vs. D-RAYS 6/02

[whynot38]

Big inning to hold here

[jjnono]

Davis with a terrible AB.

I'm pretty sure Davis is not well suited for the 3rd slot.. I really like him around 6, but am good with 5 and 7 as well.

[RavNMadMan]

BMat might go deep in this game......65 pitches so far

[alaniee]

I'm pretty sure Davis is not well suited for the 3rd slot.. I really like him around 6, but am good with 5 and 7 as well.

I like him at 5 or 6. When Markakis returns I'm sure Davis will move down.

[allquixotic]

So, wonder if anyone wants to reconsider their skewering of Matusz throughout the off-season?

Sure, and those of us singing the praises of Hammel and Chen (including myself) are going to have to reconsider their placing of said pitchers on a pedestal. I think they both show their true colors as 5th-man or spot starters / long relievers at best by the end of the season.

Pitchers get better and get worse all the time. Even professional scouts (which I am not) are wrong about their judgments of players all the time. Not only wrong, but disastrously wrong. How many times have we brought on some guy we thought would be a superstar, or at LEAST a serviceable contributor, and they turn out to be a complete dud?

Consistency is something that a vanishingly few number of players are able to grasp these days, it seems. Consistency the real prize, but the most difficult attribute to judge ahead of time.

[Lucky Jim]

Sure, and those of us singing the praises of Hammel and Chen (including myself) are going to have to reconsider their placing of said pitchers on a pedestal. I think they both show their true colors as 5th-man or spot starters / long relievers at best by the end of the season.

Can't see any reason to think that. Sorry.

[alaniee]

Awesome job by Matusz, fooled Upton. Nice!!!!!

[RavNMadMan]

Sweet.....grab some pine Upton

[alaniee]

Matusz getting wild. REally nice he got Upton off the bases. 2 outs.

[scOtt]

Usually "windy" scOtt hasn't posted in 7 minutes. Wonder where he went?

[luismatos4prez]

Sure, and those of us singing the praises of Hammel and Chen (including myself) are going to have to reconsider their placing of said pitchers on a pedestal. I think they both show their true colors as 5th-man or spot starters / long relievers at best by the end of the season.

Pitchers get better and get worse all the time. Even professional scouts (which I am not) are wrong about their judgments of players all the time. Not only wrong, but disastrously wrong. How many times have we brought on some guy we thought would be a superstar, or at LEAST a serviceable contributor, and they turn out to be a complete dud?

That's way too extreme. You really think Hammel and Chen are only good enough to be spot starters? They would be a great 34 punch on almost every single team in the major leagues.

[alaniee]

Tough hop for Hardy to get. That was hit hard.

[Lucky Jim]

Hardy not helping Matusz there.

[alaniee]

Wieters just about had that. The net got in the way. Crap

[jjnono]

If Matusz makes it through 6 I'm moving on to Social D...