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Post by saxon on Jun 15, 2022 14:25:57 GMT
Split | G | IP | ER | ERA | R | 2B | HR | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB |
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Patrick Mazeika | 2 | 11.2 | 2 | 1.54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .175 | .313 | .200 | .513 | 8 | James McCann | 5 | 31.0 | 9 | 2.61 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .193 | .265 | .303 | .567 | 33 | Tomas Nido | 6 | 33.2 | 22 | 5.88 | 22 | 7
| 8 | .268 | .318 | .493 | .810 | 68 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original TableGenerated 6/15/2022.
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Post by saxon on Jun 15, 2022 14:32:46 GMT
the above splits were for Bassitt, who apparently was struggling because of McCann's injury...some of the article where Bassitt discusses it: www.sny.tv/articles/mets-chris-bassitt-tomas-nido-same-page?fbclid=IwAR1XlbnEjoXroasOKqK5E1BZm-Hvfy9AeddbYylv9EdZ4ZBC0d6GXcwgdNALuckily, it seems the 33-year-old has figured it out -- and he’s relieved. “ relieved more than anything. I just think the extra time we had, I was able to completely break down what was going on,” Bassitt said after the game. “When it came to pitching itself I didn’t make many adjustments there wasn’t much, it’s 100 percent all on me.
“Me and [Tomas] Nido were not on the same page at all. The more and more I fought, the worse and worse I did. We spent the last week getting to know each other and bettering the game.”
The relationship and trust between a pitcher and catcher is very important, and Bassitt had that rapport with James McCann since they worked with each other during spring training. But with McCann down with an injury, Bassitt had to work with both Nido and Patrick Mazeika more.
The veteran believed they would build that relationship and figure it out during games, but it didn’t happen and he couldn’t see that it would take some self-reflection to get there.
Tuesday night was a product of that. Bassitt was using his fastball to get ahead in counts and then used his slider and curveball to put away hitters. It was the formula that made Bassitt an All-Star last season with Oakland and it was what made him successful earlier this season, but the last few games it was in reverse and the veteran, admittedly, couldn’t see it.
“[Nido] had an unbelievable game. It’s easier when he knows what I like to do on every count. I really regret not doing it a couple weeks ago, but I just didn’t know. I never really dealt with this kind of thing. I made a key judgment error that lasted a few weeks,” Bassitt said. “Early in the count we were on the same page, late in the count we were on the same page. It was freeing."
He added, “I just thought the last couple of games we would get on the same page and it just didn’t happen. And I blame myself. And I apologized to Nido and Mazeika. It was such an obvious thing to do and I just didn’t do it.”
“You always appreciate when someone says something like that,” Nido said of Bassitt taking the blame for his struggles. “It’s not just him. It goes both ways. We are both to blame there and thankfully it’s in the past and it’s good that we’ve learned from it, got on the same page and have nights like tonight.”
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Post by thomasam on Jun 18, 2022 12:14:54 GMT
Good baseball fans know how important this part of the game is. When I see some clamoring to get Alvarez up here ASAP they're ignoring this part of the game. The ability to call a game can't be overrated.
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Post by saxon on Jun 18, 2022 14:02:06 GMT
Good baseball fans know how important this part of the game is. When I see some clamoring to get Alvarez up here ASAP they're ignoring this part of the game. The ability to call a game can't be overrated.
I agree with you, but at the same time...what about to come up as a DH/PH later in the season? That way, we get his power bat & he gets a chance to sit alongside our pitchers/catchers and see how they work the MLB games in potential playoff situations...similar to how in the NFL, the draft pick QB's are on the sidelines studying the veteran QB and getting to how the team meetings are held and how other teams defense are picking apart the offense, etc...
plus, only having 2 catchers kind of makes it so that you have to suffer thru watch Nido flail wildly with the bases loaded when Lopez didn't even throw him one strike...luckily we broke it open, but Nido/Nimmo choked with the bases loaded; would have been a good situation to PH for Nido if you had 2 catchers on the bench
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Post by saxon on Jun 18, 2022 14:05:39 GMT
having said that, I also remember the disasters of Gregg Jefferies (1988) and Kevin Elster (1986) during playoff drives...IMO, Jefferies is a huge reason why the Dodgers beat us in the 1988 playoffs
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Post by saxon on Jul 13, 2022 23:33:18 GMT
as of 7/13, Mets record by catcher:
Nido: 30 wins; 19 losses; .612 winning percentage; McCann: 17 wins; 9 losses; .654 winning percentage; Mazieka: 8 wins; 6 losses; .574 winning percentage;
And in fairness to Mazieka/Nido; McCann was on the DL while Max, deGrom and Megill were also on the DL...so in otherwords, they weren't catching the Mets more elite pitchers...
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Post by saxon on Aug 25, 2022 13:26:34 GMT
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Post by Admin on Oct 1, 2023 14:06:59 GMT
Senga this season: Home: 2.42 ERA; .179 OBA (Opponents batting average); 124 K; 41 BB; 8 HR; 93 innings; Road: 3.68 ERA; .242 OBA; 78 K; 36 BB; 9 HR; 73 innings; although some of his best ERA's were on the NL East ballparks overall; Senga has some other interesting splits as well... 15 of the 17 HRs allowed were with the bases empty; 1 HR allowed all year on his "Ghost fork" (According to SNY telecast, and that occurred in his last start, immediately after Gary mentioned that he hadn't allowed a single HR off the ghost fork all season); His OPS allowed was virtually the same on the first, 2nd and 3rd time thru the order (.624; .631; .626); although, he gave up more walks on the first time thru (37 of the 77) and least likely to allow a HR (1 out of 17); Better ERA at night, but higher Slugging Percentage allowed during the day; Better numbers vs left hand batters than Righties (which is unusual for a RHP); www.espn.com/mlb/player/splits/_/id/4142421/kodai-senga
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Post by nyf on Oct 4, 2023 17:58:58 GMT
Interesting. Thanks for the info Sax. Wonder how much of that proves SSS outliers? And how much are nerves that will settle with time in MLB and age. And how much carries forward as just who he is.
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Post by Admin on Oct 4, 2023 22:51:18 GMT
I think that Senga slowly improved on the road as he felt more comfortable in the league...I am sure that he was slightly overwhelmed at first, MLB is different than the Japanese league including playing outdoors on grass (I believe he had only pitched in domes with artificial turf prior to Spring Training)...and being the only Japanese speaking player on a team that mostly speaks English/Spanish was probably a little hard to get used to as well
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Post by brianstark on Oct 5, 2023 0:30:15 GMT
Bring him a Japanese friend (or two) this off season...
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Post by nyf on Oct 5, 2023 14:47:46 GMT
YAAAS!
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