Time for Dean and the Bun to go...

[Brian88]

21 minutes ago, Spakman said:

This is worse than Spakman’s Perez Appreciation thread.

Let’s not get carried away now. 

[OriolesMagic83]

4 hours ago, Matt S said:

Why do you think I said, package him with prospects?

Maybe some lower level prospects that aren't any good.

Lousy pitcher plus low level prospects = TOR starter

[Jammer7]

2 hours ago, Just Regular said:

There's a shtick on some podcasts about a decision flow chart for pitchers that goes like:

-Do you throw 7 pitches?

-If Yes, are you Yu Darvish?

-If No, stop that.

But I'm sure in the last few years, the art/science of training just about any pitcher any kind of spin has progressed.    There have been one or two anecdotes from Orioles pitchers about Holt asking them to try something in a bullpen and them doing it in a game like four days later.

Its been a minute since Clayton Kershaw held the ball all through his childhood to master its properties.    Now its like:

 

Hilarious Yu Darvish reference! With all of the data and sequencing thought, they should be able to identify what he does best and do that. Stick to what he does best instead of trying to trick everyone. He has a good fastball, and he needs to use it more, IMO. The cutter, I’ll just say it should never be in the zone.