R.A. Dickey

R.A. Dickey, Blue Jays hope to ground Orioles

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:23:59 GMT

Source: www.cbc.ca --- Saturday, May 25, 2013
Baltimore looks to continue its home-run barrage Saturday afternoon against R.A. Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays. ...

R.A. DICKEY’S FIRST STRIKE PERCENTAGE – THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:22:10 GMT

Source: rotoexperts.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
In this week’s Scratching the Surface column, I put Patrick Corbin under the sabermetric microscope to try to determine the secret of his success this year. I guessed that his league-leading rate of throwing a strike on the first pitch (F-Strike%) of 71.4 percent was the biggest element behind is 7-0 record and 1.44 ERA. That percentage was just under 60 percent last season, so that one single change could be the “secret sauce” for Corbin. I so I thought I should take a Deep Dive to try to find out. To R.A. the rest of this article, along with more award winning content from RotoExperts, please check out our full slate of Xclusive Edge products. Whether it's draft time or you're fighting for a championship, RotoExperts can help take you to that Fantasy promised land. ...

Blue Jays 7 Rays 5: Good start for R.A. Dickey, Edwin Encarnacion drives in three

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:46:47 GMT

Source: www.bluebirdbanter.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
Rays 5 Blue Jays 8 That turned out closer than it needed to be. One of the several reasons I hate 8 man bullpens (or 9 man, depending on how you count Chad Jenkins ) is that the guys you count on don't get enough work. Casey Janssen last pitched on the 11th. Today he wasn't sharp. It wasn't a save situation, it was 7-3 when Casey came into the game. He wasn't good. It started with a Luke Scott single against that stupid shift. Normally, I'm ok with the shift, but when you are up by 4, in the bottom of the 9th, don't give the batter an easy way to get on. A couple of ground outs later, it looked like it wouldn't matter but Yunel Escobar's hit 2 run homer and it was a game suddenly. A single and a walk later, the Rays had the tying run on base. Thankfully Casey got Ben Zobrist to strikeout, ending the game, or this laptop would be broken. It almost spoiled a nice start by R.A. Dickey . He went 8 innings, gave up 4 hits, 3 runs, 2 earned, 4 walks and 5 k. one runs scored against him in the 2nd. Evan Longoria singled, went to 2nd on a passed ball. A ground out and walk later, he had runners on the corners. Jose Lobaton , ground into what was almost an inning ending double play but Emilio Bonifacio and Munenori Kawasaki were just a little slow with it. A walk, single and Evan Longoria 2-run double, in the 3rd inning, scored the Rays other runs against him. I thought that Jose Bautista made a poor effort on the double, it was over his ...

[Toronto Star] - R.A. Dickey leads Blue Jays to victory over Rays

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:42:57 GMT

Source: www.sportspyder.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
... hth inning for the first time this season as the Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 7-5 in front of an announced Victoria Day crowd of 29,885 at the Rogers Cent ... ...

Blue Jays down Rays behind R.A. Dickey’s strong start, Edwin Encarnacion’s clutch double

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:52:48 GMT

Source: sports.nationalpost.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
TORONTO – Even after his longest outing of the year and a win in the books, R.A. Dickey remains a tad frustrated. He is making progress in small increments, he says. He simply believes he should be pitching better. Over the past three years, Dickey’s exceptional success as a knuckleballer flowed from his ability to throw the pitch faster than his predecessors, and to keep its movement tight and within the strike zone. This season, his first as a Toronto Blue Jay, his velocity is down and his command is fickle. Not that he is pitching poorly. In the Blue Jays’ 7-5 win over Tampa Bay on Victoria Day, he worked eight innings, allowing four hits and three runs, one of which was unearned. After a rough patch early, he retired 16 of the last 19 batters he faced. Several weeks ago, back and neck spasms began to bother him, undermining his arm strength and release point. He says the muscle tightness is pretty well gone. The arm strength? “I’m not all the way there quite yet,” he said. Related Blue Jays find relief in New York showers Blue Jays’ Jose Reyes joins teammates, says he is making progress with ankle rehab For Blue Jays’ Casey Janssen, skill and scholarship go hand in hand Brett Lawrie keeps an eye on his hands He walked four, matching his nine-inning average for this year. Last year he averaged two walks per nine innings. On Monday, his knuckleball averaged 75 miles an hour, according to brooksbaseball.net. Last year it average ...

R.A. Dickey’s Amazing Knuckleball

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:54:27 GMT

Source: www.pbh2.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
An astounding slow motion GIF showing R.A. Dickey’s amazing knuckleball and exactly why it can be virtually unhittable: Scientific American explains the science behind R.A. Dickey’s knuckleball : Air drags along the smooth parts of a baseball surface, but the seams produce little vortices that allow air to travel more quickly over them. A fastball rotates 16 or 17 times between the pitcher and batter, and the rapid rotation means that the airflow turbulence caused by the seams is pretty evenly spread over the whole ball and the entire trajectory of the throw, so it travels steadily. On the other hand, a knuckleball rotates only one half to one time on its way to the batter, so the airflow turbulence stays on one side of the ball for a while before slowly moving to the other. The ball drifts in the direction of the leading seam, which slowly moves from one side to the other. Slow is, of course, relative when it comes to pitching. Most knuckleballs poke along at a zesty 65 to 70 miles per hour, although Dickey’s have averaged 77 mph this season. By comparison, fastballs in the majors average about 90 mph. Dickey’s speed may be part of the secret to his success, especially when it comes to his unusually high strikeout percentage. Higher speeds mean less erratic movement, which helps him stay in the strike zone. Of course, it’s a balancing act because the erratic movement is what makes the knuckleball so hard to hit in the first plac ...

R.A. Dickey, Blue Jays look to avoid sweep in New York

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:56:25 GMT

Source: www.cbc.ca --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
The New York Yankees can claim their second home sweep of Toronto this season Sunday when CC Sabathia squares off against R.A. Dickey. ...

R.A. Dickey Blue Jays look to avoid sweep in New York

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:50:47 GMT

Source: www.canadastandard.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
Yankee Stadium continues to be a source of disappointment for the Toronto Blue Jays. The New York Yankees can claim their second home sweep of Toronto this season Sunday when CC Sabathia squares off against R.A. Dickey. The Blue Jays came into the series winners of four in a row and seven of 10 after starting 10-21. But the Yankees have outscored Toronto 12-2 in winning the first two games of ... ...