2014 Ubaldo Jimenez Today

[scOtt]

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I was driving to North Carolina, but I heard that Jimenez had a pretty good game last night.

We were wondering where you were. I had to start the game thread.

[scOtt]

Well let's be fair to Jimenez. The strike zone was all over the place last night. Wieters was called out on strikes on a ball that was in the batters box and Jimenez was getting no calls on the corners all night. There were a couple of ABs that should have been strikeouts and not a walk because of bad Umping. In the 5th a dying bloop in the infield hit by Jennings didn't help. But Jimenez got out of a jam. That's what you want your pitchers to do. I thought Jimenez could finish out the 6th. Double play was in order still.

Overcome all that with only one run given up.

And he didn't have his best stuff. Said so himself. But he had enough good stuff to get it done. Gutty performance.

[Can_of_corn]

May god have mercy on your soul, Ubaldo. Because the Tigers lineup will not.

I saw on MLB network that:

1- His results are erratic vs the Tigers (shocking!) with little middle ground between excellent and horrendous

2- He doesn't pitch well at all at Comerica Park

[LookinUp]

It seems like people are hoping Ubaldo fails in this thread.

For the record, I wanted him before we signed him, was ok with terms, and am still ok with the signing.

Great start so far tonight.

[LookitsPuck]

Been saying since his struggles that he'll come around. Complicated mechanical pitcher who started spring training late with new catchers, new pitching coach, new organization who is known to struggle in April.

Good to see Ubaldo doing well. We need him.

[Roll Tide]

It seems like people are hoping Ubaldo fails in this thread.

For the record, I wanted him before we signed him, was ok with terms, and am still ok with the signing.

Great start so far tonight.

I want to see all of the over reaction guys be men and come here and eat their crow!

[LookinUp]

I want to see all of the over reaction guys be men and come here and eat their crow!

We shouldn't over react the other way either though, but I do hope we see a lot of this.

[wildcard]

Surprise 1 - With 7 scorelss innings Ubaldo is now at a 4.02 ERA,

Surprise 2 - Buck pulled Ubaldo after 97 pitches

1 Scare - Tommy Hunter is waiting to pitch the ninth with a one run lead.

[Ohfan67]

May god have mercy on your soul, Ubaldo. Because the Tigers lineup will not.

You were totally full of crap.

[Frobby]

From April 26:

I'm going to be contrarian here. I think Ubaldo is looking a little better every time out. Lack of velocity? Pitch f/x says he topped out at 95.4 and hit 94 multiple times. http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/pfx.php?s_type=3&sp_type=1&year=2014&month=4&day=25&batterX=&pitchSel=434622&game=gid_2014_04_25_kcamlb_balmlb_1/&prevGame=gid_2014_04_25_kcamlb_balmlb_1/&prevDate=425

I think his start seemed worse than it was because he had a rough first inning, something that has happened a lot this year.

Overall, I wasn't completely satisfied, but I think Ubaldo is headed in the right direction and will be an asset as the season progresses.

Any questions? What a great outing by Ubaldo tonight. All the posters who judged him on his first 3-4 starts look pretty foolish now.

[25 Nuggets]

Surprise 1 - With 7 scorelss innings Ubaldo is now at a 4.02 ERA,

Surprise 2 - Buck pulled Ubaldo after 97 pitches

1 Scare - Tommy Hunter is waiting to pitch the ninth with a one run lead.

Scare was justified it seems.

[Tbone83]

He was fun to watch tonight. Both pitchers brought their A game. I like a good pitcher's duel from time to time. Preferably one that doesn't go up in flames, though.

[Il BuonO]

Jimenez is maddening to watch at times but I can't imagine anyone who doesn't enjoy watching a game like this. It makes me pine for the days when managers didn't keep track of pitches. He might have had a chance to finish a game like this in the ol' days.

[OFFNY]

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1 run through 3 innings so far against the Monarchs/Royals.

Come on Ubaldo, you can do it.

[LookitsPuck]

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1 run through 3 innings so far against the Monarchs/Royals.

Come on Ubaldo, you can do it.

One bad pitch against Gordon screws it. And a bad call reversal by the umps, too.