SBNation.com - Trevor Bauer Sent Back To Minorshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46737/sbn-fave.png2013-02-12T16:15:23-05:00http://www.sbnation.com/rss/stream/29321422013-02-12T16:15:23-05:002013-02-12T16:15:23-05:00Maybe Trevor Bauer is just smarter than everyone
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<p>Young Trevor Bauer has four starts in the majors and a reputation that precedes him. Is that fair?</p> <p>When the Diamondbacks traded Trevor Bauer and received a semi-prospect in return, it was <a href="http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/12/12/3759280/diamondbacks-trevor-bauer-trade-three-way-indians-reds" target="new">natural to wonder about the team's motivation</a>. Was Bauer uncoachable? Was he a complete ass? There were whispers and educated guesses, but little more.</p>
<p>Miguel Montero wasn't shy about what went on, though, and now we have a clearer understanding of why the Diamondbacks were eager to deal. From <a href="http://arizonasports.com/42/1609410/Montero-on-Trevor-Bauer-He-never-wanted-to-listen" target="new">Arizona Sports</a>:</p>
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<p>"It was tough," Montero told Arizona Sports 620's Burns and Gambo at FanFest Saturday. "When you get a guy like that and he thinks he's got everything figured out, it's just tough to commence and try to get on the same page with you."</p>
<p>Montero said the goal was to simplify things for the rookie, but the cerebral Bauer wanted no part of that.</p>
<p>"He would make it even harder," Montero said.</p>
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<p>Bauer rankled some people who mattered. If he rankled Montero, he probably rankled pitching coach Charles Nagy. If he rankled Nagy, he probably rankled Kirk Gibson and Kevin Towers. And when he rankled those guys, he became the kind of pitcher who could be traded for an injured, no-hit shortstop so fast, the team <a href="http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/1913687?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CDetroit%20Tigers%7Cs" target="new">didn't even bother with the physical on the returning player</a>.</p>
<p>If you can't work with a young player, it's not about the value that fans think he might have one day. It's about getting any value for him at all, and the Diamondbacks were worried they wouldn't even get a young shortstop if Bauer continued his rankling ways.</p>
<p>Apologies, but you're about to head into the Anecdote Zone. You can close the tab now if you're so inclined.</p>
<p>I've had jobs where I've been talking with higher-ups, and the whole time their lips were moving, all I could think was, "Wait, are they serious? Is this an actual conversation? If they start chewing on their tongues, should I get a spoon and shove it in their mouths? How do they make more money than me? Is Allen Funt recording this? Where am I?"</p>
<p>You're nodding your head because you've had those conversations, too, where a higher-up is telling you what needs to happen, and you <i>know</i> that approach is exactly wrong. I've been that arrogant young kid. And I've been right, too. If my employers listened to me in a few specific situations, they would have made more money and pissed off fewer people. But because I didn't say anything, everything done got messed up in a serious way, even as my reputation as a good soldier remained intact.</p>
<p>I've also been a supervisor. And I've had to listen to people who thought they were smarter than me, and when doing passive-aggressive things like taking their sandwich out of the break-room fridge and licking it didn't work, I'd have to confront them and tell them how horrible their ideas were.</p>
<p>And when I was both the supervisor and supervised, I had my share of awful ideas, too. It turned out that my supervisors were right, and I was horribly wrong. Or it turned out that the smarmy young punk had a point, whereas my experience had given me extreme tunnel-vision. This isn't a both-sides-of-the-story thing. We're talking about situations where there's a binary, successful/unsuccessful result.</p>
<p>When Miguel Montero says that Bauer needs to stop throwing so many damned pitches, and Bauer says, "No, this works for me," maybe Bauer is right. When Bauer told teams before the draft to pass on him if they were wary of his delivery, conditioning, or warmup routine, maybe he was right to do so. Because even if it's a little arrogant to suggest that you know better than the collective knowledge of an entire organization, it's not like any team or organization has figured out the secret to keeping young pitchers healthy.</p>
<p>It's not like any team or organization seems especially close, either. And that high failure rate for young pitchers is pretty danged visible. So if Bauer thinks he's reinvented the wheel … hell, maybe he has. And when approached by the organization that couldn't prevent Daniel Hudson's UCL from tearing or Ian Kennedy's fastball velocity from declining, maybe you feel justified in blowing them off.</p>
<p>Or maybe the Diamondbacks are right, and they have built the credibility to say, "Look at all of the young pitching we've drafted and developed, like Wade Miley and Patrick Corbin, Daniel Hudson and Ian Kennedy. Look at the players around the league, like Brett Anderson and Max Scherzer, who have pitched well after graduating from Diamondback Tech. Now shut up, and listen to us."</p>
<p>Don't know. But I'm not going to assume that Bauer is a head case, a problem child, or an arrogant twit just yet. He might be all of those things, but he also might know what he's doing. It's clear that he <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BauerOutage" target="_blank">takes the study and biomechanics of pitching pretty seriously</a> -- it's not like we're dealing with a kid who doesn't want to put in the time because he's lazy.</p>
<p>Reminder: We're talking about pitching. Men spend their lives studying it -- literally their entire adult lives -- and leave this place not knowing exactly how to develop pitchers and keep them healthy. If teams had a better track record of keeping young pitchers healthy and effective, maybe it would be easier to dismiss Bauer out of hand. As is, though, his theories might be as good as any. And maybe he's perfectly justified in telling teams espousing the same ol' orthodoxy to back off.</p>
<p>Maybe it's just the way he disagrees. Dunno.</p>
<p>Eight "maybe"s so far. I think that's enough hedging for today. Long post short: If Bauer pitches well for a long time, you won't hear so much about how difficult he is. At least, not until his Delaware video-game company goes under, but that will be decades from now. Because all Bauer is right now is a guy who thinks he knows how to keep young pitchers healthy and effective. And while a lot of people think they know, too, no one's perfect.</p>
<p>Alright, maybe the Rays. But that's it.</p>
<p>Now let's shake hands and all agree that we can at least laugh at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0XUs1kob68">his endeavors as a rapper</a> together.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2013/2/12/3981562/trevor-bauer-trade-diamondbacks-indians-attitude-reasonsGrant Brisbee2012-07-18T17:18:39-04:002012-07-18T17:18:39-04:00Trevor Bauer Back In Minors After 4 Starts
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<p><span>Trevor Bauer</span> was supposed to be the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a>' secret weapon in their quest to repeat as NL West champions in 2012. Their rotation was pretty much set, but <span>Josh Collmenter</span> was in a precarious spot, always one bad start away from losing his job.</p>
<p>Collmenter did lose his job, and the Diamondbacks did end up giving a rotation spot to a rookie, and the rookie did make the All-Star Game. That rookie was <span>Wade Miley</span>. As for Bauer? Things didn't quite go as planned, and after four starts, he's back in the minors.</p>
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<p>D-Backs announce Trevor Bauer sent back to AAA Reno</p>
— DKnobler (@DKnobler) <a data-datetime="2012-07-18T21:13:25+00:00" href="https://twitter.com/DKnobler/status/225699822034878464">July 18, 2012</a>
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Bauer was 1-2 over four starts with a 6.06 ERA. His four starts were something of a caricature of what you should have expected, as he struck out 17 in 16 innings, but he also walked 13. And with that, Collmenter is back in the rotation, most likely. It never works quite as neatly as you think it will.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2012/7/18/3168122/trevor-bauer-demotion-minors-arizona-diamondbacksGrant Brisbee2012-06-30T11:48:33-04:002012-06-30T11:48:33-04:00Trevor Bauer Invents a New Pitch
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<p>In <span>Trevor Bauer's</span> debut, Thursday night against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Braves</a>, he threw fastballs. He threw sliders. He threw curveballs. He threw a few change-ups. He also threw a few (and pay attention because here's where it gets interesting) ...</p>↵<p><b>reverse sliders</b>.</p>↵<p>What's a reverse slider? The ever-helpful Carson Cistulli's got <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/select-pitches-from-trevor-bauers-debut/">a .gif for your viewing pleasure</a>. Sure, some might call that a change-up. But it sure doesn't look like a change-up, and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BauerOutage/status/218728972119318528">Bauer called them</a> reverse sliders.</p>↵
https://www.sbnation.com/2012/6/30/3128147/trevor-bauer-invents-a-new-pitchRob Neyer2012-06-28T19:36:49-04:002012-06-28T19:36:49-04:00The First Last Warmup Pitch Of Trevor Bauer
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<p>It's not like watching Trevor Bauer pitch is that much of a mystery -- he puts slow-motion videos of his mechanics on YouTube. But his tradition of running up to throw his last warmup pitch was still a mystery to the common Internet jockey before today.</p>
<p>No more. Like a blurry recording of a guy in a Bigfoot costume, we now have footage.</p>
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<p><br>I was expecting more Roman candles and sword fights and Chinese-dragon dancing, but maybe I've built this up too much. Still, pretty interesting. And Miguel Montero hates it!</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2012/6/28/3124662/the-first-last-warmup-pitch-of-trevor-bauerGrant Brisbee2012-06-28T13:12:29-04:002012-06-28T13:12:29-04:00Saying Goodbye To Trevor Bauer
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<p>Trevor Bauer is making his major-league debut on Thursday, which means we have to say goodbye to the prospect to whom we got so attached. </p> <p><span>Trevor Bauer</span> is up with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Arizona Diamondbacks</a>, and he's going to make his major-league debut on Thursday. You might have your pet prospects, your Bryce Harpers or Jurickson Profars, the minor leaguers you identified early on as players to watch, and about whom you couldn't get enough information. Bauer is mine.</p>
<p>Maybe it's because he <a href="https://www.google.com/search?aq=0&oq=trevor+bauer+tim&sugexp=chrome,mod=1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=trevor+bauer+tim+lincecum" target="new">partly modeled </a>his windup and delivery after <span>Tim Lincecum</span>. Maybe it's because he's a <a href="http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/4/13/2946634/trevor-bauer-youtube-arizona-diamondbacks" target="new">social-media hound</a>, who absolutely loves dissecting his mechanics in front of an Internet audience. Maybe it's because he <a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/spring2012/story/_/id/7676345/arizona-diamondbacks-trevor-bauer-quite-unique" target="new">appeals to the subset of baseball fans who also have pocket protectors</a>:</p>
<blockquote>"It's 330 feet down both lines, so it's 330 times root 2,'' he said, pulling out his smartphone. He called up the calculator accessory and punched in 330 times the square root of two. "That's 466.69 feet.''</blockquote>
<p>In that same article, Jim Caple gets a quote from <span>Miguel Montero</span> about Bauer's between-innings warmup routine:</p>
<blockquote>"It scares me -- he's going to kill somebody"</blockquote>
<p>You don't need context for that one, really. That's a quote from a catcher about something a young pitcher does between innings. It's all fascinating. Everything Bauer does is fascinating to me.</p>
<p>Alas, though, this is as good as prospect fascination gets. Because now we actually have to watch the guy pitch in the majors. The progression:</p>
<p><b>Prospectdom</b><br> This is where the prospect can do <i>anything</i> because he hasn't not done it before. His ceiling is that of a straight-edge Dwight Gooden with Wolverine's powers of regeneration. Trevor Bauer carved up the minors. He could carve up the majors in the same way, for years. Because he hasn't not done it already.</p>
<p><b>Major-Leaguedom</b><br> He does good things. Then he's established, and we're used to him. We'll feign amazement. Heck, it'll be genuine appreciation. But it will probably be something that a few other pitchers are doing, at least. He might be an ace, but he probably isn't an alpha-ace -- a guy who would pick his teeth with <span>Justin Verlander</span>. An All-Star, maybe, even a Cy Young winner, but not quite the a rock-opera-in-a-can we were expecting. Not <span>Pedro Martinez</span>, circa '99, every single season.</p>
<p><b>Taking-for-granted-dom</b><br> People start debating his worth on the trade market or in free agency. His real value is measured against his large arbitration awards. He has ups and downs like every other pitchers. He's just a really, really good pitcher. Like, say, <span>Jered Weaver</span>. If you're not an <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.halosheaven.com/">Angels</a> fan, when's the last time you got really, really excited about Jered Weaver? As in, "Hey, sorry, but I can't go out to dinner because <i>Jered Weaver</i> is throwing tonight"?</p>
<p>Jered Weaver is an excellent pitcher. One of the best. The odds are still overwhelmingly against Bauer being as successful as Weaver, just because the odds are overwhelmingly against any prospect being as good as Jered Weaver. The odds are against this because Weaver is fantastic, and he has been for a while. But you don't care about Jered Weaver.</p>
<p><b>The Rest</b><br> Could be a quick burn out. Somewhere between <span>Noah Lowry</span> and Sandy Koufax. Could be a slow fade. Something between <span>Livan Hernandez</span> and Steve Carlton. And this is all <i>if</i> Bauer is good and everything works out to some extent. There could still be a <span>Homer Bailey</span> thing where we're not sure for five to 10 years.</p>
<p>Oh, this is potentially over a couple of decades, so it's not as if I'm imploring you to get all Reb Tevye and sing "Prospect, Veteran." We should still get to enjoy a nice career. Hundreds of career starts, if everything goes right. I don't want this to seem like this is a eulogy for Trevor Bauer. I'm genuinely excited to watch his career progress.</p>
<p>What I'm shooting for is an appreciation of that fleeting moment between prospect and major leaguer. For a prospect hound, it's the perfect synergy of admiration and anticipation, where a pitcher's ceiling is limited to your imagination, not to what you've picked up from the first-hand evidence you're about to gather.</p>
<p>Aw, heck. I'm getting all maudlin here. This is a happy day. Trevor Bauer makes his debut. We get to see his wacky breaking ball. We get to see those YouTube mechanics in real time, against real major-league hitters. We get to see what these stats …</p>
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<p><br> … translate to. There will be walks. Oh, there will be walks. But there will also be strikeouts. So many. Strikeouts that break down major-league hitters. Strikeouts that make hitters crumple like one of those plastic giraffe toys.</p>
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<p><br> Yeah, one of those. And it will be fun to watch. But I still like this in-between part. The prologue is so good for your favorite prospects, it's hard to see how the rest of the story can keep up the same pace.</p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2012/6/28/3123614/trevor-bauer-debut-arizona-diamondbacksGrant Brisbee2012-06-25T10:35:44-04:002012-06-25T10:35:44-04:00 Trevor Bauer Debuting For Diamondbacks Thursday
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<p>The D'backs' No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft will be pitching for the team later this week after dominating the minor leagues this year.</p> <p><span>Trevor Bauer</span>, who was the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a>' No. 1 pick (third overall) in the 2011 draft, will soon be on the major-league roster, <a href="http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/06/24/12/Sources-Bauer-to-make-MLB-debut-Thursday/landing_dbacks.html?blockID=751288&feedID=3702" target="_blank">according to Fox Sports Arizona</a>:</p>
<blockquote>Phenom Trevor Bauer will make his major league debut for the Diamondbacks on Thursday, sources with knowledge of the D-backs’ thinking said Sunday. <br><br> Bauer, who has dominated minor league hitters at two levels this season, was pulled after making 50 pitches in 2 2/3 innings in his start for Class AAA Reno on Sunday, an outing that could stand as a perfect off-day throwing session before a Thursday start.</blockquote>
<p>Here's the reason behind the D-backs' thinking:</p>
<blockquote>The D-backs need a starter in Atlanta on Thursday because <span>Joe Saunders</span> was placed on the disabled list with left shoulder inflammation on Saturday. <span>Ian Kennedy</span> would have been able to make that start on normal rest because of Monday’s off-day, but manager Kirk Gibson said in his press briefing Sunday that Kennedy will start Friday.</blockquote>
<p>Bauer has blown through both Double-A and Triple-A this year; he has 11 wins and one loss in 16 starts, and has struck out 116 batters in 93 innings. The 15 wild pitches he's thrown could give one pause, though. Bauer is also known for <a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/spring2012/story/_/id/7676345/arizona-diamondbacks-trevor-bauer-quite-unique" target="_blank">a unique warmup quirk</a>:</p>
<blockquote>Before the rookie hopeful steps on the rubber for his warm-up pitches between innings, he channels Happy Gilmore by taking a step or two from behind the mound and firing the ball as hard as he can toward home plate. Sometimes the catcher catches the pitch. Sometimes he just gets out of the way and watches it fly to the backstop.</blockquote>
<p>It remains to be seen whether Bauer can or will do this at the major-league level, but if the reports are correct, we'll find out Thursday.</p>
<p><i>For more on the Diamondbacks, please visit <a href="http://www.azsnakepit.com" target="_blank">AZ Snakepit</a> and <a href="http://arizona.sbnation.com" target="_blank">SB Nation Arizona</a>.</i></p>
https://www.sbnation.com/2012/6/25/3116019/trevor-bauer-debut-thursday-diamondbacks-newsAl Yellon