So Far, So Good for Hamels
Despite the big fly he allowed to Jose Bautista in Florida this afternoon, it sounds like a very strong spring debut for Cole Hamels: velocity ahead of where he started the 2009 regular season, and early success with the cut fastball he's working on. Hamels, who threw five cutters against the Jays, sees it as a useful pitch against lefties, who have hit the southpaw Hamels better than righties over his career.
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In other good news, some of the young guys acquitted themselves well today. The box score is slow to update, but from what I can gather, Dom Brown went 2-for-4 with an RBI double and a sac fly, Gillies hit a 2-run homer (off David Purcey, a major leaguer), and Bastardo punched out two in a clean frame.
I wonder if there’s any word on how Mathieson pitched in the B game?
I looked today on the Interwebs but could find nothing.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 6, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder if Gillies’ HR was a wind-aided right field Clearwater Special. Almost as cheap as a High Desert bomb.
A HR is a HR, but I’m hoping he smoked it.
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Thought that was a good question, so I relayed it to my buddy who’s down there. His response…
It was a liner but its 366 to right in dunedin. And he hit a double that would have been a triple of tracy wasnt so slow.
Gillies doesn’t have much loft on his swing, but he could stumble into 10-15 HR power by virtue of hard hit line drives leaving the yard. The fact that he’s just 21 and doing it already, against major league pitching no less, is a good sign.
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I was thinking they were in Clearwater. So it sounds like it was solidly struck. Good.
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I was looking at some of that video posted by the Mariners’ fan earlier this week. Gillies’ back leg is very fidgety as he prepares and swings, so he’s clearly making adjustments to hit the ball to space, which is exactly what a speedy player should do. Agreed that from time to time he’ll guess right and really nail one on the line, but the way he swings now, he’s a slap/gapper type.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 6, 2010 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
I think somebody posted this here before, but I thought this was a very interesting breakdown of Gillies’ swing as of last August. I have no idea who this Steve Carter is, but he at least sounds like he knows what he’s talking about.
Good quote at the end:
Gillies’ power total will determine if a Dave Roberts type is his low end upside, or if he will reach his ceiling of a Juan Pierre with patience.
I’ll take this moment to say that everyone here should root for this guy. Not because he’s hearing impaired, but because he is a fantastic human being and doesn’t let his physical shortcomings get in the way of him being a fine baseball player.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 8, 2010 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
Cole Hamels is also in this picture
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by WholeCamels on Mar 5, 2010 6:09 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I wish he’d get the hell out of the way
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Mar 5, 2010 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
There seems to be an arrow down at his left shoulder, which for some strange reason I take as a favorable omen.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 6, 2010 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
Good work, all. The mommies at my daughter’s dance class this morning now think I have Tourette’s syndrome. They already thought I was creepy to begin with, and I’m sure they are all now checking the local megan’s law website.
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by RememberthePhitans on Mar 6, 2010 11:18 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I was wondering what the new line of chest augmentation from San Bernadino’s, Dr. Teethumper looked like
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