he is holding the ball.

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

I believe that picture is a bad example of what you are referring to. In the particular point shown...the ball is already removed from the glove for all pitchers. (as he is making his stride towards home plate).

That said, I saw what you were referring to during feed....

 

[fordman84]

I believe that picture is a bad example of what you are referring to. In the particular point shown...the ball is already removed from the glove for all pitchers. (as he is making his stride towards home plate).

That said, I saw what you were referring to during feed....

Yeah, but it is the best I could come up with

He needs to just keep the ball in the glove as long as he can, Nolan used to keep it hidden through most of his takeback and then just reveal it right as his arm started coming forward. Much more deception.

Of course, if it throws off his rhythm or mechanics, then leave well enough alone.

 

[bone3421]

so i heard he did pretty well for his first outing today......was the long smash by venables the only hard hit ball???

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

so i heard he did pretty well for his first outing today......was the long smash by venables the only hard hit ball???

That one was the furthest hit...

The smash double that went by Young seemed well hit as well...

 

[Xx srs bsns xX]

Trippy.

 

[fordman84]

Trippy.

A switch pitcher? He stole my idea!

 

[Ginger]

I watched as much as they'd show on the Ranger website. Glad I have a 32" HD flat screen for my monitor. Thought he was rather impressive today. 94-95 with the 4 seemer. Had a really wicked slider. I thought his curve was impressive. Could throw all of his pitches for quality strikes. His fielding and hustle to 1st was very, very impressive. Not quite Kenny Rogersesque but pretty darned good.

I really liked that he cracked up when that ball hit the wall and prevented the home run. Shows he really understood the score that this was spring training and that spring training games just don't count one iota. I really liked that he didn't NIBBLE ala CJ. Throws quality strikes, gets ahead of the hitters and knows what to do when ahead in the count. I am going to really, really enjoy watching this guy pitch for the Rangers. I can't wait until the regular season when he is bringing his A game and his velocity is a couple of ticks better. Anyone who thinks he was throwing his best stuff today is crazy.

 

[romeo212000]

Darvish is still getting a feel for things and almost certainly wasn't throwing 100%. It's obvious from the fact that he pitched out of the stretch his entire appearance that he was working on stuff as much as anything. I think what he probably did begin to learn today is that with all big league hitters, if you make a mistake they'll hurt you. But I also like the fact that he was going right after hitters. Had 7 of 8 first pitch strikes. Pitch count was a little higher than you would like, but again he's clearly working on various stuff.

 

[romeo212000]

That splitter he threw for his third strikeout was nasty.

 

[jta4437]

FIRST INNING

* CF Cameron Maybin: Fastball called strike (92), slider ball (85), fastball strike (93), fastball fouled (95), splitter ball (88), slider (84) for a swinging strikeout.
* 2B Orlando Hudson: Fastball swinging strike (94), changeup ball (85), fastball strike (93), splitter fouled (87), 92 fastball up in zone, double to CF.
* 1B Jesus Guzman: Slider strike (83), fastball called strike (95), slider (82) fly out to center.
* LF Carlos Quentin: Fastball swinging strike (93), fastball ball (93), slider strike (83), fastball ball (94), curve swinging strike (80).

SECOND INNING

* RF Will Venable: Curve swinging strike (67), changeup ball, splitter strike (87), splitter ball (88), fastball (92) hit for double off wall in CF.
* DH Mark Kotsay: Two-seam fastball called strike (90), cutter (88) hit to first for groudball out.
* 3B James Darnell: Fastball ball (93), slider called strike (83), fastball (93), curveball (78) ball, fastball (94) chopped back to mound, Darvish throws home to get runner in rundown.
* C John Baker: Fastball called strike (92), cutter fouled (89), curve fouled (80), fastball ball (93), splitter (88) for strikeout.