Matusz Tonight

[Great 2BA FL Gator]

WHIP going through the roof right now.

[Lucky Jim]

WHIP going through the roof right now.

Eh. Not so worried about the stats. He gets through 6IP and gives up 3ER, then he's quasi-done his job. Even if ugly. And even if not great news.

[Lucky Jim]

Eh. Not so worried about the stats. He gets through 6IP and gives up 3ER, then he's quasi-done his job. Even if ugly. And even if not great news.

I knew as soon as I pressed enter....

Send him down. Call up Tillman.

[JDBirds10]

Please send him down! His stuff is pathetic. Another wasted 1st round draft pick...

[Flash- bd]

Yeah, Matusz looked nothing short of terrible today. He was throwing meatballs at a Tommy Hunter like rate. Just terrible command, everything was ending up middle of the plate, belt high. It's okay that his velocity was down tonight--that happens--but his command was as bad as it's been in the last 3 starts, even though it doesn't show up in # of walks.

I wouldn't be opposed to seeing him sent down. He looks a long way away, for me.

[OFFNY]

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BRIAN MATUSZ O(vs. ANGELS 6/26)

IP:. 5-Plus

H:o 13

R:O 5

BB: 0

SO: 1

Pitches: 82 (59 Strikes, 23 Balls)

2012 ERA: 5.24

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MATUSZ BY INNINGS

8

18

17

13

18

8 *

* Matusz did not retire any batters before departing in the 6th inning.

[Moose Milligan]

Chances of being impressed by Brian Matusz....

....ARE REMOTE!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

[JDBirds10]

Yeah, Matusz looked nothing short of terrible today. He was throwing meatballs at a Tommy Hunter like rate. Just terrible command, everything was ending up middle of the plate, belt high. It's okay that his velocity was down tonight--that happens--but his command was as bad as it's been in the last 3 starts, even though it doesn't show up in # of walks.

I wouldn't be opposed to seeing him sent down. He looks a long way away, for me.

^^^ Agree with this.

[theobird]

I have really seen all of Matuzs I want to see right now. I would get him out of here, he just can't get it together. If he could get me Headley, I would have a new third baseman in the morning.

[Lucky Jim]

Yeah, Matusz looked nothing short of terrible today. He was throwing meatballs at a Tommy Hunter like rate. Just terrible command, everything was ending up middle of the plate, belt high. It's okay that his velocity was down tonight--that happens--but his command was as bad as it's been in the last 3 starts, even though it doesn't show up in # of walks.

I wouldn't be opposed to seeing him sent down. He looks a long way away, for me.

It looked like he was locating his FB okay at a lower velocity (when I got to watch), but he was leaving curves and change-ups over the plate at an alarming rate.

[Lucky Jim]

^^^ Agree with this.

That's not really what you wrote, however.

[allquixotic]

To all the clever statisticians out there: is this a big enough sample size to tell that Matusz isn't ML caliber, or do we need to give him another 20 starts that'll end up exactly like this one?

[Lucky Jim]

To all the clever statisticians out there: is this a big enough sample size to tell that Matusz isn't ML caliber, or do we need to give him another 20 starts that'll end up exactly like this one?

Meh. That said, the sample size of your posts is big enough to tell us a lot of things definitively.

[Frobby]

Matusz had nothing today. I'm kind of irritated that Buck sent him out for the 6th, but his pitch count was low so I suppose that is classic second guessing.

[jabba72]

Matusz and Arrieta (and Hunter) all seem to get hit hard even when their walks are down. Did Matusz walk a single batter tonite? It goes against the theory that pitching to contact and keeping walks down will make you effective. They must all be tipping pitches easily for batters to tee off like they do..