FanGraphs Audio: Fantasy Friday with Michael Barr
April 20, 2012
Episode 169
It’s the Fantasy Friday edition of FanGraphs Audio. RotoGraphs contributor Michael Barr joins the podcast to discuss topics of interest to the nation’s fantasy owners. Items addressed: your weekly Hector Santiago Status Update; Lance Berkman, Chris Young, and their likely replacements; Justin Morneau going forward; and how to (not?) win an ottoneu auction.
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Don’t really have a post to ask this question on, but I’ve been looking around (Braves Fan here), at Brandon Beachy’s pitch/fx data, and you guys have him throwing a Cutter. Now I’m trying to figure this out, I watch nearly every start and I’ve never seen a cutter, I’ve seen the Fastball, Curve, Change and the Slider (Rarely, because I know I’ve heard Joe Simpson say Braves management didn’t want him throwing it at all while he was in the minors, but Beachy requested to throw it again). Just wondering if maybe its a classification thing? He’s throwing this “cutter” nearly as much as his Fastball, so thought maybe it was just the straight 4-seamer being confused, or even the slider. Any of you fellas tell me?