Theory Verses Practice
In theory, the Ten-Day Disabled List should be a wonderful thing for pitchers, but initial results are not so good. It appears that after being off for ten days a starter just is not quite in-sync. Ryu was obviously out of sorts (maybe he is injured) and McCarthy also looked like he needed another start before coming off the DL. So, in reality, while it might be a tool to
In theory, the Ten-Day Disabled List should be a wonderful thing for pitchers, but initial results are not so good. It appears that after being off for ten days a starter just is not quite in-sync. Ryu was obviously out of sorts (maybe he is injured) and McCarthy also looked like he needed another start before coming off the DL. So, in reality, while it might be a tool to keep the bullpen fresh, it hasn’t worked well for starters. Ryu and McCarthy both looked like they needed a rehab start to get back in sync… maybe two. So, in reality the 15 day DL might be just what was needed. I don;t blame FAZ for trying it but after giving two games away, I have seen enough.
Alex Wood has earned a spot in the rotation and frankly, who is looking for another Number Two? Wood looks a lot like that guy. Hill could be that guy. I think his blister issues will go away. The big mistake was to rest it all winter. His finger was smoother than a baby’s butt due to rest when in reality he should have been tending to that callous. It looks like they are on top of it now with a plan. I think that plan includes no more than 5 or 6 innings for a while (maybe a pitch count of about 70). The there is Julio Urias who had a 1.06 ERA before Coors, This guy is too good to not pitch. Finally, there are McCarthy, Ryu and Maeda. Brock Stewart will be back in the mix after the All-Star Break and Trevor Oaks, Jair Jurrjens and Justin Masterson are at AAA.
It looks to me that someone is going to be the odd man out. Kershaw, Hill, Wood and Urias are locks, but Ryu and McCarthy are both tradable if they are healthy and to prove they are healthy, they have to pitch! Lots of teams need starters. Even Maeda could be dealt. If he pitches well in his next start, he could be in demand. Due to Maeda’s “Team Friendly Contract,” it’s hard to put him in the pen. A couple of those starters could be parlayed into some bullpen arms. Dayton and Romo are struggling to some degree, and there are too many other options.
Sooner or later something has to give. I loved Wood in the pen, but he has shown he belongs in the rotation, so there is that. I’m also tired of the dumb lineups. Cut the crap! It’s not smart to put Grandal at #3, OK? It’s another lefty tonight and here is all I want to see:
- Taylor 2B
- Seager SS
- Turner 3B
- Bellinger 1B
- Gutierrez LF
- Barnes C
- Puig RF
- Pederson CF (leave him alone)
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Discussion (49)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Wouldn’t it would have been better on defense, to have Kike in left, and Utley at second, and Taylor at third, and Bellinger at first?
Chase missed that pop fly in Colorado, and many think that Bellinger would have caught Crawford’s double, last night.
Mark
I don’t get what you mean about Joc, but both Joc and Puig, don’t hit lefties well.
I am ok with everyone else, and I want to say that Gutierrez has
delivered, when he has been up to bat in clutch situations, considering he had to go out on the DL, and come back, already this season.
The problem with giving starters ten days off, is that it is only the begining of the season!
How tired can the pitchers be?
They are still trying to build off there starts, and that is why Ryu didn’t look good.
But not to many pitchers that depend on curves and off speed stuff, would pitch well in Colorado, including Hill!
Maeda is the only pitcher that uses off speed stuff, that I have seen pitch well, in Colorado.
It seems like Dayton hasn’t pitched that well this year, but I am not informed on his stats, so I don’t know that for sure.
It also seems like our players are trying to do to much when they are up, against Cain this year, because other teams, have hit him hard.
And when we have to many strike outs, it is hard to have a productive offense, and that is exposed even more, when Turner isn’t in the line up.
The difference in this game is, that the Giants delivered, when they had runners, in scoring position.
They don’t try to hit a ball out all the time, like we seem to do, to much.
They just try to get any hit, to get the runners in, and keep their offense, moving.
And I think it is to early to make a decision, concerning our pitchers.
We need to see more of their starts, and see who can pitch well in the rotation,for more then just a couple of games.