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What If Tillman Gets Hammered in Spring Training?

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Just now, Yardball85 said:

Give him 1-2 more starts.  If he's this bad or close to it, send him on his way.

What a joke.

2 more like this and the Orioles can't justify putting him in the rotation. I really hope they understand that that is unacceptable. It would kill the bullpen in the first week of the season with an impossibly tough April ahead of them.

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1 minute ago, interloper said:

2 more like this and the Orioles can't justify putting him in the rotation. I really hope they understand that that is unacceptable. It would kill the bullpen in the first week of the season with an impossibly tough April ahead of them.

Not only would it kill the bullpen, but his outing would be followed by Wright/Cortes, which has just as good a chance as killing the bullpen.

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2 minutes ago, interloper said:

Any other pitcher I might agree, but he looks to be the same exact guy with the same exact control issues. Will he walk 6 every time out this spring? Probably not, but I wager the days he has better command he's getting hammered for more runs.

He's done. 

I'm far from optimistic that he'll return, but I'm not letting one terrible Spring outing be the nail in the coffin. Maybe I should. Maybe I'm just being contrarian because I'm exhausted by the "should we be worried about Bundy" and "Trumbo is in a worse spot than Davis and both should be gone" talk. I don't know.

In the end: today was a bad sign for Tillman. We can at least agree on that. For now, however, I'm trying my best to keep the Orange Kool-Aid flowing a bit. It's still Spring Training and I want to hold on to that false optimism a bit longer even if I know it may not be logical. As such, I'm not giving up on Tillman just yet.

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3 minutes ago, weams said:

I was at his sim game. It was not a real game. 

Point being is that someone had to have an indication of what the club really had in Tillman. This is looking like a massive failure, very much in the mold of Gallardo. Two out of three years the front office makes a mistake like that? Turrible

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5 minutes ago, jamalshw said:

1. You're probably right, but until he's off the board, it's a possibility (even if remote).

2. That may be true, you you know as well as I that he'll be in one of the spots to start the year.

Offer Cobb $18M this year and see if he doesn't want to pitch for the Orioles.  

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2 minutes ago, Es4M11 said:

Point being is that someone had to have an indication of what the club really had in Tillman. This is looking like a massive failure, very much in the mold of Gallardo. Two out of three years the front office makes a mistake like that? Turrible

Right. Who is watching these pitchers and deciding they look good enough for guaranteed deals? 

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7 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:

Give him 1-2 more starts.  If he's this bad or close to it, send him on his way.

What a joke.

As discouraging as that outing was, I agree he needs to get a couple more chances.   Obviously, if he’s this bad all spring (or close), they’ll need to cut him.    

Will be interesting watching Buck minimize this after the game.    

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