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Post by 56chevy on Feb 8, 2020 9:57:18 GMT -8
4:00pm at Goss
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Post by 56chevy on Feb 8, 2020 17:02:04 GMT -8
Hjerpe with 8 strikeouts through 3 innings. He is now done for the day, 4 innings with no hits and no walks, struck out 10 of the 12 batters he faced.
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Post by irimi on Feb 8, 2020 17:47:10 GMT -8
Hjerpe with 8 strikeouts through 3 innings. He is now done for the day, 4 innings with no hits and no walks, struck out 10 of the 12 batters he faced. Hope that is more about Hjerpe being an effective pitcher than our offense being ineffective again.
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Post by chinmusic on Feb 9, 2020 16:44:33 GMT -8
A few notes on Hjerpe.
Not surprising that he punched out 10 hitters in the scrimmage. Cooper has some good tools working for him. He has excellent command of 4 quality pitches he throws. Fastball isn't overpowering at 89-91 but has some eye-opening late run to the arm side. The legendary NY Giant lefty Carl Hubbell had that pitch - it was called a "screwball" back in the day. The velo with the live movement and his ability to paint the corners with it, make it a K pitch.
His secondary stuff is equal. A hard, biting slider and a tumbling change up are both quality pitches that he locates well. Both are swing and miss pitches. He will throw a slower curve ball with a 2-plane sweeping action similar to what we saw from Chamberlain his first year here. Cooper doesn't have the same level of command with that pitch but he will throw it.
The Sacramento area high schools play good baseball. We recruit that area hard and that entire Sac-San Joaquin Section of the CIF has been very good to OSU baseball. So, how did Hjerpe stack up against that competition? For starters, he was 13-1 in his Junior-Senior years. He threw 4 no-hitters his Senior year and at times was untouchable.
Cutting to the chase, lets look at the important numbers for 2018/'19. 233 K's in 99 2/3 innings pitched. Average of 2.33 strikeouts per inning. Allowed 26 BB and had 4 HBP for 30 free passes K to BB Ratio = 7.8:1 Allowed 33 base hits or 1 hit every 3.1 IP WHIP was .63
10 K's in the scrimmage?
So, what's new?
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Post by 56chevy on Feb 9, 2020 21:06:14 GMT -8
First sign that he carries those kinds of numbers through this season, I'm making reservations for Omaha. He surely looked the part yesterday.
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Post by chinmusic on Feb 9, 2020 22:51:48 GMT -8
As I recall, he punched 5 out of 6 in 2 innings against UBC.
This year he's ideal for the pen.
He's lean and from July through December of 2020 he has an opportunity to add 15+ pounds of good mass with the right S&C and diet guidance. Stronger, late inning stamina, and a 2-3 mph bump in velo on the heater.
Still maturing physically - fairly typical situation for young freshman pitchers.
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Post by shelby on Feb 10, 2020 8:44:44 GMT -8
Pretty impressive ( had to make sure this wasn’t April 1st. Those numbers are ridiculous . I would consider him as a starter because it sounds like he has a rubber arm with the ability to throw quite a few low arm stress innings . This is great news !
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Post by irimi on Feb 10, 2020 15:37:49 GMT -8
I don't care if he starts or comes in for relief. I just want to see our Beavs play some ball!
Call me an Eager Beaver!
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Post by shelby on Feb 10, 2020 18:10:53 GMT -8
Same here - this is the only sport I can watch on a Professional level. And, my preference is ALWAYS amateur ball !
Great to read about all of the new talent and am happy we have Mitch pulling the rope !
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Post by charlie1934 on Feb 10, 2020 21:01:20 GMT -8
chinmusic, I have got to hand it to you! You know your baseball! Back in 2017, after Cooper's sophomore year in HS, he was pitching in American Legion ball and striking everybody out, despite the fact that the HS graduates on the team were throwing as hard or harder than he was, and not getting near as good results. We finally concluded that it was the late movement on his fast ball, down and to the arm side, that had to be the reason for his effectiveness.-charlie1934
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