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Posted by Drew Fairservice under Felix Hernandez, Link Dump, Max Scherzer on Apr 18, 2013

This many Ks!

This many Ks!

At some point every day during the baseball season, I look at the scheduled starters for that night’s games. As the season wears on, the matchups all sort of blur together. Off days and skipped starts all conspire to distribute the quality pitchers evenly through the league. For the first few weeks, many rotations remained lined up so that one team’s number one starter tends to match up against the other team’s number one, or at least something close.

Last night, the matchup of Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners hosting Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers presented the most mouth-watering affair of the inning. The King’s Court in full effect while strikeout master Scherzer gets to buzz through the Mariners lineup. On paper, it had the makings of a great game.

Amazingly, the effort put forth by Felix and Scherzer exceeded any and all expectations. The Tigers sub-ace was dominant, striking out Mariners with extreme prejudice. Felix was just as good, if not better. Both men went eight strong innings, striking out 12 batters apiece while surrendering just a single run each. Felix’s run wasn’t even earned!

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Roto-Relevant Research: The Edge

Posted by Eno Sarris under James Shields, Max Scherzer, Roto Relevant Research on Feb 28, 2013

Oakland Athletics v Detroit Tigers

Some of the most-used baseball truisms are a variant of “pitching to the corners.” Scouts even differentiate between command and control when they say that some pitchers can put the ball in the strike zone and some can put the ball exactly where they want.

But much of baseball analysis is on/off when it comes to the strike zone. Was it as strike or wasn’t it? Was it walk or wasn’t it? It stands to reason that there might be pitchers falling between the cracks of our pitching metrics that are still adding to their value by showing great command. And, further, it stands to reason that those pitchers might show better numbers in the future — if they keep ‘pounding the zone’ in the right places, it’s sure to show up in his ERA and WHIP eventually, right?

Thanks to Jeff Zimmerman and Bill Petti at FanGraphs, we have the beginnings of an inkling about these pitchers now. The two developed a metric called ‘Edge%’ which tracks how well a pitcher can throw to the edges of the strike zone. It’s a simple concept, and executed well: who hits a defined sliver of the strike zone best? And what does that mean?

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Scherzer Wore Some Pretty Cool Goggles During Celebration

Posted by Darren Kritzer under Detroit Tigers, HardBall Talkin', Max Scherzer on Oct 12, 2012

Detroit Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer, who has two different eye colours, celebrated in style last night after the Tigers 6-0 win over the A’s with some pretty awesome looking goggles that came as a gift from his wife for his anniversary.

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Tigers Scratch Scherzer From Friday Start

Posted by Darren Kritzer under Detroit Tigers, Max Scherzer, News And Notes on Sep 27, 2012

The Detroit Tigers have taken sole possession of the Central Division after a big win over the Kansas City Royals Wednesday night parlayed with the Cleveland Indians victory over the Chicago White Sox. But it’s not all good news this morning, as the team announced Max Scherzer has been scratched from his scheduled start Friday against the Minnesota Twins.

Scherzer, who left his start back on September 18th against the Oakland Athletics with right shoulder fatigue, underwent an MRI that revealed no structural damage. In his next start against the Twins September 23rd, he allowed three runs on six hits over five innings. In that game, Scherzer threw his fastball 54.7% of the time with an average velocity of 91.5 mph, topping out at 93.5 mph. On the season Scherzer has thrown his fastball 61% of the time with an average velocity of 94.2 mph.

Drew Smyly (4-3, 4.24 ERA, 3.90 FIP, 3.94 xFIP, 22.7 K%, 7.6BB%) will start in his place.

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