MASH Report (9/19/13)

Truthfully, not a whole lot to go over. The biggest key for the next couple weeks is to play players who will be in the starting lineup, not resting or calling the season done. One item which will probably come up is playoff bound pitchers who skip starts in order to rest.

• Matt Harvey opted for rehab vice surgery. I am not 100% sure I like this decision. If I was his owner, I would be very skeptical of any 2014 production from him.

• Matt Kemp finally returned with a week and half to go in the season. He doesn’t seem to be struggling in his two games. I think his upside outweighs the possible possible injury risk over the next week or so. Play him.

• Several players seem to be rushing back from the injuries to play in the post season like Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Heyward, Justin Masterson (bullpen maybe) and Jaime Garcia. I would expect very little production out of this group if they return next week.

Pitchers Returning from the DL

• Johnny Cueto’s velocity looks good after coming back from the DL.

His release point pattern was tightly grouped and his Zone% was respectable (48%). I see no reason not to start him next week.

• J.J. Putz’s velocity was sitting on the low side in his one appearance

• Sean Marshall’s velocity is also on the low side

• Robert Coello’s velocity is way down.

• Finally, the New York Times looked if pitchers have a max speed they can throw a baseball.

PAIN (Pitcher Abuse INdex) Rankings (min 50 pitches in Sept to the rest of the 2013 season)

Any player with a PAIN value over 100 (red) has the traits of a pitcher likely to be hurt.

Name	PAIN	Initial Velocity	Initial Zone%	Sep. Velocity	Sep Zone%
Steve Cishek	363.5	92.4	52.5%	91.0	33.9%
Josh Outman	247.9	92.4	47.1%	91.9	34.6%
Oliver Perez	246.2	92.5	54.3%	91.0	42.4%
Clay Buchholz	236.5	90.8	48.3%	88.9	40.0%
Cesar Ramos	203.1	91.1	46.8%	91.5	34.0%
Dane de la Rosa	195.3	93.9	55.0%	94.5	39.8%
Charlie Morton	188.4	92.8	47.3%	92.4	37.8%
Rob Wooten	187.7	87.0	45.1%	86.5	36.3%
Edward Mujica	187.3	88.9	54.1%	86.9	46.9%
Burch Smith	184.2	92.6	58.1%	91.1	48.7%
Aaron Harang	173.5	89.8	49.5%	88.9	41.3%
Dale Thayer	173.0	92.8	54.8%	92.7	43.2%
Jeff Francis	172.3	85.5	48.7%	85.0	39.8%
Roy Halladay	169.0	87.6	45.8%	86.1	40.8%
Drew Smyly	167.8	89.0	47.8%	88.7	38.8%
Luis Mendoza	166.5	91.5	42.4%	91.0	35.8%
Preston Claiborne	164.0	92.8	46.1%	91.7	40.3%
Craig Breslow	160.3	89.7	43.7%	90.3	33.9%
Roberto Hernandez	154.8	91.5	49.8%	91.3	40.8%
Tyler Clippard	154.5	91.5	49.0%	90.5	42.4%
Carter Capps	154.0	95.4	51.3%	95.7	40.3%
Mike Leake	153.8	89.4	50.2%	89.8	39.1%
Paul Clemens	152.0	93.7	49.6%	90.8	48.5%
Jerry Blevins	151.6	89.9	46.4%	88.8	40.9%
Kevin Gregg	151.5	89.6	46.1%	89.3	38.8%
Nick Tepesch	150.9	90.9	48.4%	91.7	36.8%
Jake Dunning	150.2	90.5	49.1%	89.8	41.8%
Danny Farquhar	147.2	92.1	48.0%	91.5	40.9%
Ryan Pressly	142.2	92.9	48.4%	93.5	38.2%
Lucas Harrell	138.6	91.9	40.4%	90.7	37.6%
Michael Gonzalez	136.5	90.7	44.0%	91.8	33.9%
Dan Jennings	135.0	92.0	44.9%	91.8	38.4%
Ivan Nova	134.9	93.3	44.9%	92.0	41.7%
Michael Blazek	129.5	95.1	40.5%	93.9	38.2%
J.C. Ramirez	127.1	94.2	55.2%	93.3	48.2%
Brad Brach	121.8	90.8	45.8%	90.8	39.2%
Gonzalez Germen	119.0	92.8	41.9%	93.1	35.8%
Danny Duffy	118.8	93.4	51.4%	93.3	43.8%
Trevor Cahill	118.7	89.4	45.8%	90.1	37.6%
Tony Sipp	118.3	90.3	43.9%	90.4	37.5%
Neil Wagner	117.6	95.8	51.6%	95.7	44.0%
J.P. Howell	117.4	87.3	43.1%	87.5	36.9%
Luis Avilan	117.1	93.1	42.8%	92.9	37.9%
Brandon Kintzler	115.0	92.1	48.3%	92.5	40.2%
Stephen Fife	114.0	89.3	52.6%	89.0	45.4%
Rex Brothers	113.9	93.3	46.2%	93.0	40.7%
Tommy Milone	113.6	86.9	46.6%	87.3	39.1%
Wade Miley	112.7	90.9	46.8%	91.0	40.4%
Nathan Eovaldi	109.5	96.2	55.1%	96.4	45.8%
Julio Teheran	109.2	91.4	53.3%	91.0	46.5%
Boone Logan	106.1	93.6	44.4%	93.6	39.2%
Sergio Romo	103.7	87.7	43.1%	86.8	40.7%
Matt Moore	101.1	92.4	46.6%	92.2	41.6%

Some of the same pitchers. I am not see anyone stick out.

Players on the DL

(*) 15 Day Disabled List
(**) 60 Day Disabled List
(***) 7 Day Concussion List
(****) Free Agent
Red colored entries are updates since last report.

Unofficial DL List

Official DL List