vs. D-RAYS 6/03

[allquixotic]

Reynolds is CLUTCH! :smile11::clap3:

Offense showing signs of life!

[mrbig1]

Thank you mark.

[Can_of_corn]

No way he is in the rotation at the beginning of the year, no way.

Could be by May. Main reason I would keep him down is 7th year of team control.

[OFFNY]

Save us, Mark.

OK, Mr. Big.

Sincerely,

Maaaaahhhhhk Reynolds.

[barellano]

Wow a clutch base hit! Haven't seen that much lately.

[VThokie7]

Anybody elses broadcast a bit glitchy? I have Directv, but there are little blips where its lagging.

[eddie83]

Could be by May. Main reason I would keep him down is 7th year of team control.

I doubt it. The way they are handling him doesn't suggest that next year they would be aggresive with him.

[allquixotic]

Wow a clutch base hit! Haven't seen that much lately.

The team desperately needed that to keep the momentum from falling into the Rays' hands.

[eddie83]

Anybody elses broadcast a bit glitchy? I have Directv, but there are little blips where its lagging.

I had problems a couple of days ago. I was listening to the radio until this inning but so far no problems.

[eddie83]

It was a bone spur (That he should have had removed a year earlier) not TJ surgery.

Jake has a career ERA+ of 83. That is not irreplaceable.

His ceiling and talent aren't replaceable. You need power arms in this division. I am not saying Jake doensn't have to step up, he does.

[scOtt]

Ugh! These early games.

[Can_of_corn]

I doubt it. The way they are handling him doesn't suggest that next year they would be aggresive with him.

The way they are handling him now has everything to do with his innings cap.

They have a financial interest in aggressively promoting Bundy.

It is a generally sound bet to assume teams will do what is in their best interest financially.

[tennOsfan]

Endy caught that RIGHT in front of me. I gave him much praise.

[allquixotic]

I doubt it. The way they are handling him doesn't suggest that next year they would be aggresive with him.

Well, as you said, show me a better pitcher in the organization. At least three of our starters are big questionmarks right now as far as I'm concerned; any one of them could pretty much head into a 2011 Matusz-esque slump at any time (including Matusz himself; a half dozen solid starts is not enough to convince me that he's going to stabilize.)

We need arms, and we don't have a NYY or TEX or BOS budget to buy our way to a championship rotation. We need to use who we've got. If that means being slightly aggressive with Bundy, so be it. (Not that I would want him to go out there and get steamrolled and lose his confidence, but a little early might not be a deal-breaker. And a lot of folks on here have said they are sure Dylan will be in the rotation at some time next year, even some time before September.)

[Can_of_corn]

His ceiling and talent aren't replaceable. You need power arms in this division. I am not saying Jake doensn't have to step up, he does.

You don't think that till the end of this season is enough rope?