Wow has this guy turned it around.

 

Someone figured something out...

dropped his ERA from 31 to 5.17.....

 

Keep that trend

I truly know the reason for his failures and new found form. One meme will never be posted here ever again.

Dude is pretty good.

Someone on twitter said it's all smoke and mirrors, his FIP is high and so is his BABIP.

 

Latos part deux?

0-31 with RISP over the past few games.. things will even out. But as I said when he was struggling - (and when the Sox started off hot then got cold) everything regresses to the mean. He's not as bad as he was then, and not as good as his ERA is suggesting now.

 

Just like the Sox, not as good as they were in April and May and not as bad as they were in June.

 

Shields will give you a 4-4.20ERA and 190-210IP for $9mm a year. Not bad.

Sox are an 83-85 win team as currently constructed. Untouched for the rest of the year? They will probably end in that range.

 

 

 

Mired in Mediocrity.

Someone on twitter said it's all smoke and mirrors, his FIP is high and so is his BABIP.

 

Latos part deux?

 

Sort of seems like it. His K/IP is still terrible.

Or he had a bad stretch followed by a good stretch.

Someone on twitter said it's all smoke and mirrors, his FIP is high and so is his BABIP.

 

Latos part deux?

He's obviously pitching better than he really is, and it really stands out due to his horrendous first three starts with the Sox. But, I would imagine he'll level out as a guy who will give you a 4-ish ERA while eating 180+ innings. For what the Sox are paying him, that's not bad.

It seemed like whenever we faced him we always had him in trouble and he would get himself out of it with a good pitch. It always made him seem flukey as hell, but maybe thats just how he is?

Sox are an 83-85 win team as currently constructed. Untouched for the rest of the year? They will probably end in that range.

 

isn't that really what most people projected before the season started? if it weren't for the BLAZING HOT start i think playoff expectations would have been tempered.

 

 

 

2.11 ERA, 4.80 FIP, 1.5 K/BB during the hot streak. Please don't fool yourselves.

isn't that really what most people projected before the season started? if it weren't for the BLAZING HOT start i think playoff expectations would have been tempered.

 

I want to say the average was in the 86 to 88 range. Most people felt a team on the cusp of the playoffs, but not quite the playoffs IIRC.

https://twitter.com/ScottLindholm/status/758308579677995008

https://twitter.com/ScottLindholm/status/758308579677995008

 

the most obvious takeaway from that chart is the declining velocity.

the most obvious takeaway from that chart is the declining velocity.

 

It is percentage of usage, not overall velocity. Going to fangraphs, his velocity is up about half a MPH since he got here.

what does the Y axis say?

the most obvious takeaway from that chart is the declining velocity.

 

 

Percentage of pitches vs Month.

OK, I am looking at the top chart. You are looking at the bottom chart.

He definitely is mixing in his sinked with that power change which makes it very hard to square up

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 13m13 minutes ago One of keys to #WhiteSox James Shields' turnaround is lefties are just 1-29 against his fastball in his last 7 starts, per @InsideEdgeScout

 

 

Or he had a bad stretch followed by a good stretch.

Nailed it. He obviously wasn't the worst pitcher of all time when we first got him and he's not as good as he's pitching right now.

Someone on twitter said it's all smoke and mirrors, his FIP is high and so is his BABIP.

 

Latos part deux?

 

Some folks just can't be positive at all

Some folks just can't be positive at all

There's nothing wrong with actually analyzing the situation as well.

Some folks just can't be positive at all

 

PNoles was tweeting that stuff last week. Trying to diminish his effort. All I know is the results are better after his first four starts or so.