John Farrell To Manage Blue Jays?

Is Duncan currently under contract?

If we got Duncan. That man’s a bloody genius…the Einstein of pitching coaches I tell ya.

I can hear the visits to the mound now:

“Try a fastball straight down the middle Dice, he’ll never expect it…”

Bernie Miklasz link on Duncan

All the best to the Mr. John Farrell and his family if his selection by the Blue Jays is true.

Sssssweet.

I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle… though I do think he’s one of the better pitching coaches in the game.

I think sometimes its like a NBA coach… guys stop listening and you need a new voice in there. Not sure it reflects on Farrell’s abilities at all. Might just mean we have a few meatheads on our pitching staff even.

Players like Ramon Ramirez and Manny Delcarmen both slowly became less-and-less effective as their time in Boston increased.

Yahoooooo….

Sox in ’11 Bring it on

death to the empire!

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2010, blown saves 8, losses 7, ERA 3.90, FIP 3.51, WHIP 1.27

4seamFB 69.8% (94.9mph)
sliders 8.5% (82.6)
split finger 21.7% (89.9)

2009 blown saves 3, losses 1, ERA 1.85, FIP 3.05, WHIP 1.15

4seamFB 81.4% (94.7mph)
slider 9.2% (84.1)
split finger 9.4% (89.1)

2007 blown saves 3, losses 3, ERA 1.85, FIP 2.45, WHIP 0.77, Championship Year

4seamFB 78.1% (94.3mph)
slider 6.2% (85.2)
split finger 15.7% (87.9)

There is no dought that Paps was trying to throw less fourseamers this year and was using his split finger more than ever. He didn’t throw the split for strikes, which caused him the walk more batters (28) than ever before plus he had a career high in wild pitches (4) on the splitter in the dirt. He has not lost his velocity but his horizontal and vertical movement was down from last year by about a 1/2 inch in each direction on his 4seamer.

Farrell’s philosophy is to establish the fastball first but does any other pitching coach not emphasize that? Don’t blame Papelbon’s 2010 season on Farrell. Take a look at his WHIP.

Much like alskor said above, sometimes the guys who are not the sharpest tools in the shed, need to hear a new voice ringing in their head. Let the search begin.

Pitch Type and %

Pitch Velocity and Pitch F/X Data for H and V Movement

some people just have bad years. And it’s not like he was on the Sox for all of 2009, those numbers were over 14 appearances.

I don’t think there are countless examples of this.

The NL West kinda sucks. the NL in general kinda sucks. The AL East is brutally difficult.

and walked him on 4 pitches?
And ball 4 was in the dirt…4 feet behind him????

I don’t think that was John Farrell’s fault.