[新聞] BP: Wang in 2005-2007
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作者: xiemark (aisinjuro) 看板: CMWang
標題: [新聞] BP: Wang in 2005-2007
時間: Sun Jul 27 20:31:23 2008
Chien-Ming Wang, 2005
Taiwanese import who has lost development time to shoulder injuries. His
performances have varied with health, mostly to the bad, but he finally
regained some of his luster with 40 good-looking innings at Triple-A late
in the year. His fastball reportedly has returned from the land of the
dead, but his secondary pitches are erratic. If he continues pitching
well, he'll move to the top of the emergency starter/trade bait pile.
Chien-Ming Wang, 2006
Like a good science-fiction story, Wang compels you to suspend your
disbelief. His strikeout rate is too low, especially for a player who can
dial it up into the 90s. He`s had too many arm problems: shoulder surgery
in 2001, and recurring shoulder problems in 2003 and 2005. He`s a young
pitcher on the Yankees, yet he succeeds. That the Taiwanese Terror is a
groundball machine goes a long way towards explaining these
inconsistencies in his story; he can get by with fewer strikeouts than the
average pitcher. At times he`s terrifically stingy with the home run, not
allowing one until his seventh major league start. His great calm and
presence helped him beat Torre`s bias against young players. Bouncing back
from his latest shoulder injury despite rumors he might be done for the
year, he pitched well in September and in his sole postseason start. The
main questions are whether he can continue to get by with so few
strikeouts, and when his arm will break down again. Readers who bought
this kind of pitcher also purchased Ray Bradbury`s `Martian Chronicles`
and `The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World` by Harlan
Ellison.
Chien-Ming Wang, 2007
Wang shouldn`t work. Though he gets his fastball into the mid-90s, Wang
struck out just 3.14 batters per nine innings last year. A pitcher who
allows that many balls in play should, according to the physical laws of
the universe, get killed--if not all the time, then often--because many of
those balls will fall in. What makes Wang the great exception to the rule
is that batters can`t lift his heavy stuff--among pitchers with at least
150 innings pitched, only Derek Lowe and Brandon Webb allowed a lower
percentage of fly balls. Some of Wang`s grounders do go for singles, but
he mitigates those by being stingy with walks and extra-base hits--he led
the majors in fewest home runs allowed per nine innings pitched (0.5), and
in lowest isolated power allowed (.098). Restricted to advancing one base
at a time, the opposition has to shoot a lot of balls in a row past a
diving Derek Jeter to have a big inning. As long as Wang`s sinker is as
good as it is, there`s no reason to think he can`t keep this up.
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