ORIOLES vs. YANKEES 4/09

[murph]

It's so weird watching a third baseman make routine plays look easy.

...and making spectacular plays.

[crissfan172]

Dammit...put Rodriguez in the game!

[Fuego!]

[murph]

Dammit...put Rodriguez in the game!

Can't, his knee swelled just watching the jump...

[Saintbird]

It's no secret that this umpire is running a tight zone tonight.

Nova doesn't seem to have any problem finding it though...

[SoBo]

This is just a brutal performance. There is no excuse for the kind of command he had tonight. I will say this, if Matusz is now a 90-91 MPH fastball guy, he's going to have to have command of he changeup. Coming up his changeup was his goto pitch, and now he seems to have lost the pitch. Without that pitch Matusz is no better than a 5th starter.

Yup. I was not in the send him to aaa camp but after tonight I'm leaning that way. That was about as ugly as it gets. His delivery is a frigging mess. I think he needs some time away from the spot light to try and get his mojo back. Because that is not going to get it done. I'd give him one more start.

[Can_of_corn]

That's 4 R.

Ok, it can also be 4 runs, the source I got it from had 4 hits when I posted it.

[SammyBirdland]

Can't, his knee swelled just watching the jump...

Sprinkle some steroids on it.

[CrimsonTribe]

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MATUSZ TONIGHT:

IP: 4

H: 6

R: 4

BB: 4

SO: 1

Pitches: 96 (52 Strikes, 44 Balls)

2011 ERA: 9.00

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1st Inning:. 30 Pitches

2nd Inning: 11 Pitches

3rd Inning:. 23 Pitches

4h Inning:.. 32 Pitches

TOTAL:O. 96 Pitches

Lower ERA than last year. Baby steps...?

:vader:

[allquixotic]

This is just a brutal performance. There is no excuse for the kind of command he had tonight. I will say this, if Matusz is now a 90-91 MPH fastball guy, he's going to have to have command of he changeup. Coming up his changeup was his goto pitch, and now he seems to have lost the pitch. Without that pitch Matusz is no better than a 5th starter.

:agree:

Or a 6th, in our case...?

Maybe he needs to go down to AAA ball and reinvent himself. In a year or two he can come up as a younger version of Carl Pavano. And hopefully better. But yeah, throwing 90 isn't the end of the world if you have command. But Matusz has neither command nor velocity right now, and that's just not good enough with Wada and (at some point?) even Britton looming.

Basically we don't need Matusz with the glut of decent pitchers we have today.

[Can_of_corn]

It's no secret that this umpire is running a tight zone tonight.

Nova doesn't seem to have any problem finding it though...

That sample size there is a bit worse then "tight".

[SammyBirdland]

The iPad shift works again.

[malkusm]

Who's aligning them defensively? Seems like they're always in great position. I never thought Hardy would catch that liner to end the 4th. Then that groundout to Andino where he was playing almost straight up the middle, and it was hit right to him.

[barellano]

WTF ump. Those first 2 pitches were over the plate.

[SammyBirdland]

This ump is on meth.