Roch: Hot Stove Bundy and Gausman

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http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2017/01/gausman-on-wins-and-losses-bundy-on-the-cutterslider.html

 

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Meanwhile, Dylan Bundy said on the “Hot Stove Show” that he may slowly reintroduce his cutter/slider - he isn’t sure how to best describe it - in 2017.

The Orioles removed the pitch from Bundy’s arsenal in order to relieve the pressure it created on his right forearm. He’s been relying on his fastball, curveball and changeup.

“I think I took a big step forward with those three pitches last year,” he said. “Being able to get my curveball over for strikes and also as a put-away pitch was huge, and then also adding in my changeup quite a bit.

 

“It’s a cutter/slider, I don’t know what you want to call it, but I’ll probably start throwing it in a week or two and just tinker with it and see how it feels on the arm. I’ll play catch with it in the spring. I don’t know if I’ll throw it off the mound quite that early or not, but just kind of play it by ear right now.”

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“You just kind of have the cards fall,” Gausman said last night on the “Hot Stove Show” on 105.7 The Fan. “That’s baseball. That’s what makes it exciting, but at the same time, sometimes it can get a little frustrating.

“We were clicking on all aspects of the game. I thought we played very well in the first half and it seemed like for whatever reason it always ended up on my day. I don’t think we necessarily played bad on those days.

“If you don’t give up any runs, you have a better chance of winning.”

http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2017/01/gausman-on-wins-and-losses-bundy-on-the-cutterslider.html

[big_sparxx]

A starting 3 of Tillman, Gausman and Bundy is pretty freaking awesome. If we only had a clear TOR guy, 200 IP has to be the marker for at least one of these guys this year.

[sportsfan8703]

Bundy might me ACE like next year without the cutter.  The guy was routinely carrying no-no's into the 5th/6th last year before he got tired.  Now give him the cutter.  He's going to be that much tougher on lefties.  My favorite two games last year:

Bundy vs. Darvish

Gausman vs. Tanaka

Biased because I was at both.  I don't want to get on a tangent or off topic.  But I'd buy more walk up tickets to see that dude start next year.  

[Ohfan67]

27 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Bundy might me ACE like next year without the cutter.  The guy was routinely carrying no-no's into the 5th/6th last year before he got tired.  Now give him the cutter.  He's going to be that much tougher on lefties.  My favorite two games last year:

Bundy vs. Darvish

Gausman vs. Tanaka

Biased because I was at both.  I don't want to get on a tangent or off topic.  But I'd buy more walk up tickets to see that dude start next year.  

If "routinely" means twice, then you are correct (Bundy had a no-no through five on July 27 and August 2...maybe more impressive because they were back to back starts?). Don't get me wrong: I'm very excited about Bundy's performance last year and his potential in 2017. But the flashes of brilliance may have been a little briefer than most of us would like to remember and it is easy to make excuses for the not-so-great outings. I think Bundy will have a good year in 2017 and be a significant addition to the rotation, but I think it's way overoptimistic to hope for much less expect a great year. If he can be a league average "number 3" type starter and pitch a decent number of innings then that alone will be a big help. 

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:

If "routinely" means twice, then you are correct (Bundy had a no-no through five on July 27 and August 2...maybe more impressive because they were back to back starts?). Don't get me wrong: I'm very excited about Bundy's performance last year and his potential in 2017. But the flashes of brilliance may have been a little briefer than most of us would like to remember and it is easy to make excuses for the not-so-great outings. I think Bundy will have a good year in 2017 and be a significant addition to the rotation, but I think it's way overoptimistic to hope for much less expect a great year. If he can be a league average "number 3" type starter and pitch a decent number of innings then that alone will be a big help. 

If Bundy stays healthy I think he'll exceed your expectations.   But you're right that if he pitched like a 3, it would help a lot.   

[Ohfan67]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

If Bundy stays healthy I think he'll exceed your expectations.   But you're right that if he pitched like a 3, it would help a lot.   

Yeah, after reading my post I sounded more negative than I am. I'm excited about Bundy and I am hopeful that he will be a stud. My post was too negative.