08-26-2024, 05:07 AM
(08-25-2024, 07:47 PM)TecmoBengals Wrote: I commend you fellows for remaining interested in Reds baseball. I switched my brain to the Bengals weeks ago.
I'm a baseball masochist.
(08-25-2024, 09:54 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Diaz, despite some "hype" last season is just not good. He walks way to many batters to be a top notch closer. I hope we find his replacement next season.
Something had to of happened to him around the All-Star break last year....
Career Pre-2023 ASB: 100 games, 103.2 IP, 1.91 ERA, 4.3 H/9, 4.5 BB/9, 12.5 K/9
Career Post-2023 ASB: 78 games, 72.2 IP, 4.46 ERA, 7.1 H/9, 5.5 BB/9, 8.8 K/9
His average FB velocity has also dropped 1.7mph from 2022 to 2024.
He only had 7 of his 59 appearances when his FB averaged <95mph in 2022, and 4 of those were in April when it's still cold.
He's only had 5 of his 48 appearances when his FB average >95mph in 2024, and none of >95.1mph.
His swinging strike % has gone from 16.5%, to 14.7%, to now 10.8% this year and it's turning into contact going from 66.6% to 68% to 76.6% of the pitches that are swung at. It's just a complete falling apart of everything he did well.
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