RHP Odrisamer Despaigne

[PaulFolk]

That's too bad for Worley. He was on the verge of cracking the rotation.

I'd pitch Gausman tomorrow to line him up with Texas.

Gausman is starting tomorrow. TBD on Thursday (but probably Wilson).

[backwardsk]

Gausman is starting tomorrow. TBD on Thursday (but probably Wilson).

Good. I feel like I've read that it would be Wilson tomorrow and Gausman Wednesday.

[sportsfan8703]

Good. I feel like I've read that it would be Wilson tomorrow and Gausman Wednesday.

I agree. I don't know what was up with that. Now we have three ?'s pitching back to back to back, every time through the rotation.

[weams]

Corresponding move.

RHP Lucas Long transferred to Triple-A Norfolk

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Despaigne's 2016 Major League Debut.

In my rat's ass of an opinion, the home-plate umpire cost him a strikeout, 2 walks, and 10 extra pitches in the 6th inning.

8 OUTS: 4 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 2 Popouts, 1 Foulout

ODRISAMER DESPAIGNE ORUE O (vs. RED SOX, 6/15)

IP:l 2.67

H:;; 3 ll(3 Singles)

R:l) 0

BB: 2

SO: 0

Pitches: 47 (27 Strikes, 20 Balls)

2016 ERA: 0.00

PITCHES BY INNING

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22 (13 Strikes, 9 Balls)

71 (41 Strikes, 3 Balls)

18 (10 Strikes, 8 Balls) *

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

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Odrisamer Despaigne on His Promotion and Wednesday's Outing

(By Roch Kubatko)

http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2016/06/odrisamer-despaigne-on-his-promotion-and-last-nights-outing.html

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1 earned run out of the bullpen.

5 OUTS: 3 Groundouts, 1 Strikeout, 1 Flyout

ODRISAMER DESPAIGNE ORUE O (vs. BLUE JAYS, 6/19)

IP:l 1.67

H:;; 2 ll(2 Doubles)

R:l) 2

ER:)1

BB: 0

SO: 1

Pitches: 27 (18 Strikes, 9 Balls)

2016 ERA: 2.08

PITCHES BY INNING

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13 (71 Strikes, 6 Balls)

14 (11 Strikes, 3 Balls) *

* Despaigne recorded 1 out before departing in the 7th inning.

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Nice play by Nolan Reimold in leftfield to get Despaigne off to a good start.

The opposite of what happened to Gallardo with Rickard in rightfield to start the game back in the 1st inning.

3 OUTS: 1 Strikeout, 1 Groundout, 1 Flyout

ODRISAMER DESPAIGNE ORUE O (vs. D-RAYS, 6/24)

IP:l 1

H:;; 0 ll

R:l) 0

BB: 0

SO: 1

Pitches: 16 (10 Strikes, 6 Balls)

2016 ERA: 1.59

[sportsfan8703]

The guy can flat out pitch. Popped 94 tonight. Probably should've given up a HR but didn't. It's fun to watch a guy that has a plan. He's better than Ubaldo.

[Machado13]

Despaigne was liked here in SD. Don't use him as a starter, but out of the pen and for spot starts he's a weapon. He's hard to adjust to in the middle of a game of an inning or 2.

[weams]

The guy can flat out pitch. Popped 94 tonight. Probably should've given up a HR but didn't. It's fun to watch a guy that has a plan. He's better than Ubaldo.

Despaigne was liked here in SD. Don't use him as a starter, but out of the pen and for spot starts he's a weapon. He's hard to adjust to in the middle of a game of an inning or 2.

Fan here.

[tntoriole]

If he can pitch an inning like that regularly, well, after DOD is back, we could have a truly monster pen.

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APRIL 8th:

Seriously, guy gets traded to a new organization which probably tells him they want him to make the following 15 adjustments, pitches 15 or so lousy innings in spring training where he is deploying those adjustments for the first time in a setting that is for all but a few players less about results and more about learning and getting ready, and people completely write him off.

Gets back to AAA, results start mattering, gets back to his comfort level for pitching and what do we see...relative success. Sustained success will be based on whether those adjustments are successfully integrated into his routine, windup, etc.

Before you post how terrible he is, stop, reserve judgement, and wait until a fairly significant evaluation can be made in the new environment.

Despaigne actually had a great outing and a pretty good outing in 2 of his last 3 games in Spring Training.

And as Weams pointed out, his curveball had an almost unbelievable break on it when he was on.

I believe (and I suspect that Weams does too) that his other Spring Training outings, which were disastrous, overshadowed what this guy has overall.

Last month, I stated that you can never have too many long relievers in the bullpen, and I was hoping that we would take both Worley and Despaigne north with us when Spring Training broke:

MARCH 8th:

I like the idea of having 2 additional potential starters in the bullpen (Worley and Despaigne.) As far as I'm concerned (in general), the more long relievers that you have, the better.

The fact that there may not be room for Despaigne is a good thing, though. It exemplifies the depth and the effectiveness of the bullpen overall. I'd rather have him on the team than McFarland, but McFarland being the only lefty on that list besides Zach Britton would probably be a major factor in getting him a spot on the 25-man roster.

The Orioles didn't bring him north when the season started, but I am still a Despaigne proponent, as I was when he was alternately getting rocked and pitching well in Spring Training.

2 and-a-half months later ...... Despaigne is looking pretty good with the Orioles in the Majors.

[LookitsPuck]

If he can pitch an inning like that regularly, well, after DOD is back, we could have a truly monster pen.

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Think he's better off starting over Ubaldo.

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(vs. PADRES, 6/29)

1.33 shutout innings.

Ran into some trouble in his 2nd inning of work, but Brad Brach came in and put out the fire by inducing a ground-ball double play.

ERA for the season is 1.13.