Gallardo: Channelling His Inner Trachsel

[Frobby]

Gallardo reminds me so much of Steve Trachsel. Tons of base runners. Very few strikes, but mostly because he's trying to get swings just off the plate. Can't really put hitters away. And, of course, he takes forever between pitches. Man he's painful to watch.

[LookitsPuck]

It's awful.

[ChuckS]

Gallardo reminds me so much of Steve Trachsel. Tons of base runners. Very few strikes, but mostly because he's trying to get swings just off the plate. Can't really put hitters away. And, of course, he takes forever between pitches. Man he's painful to watch.

He's our no. 3 starter at the moment.

I mentioned this before, but he's probably not any better than Ubaldo. A little better control, worse stuff. They are both 5-6 ERA guys.

We need to find THREE starters. Hopefully Worley and/or Bundy can be one of them.

[Norfolk orioles]

He's been extremely lucky to get through 5 innings multiple times now.

Bad base running and tremendous defense are the only differences between him and ubaldo.

He's putting wayyyyy too many guys on base.

Our pitching scouts are a joke.

[O's84]

Veteranosity.

[El Gordo]

Gallardo reminds me so much of Steve Trachsel. Tons of base runners. Very few strikes, but mostly because he's trying to get swings just off the plate. Can't really put hitters away. And, of course, he takes forever between pitches. Man he's painful to watch.

They're all painful to watch. Even Tillman in the first two innings.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Gallardo is a fifth starter at best. He has shown some knack for getting out of sticky situations where Ubaldo and Wright would implode. But man it is painful watching him pitch, when one mistake can blow the game wide open.

[crawjo]

He's our no. 3 starter at the moment.

I mentioned this before, but he's probably not any better than Ubaldo. A little better control, worse stuff. They are both 5-6 ERA guys.

We need to find THREE starters. Hopefully Worley and/or Bundy can be one of them.

I disagree with this. I think he's a better pitcher than Ubaldo (a very low bar to clear) because he's got a better idea of what he's trying to do. I think since he came back from the DL he's been a decent starting pitcher. Not great, not bad, good enough for this team with our bullpen and offense. He'd make an okay #5 starter.

[fansince71]

Yep get used to it cause he's not going anywhere. We cant even get rid of Ubaldo and he's much worse. Does anybody want to give up Harvey for Hill?

[Moshagge3]

Trachsel's slow pace gave us my favorite Joe Angel quote ever: "Trachsel as always is taking his time between pitches. You can't blame him though. If you had his stuff, you wouldn't want to throw it either."

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[JayThomas]

Yep get used to it cause he's not going anywhere. We cant even get rid of Ubaldo and he's much worse. Does anybody want to give up Harvey for Hill?

I'd rather just bring up Harvey and piggy-back him with someone for another spot in the rotation.

[mrpennybags]

This is a little too spot on. And now I'm sad.

[baltfan]

Gallardo reminds me so much of Steve Trachsel. Tons of base runners. Very few strikes, but mostly because he's trying to get swings just off the plate. Can't really put hitters away. And, of course, he takes forever between pitches. Man he's painful to watch.

If we get to the playoffs, this approach can work with over anxious hitters

[McLovin]

If we get to the playoffs, this approach can work with over anxious hitters

Or, you could have Royals vs. Britton - close pitches, taking for days.

[Can_of_corn]

If we get to the playoffs, this approach can work with over anxious hitters

Playoff teams tend to have good hitters.