Why not Chayce McDermott?

[sportsfan8703]

101 K in 70 IP in AAA. He’s 2nd in all of milb in K. We pound the table for our hitting prospects like Kjerstad and Norby, why not McDermott?  

We can back off Suarez and put him in the pen. Heck, we could go back to Suarez in a few weeks if we need to, but this would be a load management move. Suarez threw some innings in winter ball too. It looks like that is adding up. 

[Sports Guy]

Command and control 

[DirtyBird]

McDermott is past due for a move to the pen

[sportsfan8703]

Why such tough standards for pitchers, but hitters just need a .800 OPS or Elias is violating the CBA?

[Sports Guy]

18 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Why such tough standards for pitchers, but hitters just need a .800 OPS or Elias is violating the CBA?

If you don’t throw strikes, you can’t pitch at the ML level. 

[Greg Pappas]

38 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

101 K in 70 IP in AAA. He’s 2nd in all of milb in K. We pound the table for our hitting prospects like Kjerstad and Norby, why not McDermott?  

We can back off Suarez and put him in the pen. Heck, we could go back to Suarez in a few weeks if we need to, but this would be a load management move. Suarez threw some innings in winter ball too. It looks like that is adding up. 

You cannot bring up McDermott (25 years old) and discuss his one great quality and act like you have no idea why he hasn't been recalled.  One look at his numbers shows you plenty.

He has thrown 70.1 IP, making 14 starts. That's 5 IP/start.  3.84 ERA, 1.464 WHIP, 5.5 BB/9, 12.9 K/9.  He has issues walking too many batters.  So, while he strikes out batters at a great rate, he also walks far too many, raising his AAA WHIP to 1.464.  That does not project well to the majors.

[Aristotelian]

He might be able to help in the bullpen.

[Moose Milligan]

7 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

He might be able to help in the bullpen.

You don't want someone coming out of the bullpen with a walk rate like he's got.

[DirtyBird]

6 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

You don't want someone coming out of the bullpen with a walk rate like he's got.

DL Hall had a 5.5/9 walk rate in Norfolk last season, when he was mostly starting, and a 2.3/9 rate after he came up and was in the pen

[Moose Milligan]

That's nice.

[Sports Guy]

30 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

He might be able to help in the bullpen.

Yea but I don’t think you do that yet. Right now, I would pencil him into the rotation for 2025, so I want him to continue to build up innings and learn.

That said, the last 6-8 weeks of the season?  Yea he may be in the pen at that point.

[DirtyBird]

9 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Yea but I don’t think you do that yet. Right now, I would pencil him into the rotation for 2025, so I want him to continue to build up innings and learn.

That said, the last 6-8 weeks of the season?  Yea he may be in the pen at that point.

Grayson, Kremer, Irvin, Povich, McDermott.   YES!!!

[Sports Guy]

Just now, DirtyBird said:

Grayson, Kremer, Irvin, Povich, McDermott.   YES!!!

I doubt that will be the rotation. 

[Aristotelian]

36 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Yea but I don’t think you do that yet. Right now, I would pencil him into the rotation for 2025, so I want him to continue to build up innings and learn.

That said, the last 6-8 weeks of the season?  Yea he may be in the pen at that point.

Agreed, that trajectory makes a ton of sense. 

[Aristotelian]

27 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Grayson, Kremer, Irvin, Povich, McDermott.   YES!!!

You really hate Burnes don't you?