※ [本文转录自 CMWang 看板] 作者: xiemark (aisinjuro) 看板: CMWang 标题: [新闻] BP: Wang in 2005-2007 时间: Sun Jul 27 20:31:23 2008 Chien-Ming Wang, 2005 Taiwanese import who has lost development time to shoulder injuries. His performances have varied with health, mostly to the bad, but he finally regained some of his luster with 40 good-looking innings at Triple-A late in the year. His fastball reportedly has returned from the land of the dead, but his secondary pitches are erratic. If he continues pitching well, he'll move to the top of the emergency starter/trade bait pile. Chien-Ming Wang, 2006 Like a good science-fiction story, Wang compels you to suspend your disbelief. His strikeout rate is too low, especially for a player who can dial it up into the 90s. He`s had too many arm problems: shoulder surgery in 2001, and recurring shoulder problems in 2003 and 2005. He`s a young pitcher on the Yankees, yet he succeeds. That the Taiwanese Terror is a groundball machine goes a long way towards explaining these inconsistencies in his story; he can get by with fewer strikeouts than the average pitcher. At times he`s terrifically stingy with the home run, not allowing one until his seventh major league start. His great calm and presence helped him beat Torre`s bias against young players. Bouncing back from his latest shoulder injury despite rumors he might be done for the year, he pitched well in September and in his sole postseason start. The main questions are whether he can continue to get by with so few strikeouts, and when his arm will break down again. Readers who bought this kind of pitcher also purchased Ray Bradbury`s `Martian Chronicles` and `The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World` by Harlan Ellison. Chien-Ming Wang, 2007 Wang shouldn`t work. Though he gets his fastball into the mid-90s, Wang struck out just 3.14 batters per nine innings last year. A pitcher who allows that many balls in play should, according to the physical laws of the universe, get killed--if not all the time, then often--because many of those balls will fall in. What makes Wang the great exception to the rule is that batters can`t lift his heavy stuff--among pitchers with at least 150 innings pitched, only Derek Lowe and Brandon Webb allowed a lower percentage of fly balls. Some of Wang`s grounders do go for singles, but he mitigates those by being stingy with walks and extra-base hits--he led the majors in fewest home runs allowed per nine innings pitched (0.5), and in lowest isolated power allowed (.098). Restricted to advancing one base at a time, the opposition has to shoot a lot of balls in a row past a diving Derek Jeter to have a big inning. As long as Wang`s sinker is as good as it is, there`s no reason to think he can`t keep this up. -- ___ ___ /| | /\__\ |:| | ___ /:/ _/_ |:| | /\__\ /:/ /\__\ __|:|__| /:/__/ /:/ /:/ _/_ /::::\__\_____ /::\ \ /:/_/:/ /\__\ --

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