Marlins Take Finale in Cleveland, Johnson Promising in Start

[Party]

Nice win. Bell was better than that 9th inning indicated.

[Erick]

I don't think he was.

[Party]

He had three strikes that weren't called because Hayes didn't catch them right.

[Erick]

Well, yeah.

But that Lopez 2B was smoked, the 2nd out was a nice play by Murphy and the Choo flyball wasn't exactly weak contact.

It was a mediocre outing that resulted in a save, showing why the save stat can sometimes be worthless.


Good to see another quality start by JJ.

[Bobbob1313]

JJ's fastball was averaged 93.5 today, down just .2 from last year.

That's cool.

[MiamiHomer]

He hit 95 in some of the middle innings. He didn't have the greatest of control today either but still was good.

[Fritz]

He looked much better and more comfortable out there than I've seen him at all this year. He pitched with a much better rhythm and he looked pretty close to effortless.

What did Bell do anyway? I missed it.

[MiamiHomer]

Bell is still not missing bats but at least he isn't walking people.

[Chewford]

I think Bell will be fine, eventually.

[Erick]

He's basically Matt Capps now.

[Valid]

What was Bell's velocity like?

[HUGG]

Fastballs: 93, 94, 95, 95, 94, 95, 96
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5/9 vs. HOU: 95, 95, 96, 96, 95, 94, 94, 94
5/11 vs. NYM: 93, 94, 95, 94, 93, 93, 94
5/13 vs. NYM: 94, 93, 93, 94, 93, 93, 93, 94, 95, 92, 93, 93, 93, 93, 93, 92, 93, 94
5/16 vs. ATL: 94, 93, 94, 92, 92, 94, 95, 93, 94, 94, 94
5/18 vs. CLE: 93, 92, 93, 93, 93, 94, 94, 95, 93, 95
5/20 vs. CLE: 93, 94, 95, 95, 94, 95, 96

He's thrown 61 fastballs in his last 6 outings, average speed is 93.8mph. Which is normal (11: 93.8, 10: 93.9, 09: 93.6, 08: 93.8)

92: 5
93: 22
94: 20
95: 11
96: 3

[Omar]

Any numbers in where he's locating them?

[HUGG]

Called Strike: 25.4% (Career: 19.95%)
Ball: 25.4% (Career: 33.74%)
Swinging Strike: 6.8% (Career: 9.95%)
Foul: 23.7% (Career: 20.9%)
In Play: 18.6% (Career: 14.7%)
Fly Ball: 13.6% (Career: 4.7%)
Ground Ball: 5.1% (Career: 6.1%)

that's fastball only, last 6 games

[Namaste]

This is a May for the AGES, boys.

Team is one time commoning it one time.

:yes