Tim Dillard (Warning: Don't Click On This If You Value Your Time)

[A Swing and A Drive]

I usually make a new Tim Dillard photo collage at least once a week.

 

I rarely share them with others on the web however, so consider yourself lucky.

[A Swing and A Drive]

Happy 34th Birthday Tim Dillard!!!!!!

 

34 is the new 24!

 

Dillard is happy to share his birthday with National Hot Dog Day!

 

Enjoy.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/4/6/2/202918462/cuts/Dillard_wsrt2tpk_4rzvqmjn.jpg

[torts]

The real question is... Can he play 1st base?

 

With Hooper gone, I think we have no other option than to find out

[Crash2303]

first off, love this thread! so perfect. Swing & a Drive you're awesome. as you all know soon to be minor league free agent, Mr. Dillard will once again be looking for a home this off-season. After compiling a less than stellar 5.17 ERA and 1.52 WHIP this past season in his long-toothed 15th professional season, it could seem that Dilly might finally be done with the Crew...at least as a pitcher (announcer seat waiting). especially considering that this is coming after a 2016 campaign that yielded a 5.13 ERA / 1.44 WHIP which followed an even worse line of 5.50 ERA/1.54 WHIP in 2015.

 

but, when one looks a little deeper behind the numbers i believe a strong case can be made to bring back Mr. Tim for year 16 and moreover, that used exclusively against right handed hitters in relief (think ROOGY), could even do well in the majors.

 

yes, Colorado has not been kind to Tim, reflected in his Home/Away ERA splits this year of 6.50/3.38. but, overall, he actually has fared well there in his career, which may be one of the reasons that he has served as a sort of 'sacrificial lamb' during his tenure there. obviously known for its boon to hitters, the brewers may have been delicate about subjecting some of their top prospects to the slaughter that is Colorado's thin air whenever possible ie Hader who in his time with Colorado pitched only 11 games at home to his 15 games away. whereas most pitchers spend about an equal amount of games at home than away, conversely to Hader, Dillard eats up the majority of his innings at Colorado Springs, exemplified most in 2016 when he pitched three times as many games at home than away! out of his 84 games he's pitched for the Sky Sox, Dillard has only started in 11 games. with all but 2 of the starts coming at home. I can see Rick Sweet, "hey guys- we need a spot start today at home, any volunteers? no? okay, Dillard- you're up."

 

and in those 11 games that Dillard has started- he's been TERRIBLE! sporting a 10.73 ERA in 41.1 IP- yikes. i did not find numbers to verify this, but i'd speculate that the majority of those runs came the second time through the lineup, when hitters start adjusting to his under-seen sidearm delivery, especially considering these following figures.

 

Out of the bullpen he has consistently performed well even when including appearances at home. Over the last three years in 122.2 IP in relief with the Sky Sox, Dillard has a stalwart 3.46 ERA, 8.8 K/9, 1.23 WHIP and hitters have a meager .670 OPS against him- and again that's including home appearances!

 

Even more encouraging are his RHH/LHH splits, represented here by OPS:

 

2015 - .686 OPS /.937 OPS

2016 - .579 OPS / .949 OPS

2017 - .766 OPS / .797 OPS

 

his overall numbers are inflated by the number of left-handed hitters he faced (307), which eat him alive, compared to the 429 RHH he faced during that span. one wonders if his efforts at improving that disparity this year, cost him a little bit of his dominance against righties. regardless, that is still a 200 point differential! Remember, these handed splits include his egregious starter numbers, so if you can do the figuring, take those numbers out and see how much lower those splits would be.

 

Okay, he fares pretty decent against AAA competition, but what about his less than stellar 4.70 ERA in the majors. well, in parts of the four seasons that he was with the Brewers he pitched 84 IP all out of the bullpen, basically a full season's worth for a relief pitcher. in that time, he held RHH to a .669 OPS (226 PA) and analogously LHH crushed him to the tune of a .969 OPS (145 PA). so, yeah, seems like he did okay against righties.

 

When factoring only his appearances as a reliever and only against right-handed hitters, he actually has performed really well, consistently over the past three years, even in one of the toughest hitter's parks in all of baseball. this, combined with his well-documented clubhouse leadership and vivacious personality and entertaining social media presence that has made him a fan favorite, he is a valuable player to bring back for another go-round, if for nothing else than to be that sacrificial lamb and fun, clubhouse veteran, but at the most- to be given a legit shot at a glorified ROOGY role in spring training for the Brewers.

[gregmag]

This is beautiful.

[DocLuna7]

Figure that it’s worth bumping this up as the one and only living legend Tim Dillard has re-signed a minor league deal with your Milwaukee Brewers. Awesome!!

[young guns]

Now to decide where to put the trophy case to house our 2018 world series trophy.

[pogokat]

he's probably the perfect guy to get the last out in the world series. They need to bring him up just to make that possible

[DocLuna7]

he's probably the perfect guy to get the last out in the world series. They need to bring him up just to make that possible

 

That would seriously be movie worthy.

[hawing]

At the risk of blurring the line between this forum and the Trading Post, the Bobblehead Hall of Fame is making a Tim Dillard bobblehead. Expected to ship in December! Maybe in time for holiday gifts!

 

https://store.bobbleheadhall.com/products/timdillard?variant=54450210311

[pogokat]

At the risk of blurring the line between this forum and the Trading Post, the Bobblehead Hall of Fame is making a Tim Dillard bobblehead. Expected to ship in December! Maybe in time for holiday gifts!

 

https://store.bobbleheadhall.com/products/timdillard?variant=54450210311

 

preordered!

[Crash2303]

i can't help but think this thread was in part responsible for Dillard's re-signing. props everyone- good teamwork. and now comes his back 9 renaissance.

[AKCheesehead]

I'm just going to leave this here.

 

[torts]

The best part of MiLB has started... its Tim Dillard Time!

[Outlander]

Just noticed now that HighHeat19 called this whole thread dumb.

[pacopete4]

Just noticed now that HighHeat19 called this whole thread dumb.

Have to agree with him.

[torts]

Just noticed now that HighHeat19 called this whole thread dumb.

 

high heat is tim dillard

[Roderick]

I like in the blog where he wrote

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/03/the-inner-monologue-of-dimtillard-springed.html

 

7:14am It’s difficult to get and keep a job in baseball. ...… but also setting aside time every day to guilt trip them with pictures of my three kids.

[A Swing and A Drive]

DILLARD! DILLARD! DILLARD!