Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

by Randy Booth on Nov 24, 2006 10:28 PM EST in Community Projections

They're back!

Community projections are back for the 2007 season. We did them last year and, surprisingly, we did a pretty good job (it was summed up at one point, but I'll try and find the article again).

So lets start another season of them. Our first projection can be for the biggest news of the off-season so far, Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Of course, nothing has been inked yet, but we know it will. So put down what you think he's going to do and then I'll compile it and see what we got. Here are the categories:

Innings Pitched:
Wins:
Losses:
Games Started:
Strikeouts:
Walks:
Earned Run Average:
WHIP:

Copy that form, paste it into a reply, and fill in your answers. After a couple of weeks we can see what the community thinks.

Go Sox!

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Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Innings Pitched: 221
Wins: 18
Losses: 7
Games Started: 32
Strikeouts: 214
Walks: 48
Earned Run Average: 3.57
WHIP: 1.106

He's going to be the nasty.

Boo Damon. Cheer Pedro.

by illgamesh on Nov 25, 2006 12:22 AM EST 0 recs

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man, i sure hope so, but i think this might be a stretch for someone whose never faced alot of major leaguers.

by forage on Nov 25, 2006 2:05 PM EST up 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Innings Pitched: 200
Wins: 17
Losses: 8
Games Started: 31
Strikeouts: 190
Walks: 62
Earned Run Average: 3.90
WHIP: 1.31

I won't be greedy... we can wait for his first 20-win season until 2008.

Vote for Pedroia

by britsoxfan on Nov 25, 2006 8:32 AM EST 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Innings Pitched: 190
Wins: 15
Losses: 10
Game Starts: 31
Strikeouts: 174
Walks: 98
Earned Run Average: 4.23
WHIP: 1.34
Homers Allowed: 25

Conservative for our 25 mil man. Its true that he's dominate, and has great stuff, but we know that Beckett does too. I figure he's going to struggle with his control because of the culture shock, and difficulty in communicating well with the coaches. Also, he's going to have to adjust to pitching in Fenway, where he will struggle with the gopherballs.

by forage on Nov 25, 2006 2:04 PM EST 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

What I expect:

Innings Pitched: 200
Wins: 16
Losses: 10
Game Starts: 33
Strikeouts: 174
Walks: 75
Earned Run Average: 3.60
WHIP: 1.10

What I fear:
Innings Pitched: 0
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Game Starts: 0
Strikeouts: 0
Walks: 0
Earned Run Average: 0.00
WHIP: 0.00

Boras demands $20M/year. Theo says no. Matsuzaka goes back to Japan.

by RSNexile on Nov 25, 2006 3:59 PM EST 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

That strikeouts figure was supposed to be 175. I hate when I have typos...

by RSNexile on Nov 25, 2006 3:59 PM EST up 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Innings Pitched: 190
Wins: 15
Losses: 7
Game Starts: 30
Strikeouts: 166
Walks: 58
Earned Run Average: 3.74
WHIP: 1.18

With J.D. Drew in Right:

Innings Pitched: 270
Wins: 24
Losses: 3
Game Starts: 36
Strikeouts: 300
Walks: 18
Earned Run Average: 1.60
WHIP: .80

That was my attempt at statistical sarcasm. I'm reeling from the possibility that we might sign such an unpleasant player. According to Derek Lowe, his most common nickname in the Dodgers clubhouse was a little stronger than what Edes reported.

by alfredoz on Nov 25, 2006 5:00 PM EST 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Innings Pitched: 206
Wins: 16
Losses: 7
Games Started: 31
Strikeouts: 164
Walks: 73
Earned Run Average:3.95
WHIP: 1.34

by TedSox9 on Nov 25, 2006 6:14 PM EST 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Innings Pitched:225
Wins:18
Losses:7
Games Started:33
Strikeouts:230 (funky wind up and gyro lol)
Walks:80
Earned Run Average:under 3

by Alex being Alex on Nov 25, 2006 8:10 PM EST 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Innings Pitched: 185
Wins: 15
Losses: 7
Games Started: 27
Strikeouts: 152
Walks: 47
Earned Run Average: 3.13
WHIP: 2.05

Get your Yankees Suck - Japanese shirts now:
http://www.cafepress.com/yankeessuckjap

by jsnvaritek33 on Nov 26, 2006 2:37 PM EST 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Is that WHIP right? 2.05?

With a WHIP that high, there's no way his ERA could be as low as 3.13.

by RSNexile on Nov 26, 2006 4:26 PM EST up 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

my bad, was supposed to be 1.05

Get your Yankees Suck - Japanese shirts now: http://www.cafepress.com/yankeessuckjap

by jsnvaritek33 on Nov 26, 2006 5:53 PM EST up 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

That's what I figured, but I had to double check -- I had a typo when I entered mine, too.

With a 2.05 WHIP and just 47 walks in 185 IP, that would have meant D-Mat would have to allow about 330 hits. A pitcher who allowed that many hits in 185 innings would likely have an ERA over 6.00, and he'd require a lot of luck to keep it that low.

by RSNexile on Nov 26, 2006 6:22 PM EST up 0 recs

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Ya, an edit function would be money.

Get your Yankees Suck - Japanese shirts now: http://www.cafepress.com/yankeessuckjap

by jsnvaritek33 on Nov 26, 2006 8:56 PM EST up 0 recs

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With no regard to the actual content of the post, I would like to propose a ban on further use of the first initial, hyphen, some-portion-of-last-name nickname for players.

We don't need K-Youk, D-Ped, M-Low, T-Nix, J-Pap, T-Wake, etc.

Man law?

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Nov 27, 2006 12:43 PM EST up 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

I'm with S-Dev on this

Vote for Pedroia

by britsoxfan on Nov 27, 2006 2:09 PM EST up 0 recs

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Unfortunatly people are either too stupid or too lazy to come up with new, original nicknames, its come down to using the stupid hyphens for individuals (A-rod, J-Lo, etc) and the retarded combo names for celebrity couples (Bennifer, TomKat, etc). I hate the media.

Get your Yankees Suck - Japanese shirts now: http://www.cafepress.com/yankeessuckjap

by jsnvaritek33 on Nov 27, 2006 2:14 PM EST up 0 recs

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I think Matsuzaka is a "Matty" if I ever saw one.

by tommy.otm on Nov 27, 2006 10:09 PM EST up 0 recs

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That's as good a nickname as I've heard. Fits Boston.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Nov 28, 2006 1:45 PM EST up 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

thanks.

by tommy.otm on Nov 29, 2006 8:35 AM EST up 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Innings Pitched: 0
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Games Started: 0
Strikeouts: 0
Walks: 0
Earned Run Average: 0.00
WHIP: 0.00

Based on his agent, Scott "I don't care if my clients play or not" Boras.

(I'm in a bad mood about the Manny/Drew nonsense and this may be just pessimism talking, but nobody's lost money by overestimating just how much Boras can be a prick.)

by RickD on Nov 28, 2006 9:33 AM EST 0 recs

Re: Community Projections: Daisuke Matsuzaka

sadly i have to agree. I want them to get this signing done purely because itd be fun to see daisuke play (and hopefully do well). But il have a jaw dropping moment if they sign him. 10% chance in my book.

by spinz on Dec 1, 2006 4:44 AM EST up 0 recs