Kevin Gausman, Dylan Bundy -- Primed & Ready

[PressBoxOnline]

After many stops, starts and obstacles during their journeys to the big leagues, Orioles starting pitchers Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman appear poised for stardom.

https://www.pressboxonline.com/2017/02/15/baltimore-orioles-kevin-gausman-dylan-bundy-primed-and-ready

[Frobby]

2 hours ago, RZNJ said:

Interesting that Bundy is talking about using his cutter this year and Strasburg is talking about using his less.

 

 

Strasburg delivered all of his pitches during a bullpen session that lasted around 10 minutes. He plans to throw his slider/cutter less frequently in 2017 in order to relieve some stress on his troublesome right elbow. The right-hander remains a high-risk, high-reward fantasy starter leading into 2017. All of the early signs are good.

 

 

It seems like Strasburg  ramped up his use of that pitch way higher in 2016.    Fangraphs shows him throwing 17% sliders last year after barely throwing it before (they don't call it a cutter).    I wouldn't expect Bundy to throw his 17% of the time.     But if he picked a few key spots to throw it, that would make life that much tougher for the batters.  

[Dark Helmet]

I was watching Rose and Millar yesterday, and they were talking about Tillman's injury. They said after Tillman, nothing really makes you go wow. I guess they aren't high on Gausman or Bundy. Not that their opinion matters.

[Dark Helmet]

12 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

And Tillman makes them go wow?

I guess. They did go by strictly W-L and ERA. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, RZNJ said:

And Tillman makes them go wow?

72-48.  He's a winner.  Gausman is 23-31, he obviously doesn't know how to win.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Dark Helmet said:

I guess. They did go by strictly W-L and ERA. 

Hah, and I typed my reply without that crucial piece of information.

[Dark Helmet]

12 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Hah, and I typed my reply without that crucial piece of information.

Yeah I thought the same thing

[epic]

Rose and Millar are pretty weak when it comes to analysis of any kind so that doesn't surprise me to hear them say that.

 

Getting back to the article, I thought this was a good read. Dempsey is in his element with his over-the-top praise and projections. I mainly enjoyed the quotes from both of them. It's encouraging that Bundy's arm is feeling great. They both seem to have a lot of confidence coming into this season and I can't wait to see them on the mound. If they can hit their stride this year then we will have a couple of cornerstone guys at the top of the rotation for a while.

[MDtransplant757]

I liked the quotes from Gausman and Bundy, and it will be interesting to see how Bundy's cutter and Gausman's changeup work for him. 

[Norfolk orioles]

They are the most exciting young potential studs we've had in decades.

 

Not sure if that says more about how awful are starting pitching was for decades or is high praise for them but either way I'm excited for (hopefully) a full season of both.

[mrbig1]

I think they are both going to have a big break out year. This is why we will make the playoffs. If we resign Matt you can put it in the bank. He knows these pitchers and we need his leadership. We will be at least a wild card team.

[Babypowder]

A lot of confidence being shown in Bundy in Baltimore for a guy who just threw a career high of 109 innings in a season and has thrown a total of 280 innings over 5 seasons.

[weams]

12 hours ago, Dark Helmet said:

I was watching Rose and Millar yesterday, and they were talking about Tillman's injury. They said after Tillman, nothing really makes you go wow. I guess they aren't high on Gausman or Bundy. Not that their opinion matters.

Zach Wheeler has elbow tenderness again. 

[Frobby]

12 minutes ago, Babypowder said:

A lot of confidence being shown in Bundy in Baltimore for a guy who just threw a career high of 109 innings in a season and has thrown a total of 280 innings over 5 seasons.

I'm more confident that Gausman will have a very good year than I am about Bundy.    But I think Bundy has the higher ceiling.  

[Babypowder]

Just now, Frobby said:

I'm more confident that Gausman will have a very good year than I am about Bundy.    But I think Bundy has the higher ceiling.  

I would argue Gausman had a very good year already in 2016, so it's fair to be more confident in him this season. I don't know if I would yet agree Bundy's ceiling is higher. It may be, but his peripherals certainly haven't shown it yet. I'm still not anywhere near confident he can stay healthy.