Wednesday, April 5: Grayson Rodriguez's long awaited debut vs Jacob deGrom
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By Billy F-Face3 · Posted
Trading Mayo Kjerstad and Povich for one guy to become a relief pitcher is nuts. -
By Billy F-Face3 · Posted
We don't need starting pitchers. We need Relief Pitchers. We don't need average Relief Pitchers, we need consistent high leverage/high K Relief Pitchers. -
By Billy F-Face3 · Posted
If you feel comfortable putting Aiken and Baker (or even Tate) in during an elimination series, that's your prerogative. But I do not. Too inconsistent, which is the same reason why Mike Baumann pitched himself off the active roster. when spot was needed for returning starters off the IL. Currently Coulombe is on IL so we can't even count on one of our best. Cano has regressed from last season. We've also witnessed last season how Webb broke down from over use and was ineffective in the playoff series against Texas. Perez goes in streaks of either really good or concernedly bad (he loses his command). Akin's problem is he leaves the ball over the heart of the plate and he doesn't have good enough stuff to get away with it. They're meatballs. We might get some good times from Baker now that he's up, but I would only expect a month or 2 at best from him before he returns to old habits. And Suarez is a starter who wants to be a starter. Who knows if he will go back to the bullpen? He'll have to go deeper into games if he wants to stay in the rotation, otherwise, I think he should be in the bullpen. But that's not what he is right now in this moment. He's a starter with a ERA in the 1s. -
It's pretty hard to say definitively that the bolded is true. It might be, but there's also the loss in ability you have to account for. 30 year olds are slower than 26 year olds too. Maybe their game knowledge and practice have made it so they can overcome the meager loss in bat speed/athleticism over that time span. But the picture is a bit muddy. I also don't think the aging issue is limited to people in their mid-late 30s. Bat speed peaks at like 24 or 25 based on the data we have right now on it, and after 31 starts falling off fairly fast. Obviously this is population data and individuals are likely to see different curves. But outside of the stars that have a lot of ability to lose, it's becoming pretty clear that once you hit your early 30s it's pretty hard to maintain your skills without all the "help" that is extensively tested for. I think that even for early-30s players teams are much more willing to drop them over giving them expensive market-rate deals, especially since they can abuse young talent so readily. -
By Remember The Alomar · Posted
After a really dumb day at work, this was an absolutely delightful read. Seeing a diamond expert and a can of corn detonate a yoked PBA pro was absolutely wonderful. I love this website. -
If you pitch Bradish on 5 days rest you'd pitch Rodriguez on 3 days rest? -
By Rbiggs2525 · Posted
I think if you look at it draft by draft most years Elias did not have a chance to take a pitcher early. 2019 was Adley/Witt, 2020 everyone wanted Austin Martin SS over Kjerstad, 2021 it was Cowser or a few high school SS, and 2022 it was 5 position players at the top of the draft. I think Asa Lacy or Max Meyer were the only pitchers we could have possibly taken up until last year.
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