Comments on: Brandon Morrow, 2012 Fantasy Sleeper

By: duder

duder — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:08:29 +0000

@royce!: That's called mentally freaking out/not being able to pitch from the stretch. It's not all statistics. He isn't unlucky. Some pitchers legitimately pitch worse with men on.

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:17:22 +0000

Another good column Grey, always enjoy reading these in the OS.

Did Morrow end strongly to the season? Cos thats usually the sign of a breakout pitcher, or did he have just one good month. Could a theory be, he gets a bit rattled when runners are on, so decides to just make sure he gets it over, leading to a lot of multi run homers? That might explain his low LR% yet poor strand% with runners on.

Never been a big fan of him but you might be right. Still he’s a worthwhile gamble if cheap enough, and if he improves outve the stretch he’ll be worth it! Has certain resemblances to D-Cab (Daniel Cabrera) though for me…

By: The Talented Mr. Dope Man

The Talented Mr. Dope Man — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:32:29 +0000

I love Morrow, i just hate those days where you see that 8+ ERA. His strike outs always entice me though.

By: Awesomus Maximus

Awesomus Maximus — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:14:49 +0000

@Grey: @AL KOHOLIC: Thanks for the good wishes; much appreciated. It's crazy... this wing is actually crawling with cute, young nurses on every shift. And it's a teaching hospital, so the nurses in training are even younger and cuter. I finally found something I like about Philly!

By: mic

mic — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:22:26 +0000

@grey: @royce: maybe Morrow has trouble out of the stretch… for some reason some pitchers are awkward like that…

By: royce!

royce! — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:40:35 +0000

@Grey: I guess only a handful of players can be hodgepadres... can't blame me for hoping for one more, though.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:40:30 +0000

@royce!: Animal Collective covers, ha! Maholm should go back to not all that useful in mixed league again.

By: royce!

royce! — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:24:32 +0000

Looks like Maholm is gonna end up a Cub…it’s too bad, he could’ve made a great hodgepadre.

By: royce!

royce! — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:19:42 +0000

A fedora does not make Maddux a hipster, but I’m still enjoying this:

http://memegenerator.net/Hipster-Greg-Maddux

And a good recovery to Awesomus.

By: AL KOHOLIC

AL KOHOLIC — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:25:43 +0000

@Awesomus Maximus: ha,get well soon,catch us some dawkins stories and accidentally get a little touchy with the nurse,hehe

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:16:10 +0000

@Awesomus Maximus: That's Florence Nightingale syndrome. She probably looks like Nurse Ratched but between the meds and sympathy you're all googly.

By: Awesomus Maximus

Awesomus Maximus — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:58:17 +0000

@Grey: I'm spending more time with the nurse now and less time with the doode. He hasn't had his regular dose of [I won't write it here for the sake of his privacy] and he's just nonstop complaining about that. No more fun stories... boo...

By: Awesomus Maximus

Awesomus Maximus — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:40:41 +0000

Oh, and my nurse is smooooowwwkin’ hot! I told her, “You met my wife, and I know you’ll see her again, so I’m not trying to pick you up. However, I need to address the fact that you are absolutely gorgeous.” With that out of the way, we are now freely flirting with each other. I might aim for a midnight handie if I didn’t have a catheter… OUCH!

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:40:19 +0000

@Awesomus Maximus: That's awesome news! Mend, baby, mend. Any stories you can share?

By: Awesomus Maximus

Awesomus Maximus — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:36:10 +0000

Spinal surgery done, so far so good. Don’t even have any significant meds on board. Roomed up with a 6’11″ former Phoenix Sun (Wayne something… Baserman?) who’s telling me all kinds of stories about Darryl Dawkins and Patrick Ewing. Dunno’ how much is true, but they’re good stories, at least.

By: Lance Berkman

Lance Berkman — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:44:54 +0000

I’m better than konerko

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:05:26 +0000

@royce!: Oh, I'm believing for one more year. Twelve after twenty is our time to shine! (Morrow and me, but I'll include you if you like.) @charlie batch: His grandkids will be happy for him. @exactly: Bumgarner

By: exactly

exactly — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:46:01 +0000

hey grey, i’m back for my 2nd year with the razzball crew! And I’m excited about morrow…but who do you prefer morrow or bumgarner?

By: charlie batch

charlie batch — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:22:53 +0000

jays sign darren oliver:
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/01/09/jays-sign-darren-oliver-for-4m-will-pay-mark-teahen-5-5m-not-to-play/

By: royce!

royce! — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:12:43 +0000

@Grey: Ha! The best thing Nishioka did for me was get hurt so I could drop him. I don't see what makes you say that it's probably that Morrow's a mess with runners on-- are you just being pessimistic, in order to protect your heart from him putting up another high ERA season? He did walk about .9% more batters when he has RISP, but that could have been the product of trying not to give the batter anything good to hit. His LD% is actually lower with RISP than with no one on, which, combined with his K% being the same whether runners are on or not, makes me think he's actually pitching better, but getting unlucky. Believe, Grey!

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:57:01 +0000

@royce!: I agree, Nishioka was awesome. He met my expectations for Nick Punto without the scorn of having to draft Punto. Agreed on Morrow, he's a mess with runners or he's just the world's unluckiest man. I think it's the former probably, but his Ks make everything all right if he can hold his gains on less walks.

By: royce!

royce! — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:19:35 +0000

I can’t find the article discussing this from a while back, but someone delineated how Morrow has continually gotten unlucky on BABIP when people were on base, which resulted in his BABIP appearing to be in the normal range, but actually being unlucky. Last year, with runners on he had a .335 BABIP, and with RISP, he had a .355 BABIP. I thought that perhaps this variation had something to do with defense being more complicated when there are runners on, but it wasn’t true for Romero, and also was not true for the top 10 pitchers last year. It also can’t be that players were making better contact, because his LD% was lower with runners on.

It was even more pronounced in 2010, when, despite a low LD%, he had a .411 BABIP with RISP.

Anyhow, I agree that he’s a sleeper, and hope to land him on at least one team (kinda doubt that I can in the RCL, considering that I wasn’t able to draft any of your sleepers last year (except Nishioka, blech) because of all the reaching).

By: AL KOHOLIC

AL KOHOLIC — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:56:50 +0000

@Wake Up: evil minds think alike

By: Wake Up

Wake Up — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:56:54 +0000

@Grey: No doubt he's filthy. @AL KOHOLIC: It's last call...but it's not gonna be my last drink...Morrow is more like the girl next door who hasn't blossomed yet...not quite hot, but big potential...and the bar is closing and I got a buzz, so...

By: AL KOHOLIC

AL KOHOLIC — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:37:37 +0000

yeah morrow is like that sexy girl with bad breath,have a few beers and a cigar and youll forget about the breath,hehe

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:30:09 +0000

@SwaggerJackers: Hehe... @Wake Up: I think we're going to see one year where he's downright filthy and then he'll be hurt for the rest of his career. Thinking this year is as good as any.

By: Wake Up

Wake Up — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:28:26 +0000

Morrow is def enticing. You know his K’s are going to be there. I think the question is, can he keep his walks down again? Also, his big jump in sliders is concerning. His K/9 will be there, and I think he will get to sub 4.00 ERA, but I doubt he gets to 200 K’s and 200 IP. Throw your changeup!

By: Wake Up

Wake Up — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:52:51 +0000

Ha…Molasco…Murse Nolasco…

By: SwaggerJackers

SwaggerJackers — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:51:19 +0000

Morrow should come relatively cheap this season since he still hasn’t put it all together yet. I might take a chance on his post-hype.

Last season I offered a trade of Hamilton for Lincecum and got countered with Hamilton for Nolasco. LOL

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:33:41 +0000

@chata: Hehe @Eddy: Yup