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Bieber's curveball in 2021 had a pitch value of -3.4. The only pitch less effective was the fastball at -4.0. His best pitch (by light years) was the slider at +11.0.

In 2022 his slider was even more effective at +17.2. His curve bounced back to a +5.6.

So far this year the slider is at +0.6 so there has been a huge drop-off to the point where it's now a neutral pitch. The curveball has dropped from 5.6 last year to 0.1 this year, even though it should be very effective since he only throws it 10% of the time, down from 18% last year.

Bieber's best pitch this year has been his fastball at +3.2; none of his other pitches are above 1.1. The fastball has come back nicely - up nearly 4 points, but the slider is down nearly 17 points. I wonder what's going on with that. 17 points is a huge difference in just one off-season.
 
macbdog said:
I guess here will be my rant material: if you need to reason to see why this is not only a terrible baseball town, look no further than the outright hatred for Amed Rosario. All the guy does is bust his ass and he gets treated like he's the guy who owns the overpriced parking lots. I'm not one of his stans and I fully get why he isn't the future, and he has some obvious flaws, but I don't see how any.of those would make a fan hate him. Hes in a slump right now, but he's shown 2 years of being a 280 hitter; which in this current era is pretty decent. He absolutely busts his ass, which in a former blue collar town you think would endear him to fans but it doesn't (This isn't a blue collar town anymore, just poor, and baseball in America isnt blue collar anymore itself but that's me disgressing). He's not a good defender but he also isn't putrid; he's just meh. He is fantastic baserunner, gets every extra base. Again, I get why he isn't the future and needs to be dealt here, but hating him? It's baffling. Hating him because he's been in a slump? At least he counters his slumps with crazy hot streaks where he piles up multihit games. One poster on the Internets irrational love for him doesn't justify it either, so spare me that bullshit too. I just don't get it. No, hes not ideal, but neither is most of this lineup. Why he gets so much heat when he is at least useful mystifies me. All that hate should only be directed at one Myles Straw, who actually does deserve it as possible the worst offensive regular since the Dead Ball era.
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I think part of it is he's batting second, which comes with expectations. That, and getting off to a slow start both offensively and defensively. Somebody said he ranks last offensively among major league shortstops in some metric and he's also been making too many errors. It's nice that he runs hard to first base on a one-hopper back to the mound, but that doesn't win any games.
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
Bieber's curveball in 2021 had a pitch value of -3.4. The only pitch less effective was the fastball at -4.0. His best pitch (by light years) was the slider at +11.0.

In 2022 his slider was even more effective at +17.2. His curve bounced back to a +5.6.

So far this year the slider is at +0.6 so there has been a huge drop-off to the point where it's now a neutral pitch. The curveball has dropped from 5.6 last year to 0.1 this year, even though it should be very effective since he only throws it 10% of the time, down from 18% last year.

Bieber's best pitch this year has been his fastball at +3.2; none of his other pitches are above 1.1. The fastball has come back nicely - up nearly 4 points, but the slider is down nearly 17 points. I wonder what's going on with that. 17 points is a huge difference in just one off-season.
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The FG pitch values are cumulative like WAR. It'd be expected for them to be low early on in the season.
 
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We need a veteran setup man out there with the young guys... we have no veteran pitchers out in the bullpen on this roster and it's showing...
 
sportscoach said:
We need a veteran setup man out there with the young guys... we have no veteran pitchers out in the bullpen on this roster and it's showing...
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I respectfully consider this a copout. Blake or Bryan in the pen make no difference with how an individual pitches.

The people who should help in this regard are called "coaches", @sportscoach
 
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