Asher Wojciechowski Appreciation Thread

[interloper]

Yeah ok

BUT.

He did eat 119 innings and had an incredible start against the Red Sox last year (7.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 10 K). I enjoyed his bulldog vibe on the mound and it was cool to see him carve out a dependable-ish spot in the rotation for awhile as a journeyman type. 4.92 ERA last year was actually a relatively stunning achievement on that starting staff. 

Cool hair.

Bye Wojo! I appreciate ya. 

[LookinUp]

His baseball story is better than 99.9% of guys have. Got more than a cup of coffee. Good for him. Has a live enough arm that there's a non-zero chance he can perfect or develop a chance and end up more valuable. I wouldn't give up if I were him.

[interloper]

Just now, LookinUp said:

His baseball story is better than 99.9% of guys have. Got more than a cup of coffee. Good for him. Has a live enough arm that there's a non-zero chance he can perfect or develop a chance and end up more valuable. I wouldn't give up if I were him.

What I like is he was never supposed to stick around as long as he did, but he managed to be pretty dependable. 

The last few appearances it looks like his command and stuff kind of evaporated. Not sure what happened there, maybe a dead arm period or something. He didn't seem to take to the bullpen move, that could have messed him up a bit. Either way I bet he gets a MiLB deal somewhere this offseason. 

[Aristotelian]

Cool name and wasn't terrible. Sorry, all I got. 

[MurphDogg]

Yep, definitely outperformed a lot of other forgettable pitchers in the dark years, especially last year.

He can probably get paid to play baseball somewhere for a couple more years if he wants. Curious what his next move is.

[Moose Milligan]

He's a guy that maxed out his abilities, made the most of his opportunities, too.  

[joelala]

I feel like he’ll be back at some point, no? I mean he’ll clear waivers, I’d imagine. 
 

Either way, safe travels Wojo. 

[DrungoHazewood]

Pitchers whose Oriole careers were most like Asher Wojciechowski:

Alex Cobb
Kevin Millwood
Steve Trachsel
Fernando Valenzuela
Calvin Maduro
Josh Towers
Sid Fernandez

 

[Frobby]

He showed hints of promise last year, but regresssed this season.    Fun guy to follow in 2019.    Good luck to him.  

[GuidoSarducci]

I didn't appreciate how Hyde burned him by letting him face Voit again, with a fairly predictable result. Yes, game was lost at that point, but still he could have let him off the hook. 

[HowAboutThat]

If the team was eager to keep Smith, I’m sure they’ll keep Wojo.