Bud Norris 2015

[UpstateNYfan]

Norris was dominating in innings 2-4. He was up 0-2 against ARod, threw fastball after fastball (did the dugout, Wieters or Norris make the pitch calls) and got beat. How many times has ARod done that?? He will be fine or at least acceptable until someone steps up.

[Can_of_corn]

Norris was dominating in innings 2-4. He was up 0-2 against ARod, threw fastball after fastball (did the dugout, Wieters or Norris make the pitch calls) and got beat. How many times has ARod done that?? He will be fine or at least acceptable until someone steps up.

The dugout does not call pitches.

It's either the catcher or Cal jr.

[mdbdotcom]

Norris was dominating in innings 2-4. He was up 0-2 against ARod, threw fastball after fastball (did the dugout, Wieters or Norris make the pitch calls) and got beat. How many times has ARod done that?? He will be fine or at least acceptable until someone steps up.

He was right to keep throwing fastballs. ARod couldn't catch up with one until Norris threw it in the wrong spot. The target was down, the pitch was up. Nobody's fault but Bud's.

[UpstateNYfan]

I agree it was bad location and that's on Bud. Wasn't it 1-2 at the time? Even an old ARod will drive that pitch. I think I would have shown ARod something different once. My point was up to that point Bud was doing well IMO.

[mdbdotcom]

I agree it was bad location and that's on Bud. Wasn't it 1-2 at the time? Even an old ARod will drive that pitch. I think I would have shown ARod something different once. My point was up to that point Bud was doing well IMO.

He was doing well. He placed a pitch in the red zone of a guy with 665 home runs (now 666). He needs to get consistent with command. It's been a problem since spring training.

[OFFNY]

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(vs. PHILLIES, 6/18)

6 innings, 2 runs.

A 2-run home run in the 6th inning followed 5 shutout innings previously.

Pitches: 84 (57 Strikes, 27 Balls)

[OFFNY]

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BOSTON RED SOX O(JUNE 23rd)

Mookie Betts - CF

Brock Holt - 1B

Dustin Pedroia - 2B

David Ortiz - DH

Hanley Ramirez - LF

Xander Bogaerts - SS

Pablo Sandoval - 3B

Alejandro De Aza - RF

Sandy Leon - C

Clay Daniel Buchholz - RHP (4-6, 3.87 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

[CA-ORIOLE]

Brutal end for Norris tonight but I thought he pitched well. Kept the ball down most of the night and used his CH a bit more often and effectively.

[OFFNY]

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17 OUTS: 6 Groundouts (Including 2 Double Plays), 4 Flyouts, 3 Strikeouts, 1 Popout, 1 Out When a Runner was Hit by a Batted Ball

DAVID STEFAN NORRIS O(vs. RED SOX, 6/24)

IP:. 5.67

H:o 7 (1 Home Run, 6 Singles) *

R:O 5

ER:]l0

BB: 1

SO: 3

Pitches: 89 (53 Strikes, 36 Balls)

2015 ERA: 6.70

* 1 of the singles that Norris ceded reached safely after a batted ball hit one of his teammates.

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PITCHES BY INNINGS

11 (71 Strikes, 41 Balls)

15 (91 Strikes, 61 Balls)

13 (91 Strikes, 41 Balls)

12 (61 Strikes, 61 Balls)

71 (61 Strikes, 11 Balls)

31 (16 Strikes, 15 Balls) **

** Norris recorded 2 outs before departing in the 6th inning.

[25 Nuggets]

Brutal end for Norris tonight but I thought he pitched well. Kept the ball down most of the night and used his CH a bit more often and effectively.

He looks better than Tillman at this point. Could have come down to a health issue for Bud, making him uncomfortable.

[eddie83]

Watching the post game show I saw that play he tried to field that bunt again. He just needs to take a foot off the gas pedal sometimes. Can't try to make every play a great one.

[Aristotelian]

Positives: stuff looked mostly good, threw the slider for strikes, only one walk, no earned runs, looked great for five innings.

Negatives: couldn't pitch out of trouble, hurt his own cause with a critical error, then gave up a crushing home run to Ortiz that everybody except Buck saw coming.

If Davis makes the first out, it's possible the whole inning changes and Bud ends up with 7 innings of shutout baseball. Unfortunately when you are going badly you get bad breaks.

[El Gordo]

Bud Norris is a guy who gets though a lineup twice and gets a lot of K's. Then after that he gets hit. That's who he is. Today was a perfect example. If he didn't cost so much he'd be a great bullpen arm. But he doesn't go deep enough to be a decent SP.

[El Gordo]

Positives: stuff looked mostly good, threw the slider for strikes, only one walk, no earned runs, looked great for five innings.

Negatives: couldn't pitch out of trouble, hurt his own cause with a critical error, then gave up a crushing home run to Ortiz that everybody except Buck saw coming.

If Davis makes the first out, it's possible the whole inning changes and Bud ends up with 7 innings of shutout baseball. Unfortunately when you are going badly you get bad breaks.

If Bud covers 1B on time maybe they get that first out.

[Can_of_corn]

Bud Norris is a guy who gets though a lineup twice and gets a lot of K's. Then after that he gets hit. That's who he is. Today was a perfect example. If he didn't cost so much he'd be a great bullpen arm. But he doesn't go deep enough to be a decent SP.

And to add on, being a FB/SL guy he has issues with left handed batters.