The problem with Suárez is that he doesn’t have options, so once they add him to the 40 man he needs to stay on the big league roster or be DFA’d. If this will only be a start or two before Means is back and they don’t want to add additional non-optionable roster crunch on the pen, it may make more sense to be Zimmerman today and then potentially Povich for however many more they need.
I really want to see Suárez get a shot at some point this season, especially as a RP. But not if that means just 1 or 2 starts and then he has to be DFA’d and not ever given a look as a RP.
Leave him alone and let him continue to learn.
I expect stuff like this from a newbie, but from a vet poster who is as knowledgeable as Roy? It is as if, we haven’t watched the last few years of baseball.
This is how it goes for almost ALL top prospects in baseball (including ALL our own) save JW who was decent out of the gate)… They struggle to adjust to the jump in competition.
I don’t know what about that is so difficult to understand? Did people think it would be different because his name is Holliday?
Time is all I suspect he needs. But, I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes back down if he continues to struggle. We have plenty of better options better than Kemp at AAA that can be brought up.
They are pitching from a point of confidence against him right now. He is also getting some bad calls on strikes. Probably also the first time in 3 or 4 years he isn’t the best player on the team. I’m not worried at all. It is kind of like last year when some people wanted to send Gunnar down, the kid will figure it out.
Plus, would you rather have a struggling Holliday or Kemp?
His first strikeout on 4/16 - he got three fastballs that were 95-96 mph perfectly painted on the corners, both at the top of the zone and the bottom. They were perfect pitches, all three of them, and by a mediocre mlb pitcher. I'm sure he has never faced that type of pitching in his life. It will take some getting used to. And it seems all these pitchers are determined to not be the pitcher that Holliday gets hot against - they don't want to be on the highlight reel. They are making his life difficult. It's going to take a lot of watching film and working with hitting coaches to figure out how this league pitches him.
97 mph tonight with a bunch of sweepers. Sweeper = keeper. In all seriousness, the dude has a live arm. I could see him giving us a “Webb” type of run. Everyday Webby. Ramírez is out of options so he’s literally pitching for his job everytime out there.
Honestly, I was banging the drum for us to sign one more vet reliever like a David Robertson, Ottavino, or Brasier, but there probably isn’t too much difference than Ramírez right now other than track record and salary. That’s a $5-$10 million security blanket that Elias didn’t think we needed.
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