vs Yankees 9/2/12

[MDK02]

Good stuff!

[Big#3fan]

I know Brian isn't that popular on this board but he looks awfully good out of the pen.

Loving him out of the Pen! Just not as a starter

[Palmoripken]

I don't understand why Matusz can't throw strikes when he starts, but does it with ease out of the BP. Weird.

Remember- a lot of bullpen guys are failed starters. Rarely does anyone set off to become a great reliever it just happens. When I did Little League which I know is totally different than the MLB. I struggled when I started but I loved pitching in tight games and late. Hell though, wasn't Hoffman drafted as a middle infielder?

[LarryHarlow]

I know Brian isn't that popular on this board but he looks awfully good out of the pen.

Eck just theorized that the fact that you don't have as much time to think about it before you pitch when you're a reliever might be a good thing for him.

[Jonesy10]

Matusz looking very good.

[WEAVERMAN]

Who pitches the 9th, Matusz, Pete?

[Palmoripken]

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BRIAN MATUSZ' 5 RELIEF APPEARANCES

Pitches: 44 (38 Strikes, 6 Balls)

Niiiiiiiiiiice. Good work as always by the way.

[OrangeJerseys]

I want more runs.

[Big#3fan]

Would you go to JJ automatically or give him yet another day of rest?

Rest, this is not a save situation

[OFFNY]

BRIAN MATUSZ' 5 RELIEF APPEARANCES

Pitches: 44 (38 Strikes, 6 Balls)

Niiiiiiiiiiice. Good work as always by the way.

Thanks.

[scOtt]

Would you go to JJ automatically or give him yet another day of rest?

Depending who's up I'd send Matusz back out.

[Chavez Ravine]

The Yanks have used a zillion pitchers, but the O's have displayed more of a team effort so far.

[Loophole]

Keep Matusz in there. No need to use half the pitchers Girardi is.

[crissfan172]

Remember- a lot of bullpen guys are failed starters. Rarely does anyone set off to become a great reliever it just happens. When I did Little League which I know is totally different than the MLB. I struggled when I started but I loved pitching in tight games and late. Hell though, wasn't Hoffman drafted as a middle infielder?

I understand him succeeding. I just can't figure out how he can just pump strike after strike with ease when he struggles to do it as a starter. Who knows...maybe he found his fastball command again down at Norfolk.

[Palmoripken]

Depending who's up I'd send Matusz back out.

Let's see they got Martin who is a RH but below the Mendoza line, forget who's seventh, and then Ichiro who is a LH. Andruw Jones is the third.