June 18th - My mom and dad's anniversary

[Gurgi]

Late to the party. Seems Matusz is terrified to throw that 87 MPH cheese past Werth. How's he looked otherwise? I can see the velo is still poor.

Topped at 89 on one pitch a couple of innings ago. But yeah. It still is down.

[Malike]

Topped at 89 on one pitch a couple of innings ago. But yeah. It still is down.

Hope its just a dead arm period for him.

[Going Underground]

That projection is eerily similar to Matusz current production, a 4.97 ERA over 137.2 innings. Over 25 inconsistent starts, the lefty starter is striking out fewer batters (6.93 K/9) and walking more (3.40 BB/9) than he did in his short stint in 2009 (7.66 K/9 and 2.82 BB/9). What is perhaps more disconcerting is a noticeable regression in his fastball, which has gone from an average of 91.5 in 2009 to 90.0 in 2010. Matusz has also had trouble commanding the pitch.

Just as scouts had warned, when Matusz is not able to establish his fastball and use it to get ahead in the count, his secondary pitches become less effective. He’s still throwing the fastball about 60% of the time, the change-up 20% of the time, and the curve and slider about 10% of the time respectively, but he’s gone from throwing 62.2% of his pitches for strikes in 2009 to 58.4% in 2010, and hitters have gone from making contact on 78% of attempts to 83%. The lack of velocity and fastball command has clearly hurt Matusz.

http://tenthinning.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/updating-brian-matusz/

[Gurgi]

Hope its just a dead arm period for him.

With our luck it will be a Tommy John waiting around the corner.

[Going Underground]

So is Scott hurt or is his shoulder hurting bad?

[nate22]

How does Reynolds miss that pitch?

[Hank Scorpio]

How the hell does a competent major league hitter miss a hanging slider like that?!?!?!

[Going Underground]

How can Pie in June have no walks and no homers?

[Gurgi]

How can Pie in June have no walks and no homers?

Making the case that he is just a 4th outfielder and that is all he will ever be.

[Going Underground]

Pie should be moving on this pitch.

[Going Underground]

Pie should be moving on this pitch.

Nevermind does not matter.

[Hank Scorpio]

Man, Mark Reynolds really sucks at baseball.

[Going Underground]

Another good inning for the O's Double and single and do not score.

[Going Underground]

Man, Mark Reynolds really sucks at baseball.

The DBacks are playing better without him. I thought he was a tough,smart baseball player.

[Gurgi]

Is Matusz going to end up a Ben McDonald type guy? High draft pick but a meh career?