Do we trade a starter?

[Can_of_corn]

What is odd about Buck playing to a players strengths and avoiding his weaknesses?

Ubaldo has a 5.23 career ERA in April. He is over a run better than that is all other months but one. So Buck has six starters. He puts Ubaldo in the pen for a month and then puts him in the rotation in May. When its warmer.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=jimenub01&year=Career&t=p

Of course we don't know, if you try that then maybe it takes until June for him to get straightened out as a starter. Maybe he needs reps as a starter to knock off the rust, not warm weather?

[weams]

What is odd about Buck playing to a players strengths and avoiding his weaknesses?

Ubaldo has a 5.23 career ERA in April. He is over a run better than that is all other months but one. So Buck has six starters. He puts Ubaldo in the pen for a month and then puts him in the rotation in May. When its warmer.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=jimenub01&year=Career&t=p

I doubt that Buck even considers that. But as you always say. We shall see.

[Crazysilver03]

Good pitching is always in demand. Jimenez has to prove he is a good pitcher to get traded. If he does improve his production there will be teams that want him. Good starters are hard to come by.

The O's have many arbitration players that make their payroll raise year over year. Just getting Jimenez salary off the books for a minor leaguer or two would be a gain for the O's if Bundy gets healthy and Norris is extended. I expect this will be the last year for Chen with Boras being his agent.

He has had good stretches before. Teams aren't going to commit $28M to Ubaldo after a month of good starts.

[weams]

Of course we don't know, if you try that then maybe it takes until June for him to get straightened out as a starter. Maybe he needs reps as a starter to knock off the rust, not warm weather?

What if we are in some warm venues in April? What then? Predicting Ubaldo starts or optimum performance opportunities? I think that is a field that has a lot of dark matter in it.

[wildcard]

Of course we don't know, if you try that then maybe it takes until June for him to get straightened out as a starter. Maybe he needs reps as a starter to knock off the rust, not warm weather?

He is going to be pitching with his revised delivery anyway. Pitching out of the pen for the first month could be good for him. There is only one way to find out. The results of him starting in April are fairly predictable.

[weams]

He has had good stretches before. Teams aren't going to commit $28M to Ubaldo after a month of good starts.

If Ubaldo is traded it will be in 2017. Until then, we ride that horse wherever it takes us.

[weams]

He is going to be pitching with his revised delivery anyway. Pitching out of the pen for the first month could be good for him. There is only one way to find out. The results of him starting in April are fairly predictable.

Great idea. Bet Buck and Dan do not consider it.

[Can_of_corn]

He is going to be pitching with his revised delivery anyway. Pitching out of the pen for the first month could be good for him. There is only one way to find out. The results of him starting in April are fairly predictable.

I am fine with him being the one out of the pen, I just don't think using his April stats is the best justification.

See where the team is at the end of spring training and decide then.

[wildcard]

What if we are in some warm venues in April? What then? Predicting Ubaldo starts or optimum performance opportunities? I think that is a field that has a lot of dark matter in it.

I think Buck has the gray matter to figure this out. He doesn't miss much.

[weams]

I think Buck has the gray matter to figure this out. He doesn't miss much.

Buck is smart enough to see that it is random.

[wildcard]

Buck is smart enough to see that it is random.

Ubaldo has pitched poorly in 5 of 7 Aprils. That sounds more like being consistent than random.

[weams]

Ubaldo has pitched poorly in 5 of 7 Aprils. That sounds more like being consistent than random.

Who's to say his Septembers would be good without those Aprils. Random.

[wildcard]

Who's to say his Septembers would be good without those Aprils. Random.

Really?? You think his Septembers are contingent of a bad April?

[Il BuonO]

He is going to be pitching with his revised delivery anyway. Pitching out of the pen for the first month could be good for him. There is only one way to find out. The results of him starting in April are fairly predictable.

I don't know why you would think his results are predictable. You admit his delivery will be revised yet you expect the same results?

There's no way to predict how he'll pitch with his mechanics being adjusted but they certainly have no bearing on how he threw before seeing as how delivery was different. There's just as good a chance he comes out of the gate firing on all cylinders with the adjustment he's made.

They certainly won't make a decision on it before they see him make some starts in ST though.

[weams]

Really?? You think his Septembers are contingent of a bad April?

I think no one knows. Any of this when it comes to Ubaldo. He is a Savant.