BALTIMORE Orioles @ Rangers 4/13/09

[RShack]

Koji's putting it in the mitt, but the ump isn't buying it...

[24HOR]

Is he keeping the ball down at all? Gameday shows a lot of his pitches up.

[Malike]

He's lobbing batting practice fastballs.

[AgentOrange]

Get the bullpen ready.

Lots and lots of pitches.

What was that?

[Gurgi]

Great freaking DP. Real courage by Izzy staying in there.

[Scrat1]

3-1 fastball?

Seriously, when you're throwing 86 mph, don't even try it.

Doesn't he always throw around 86? I don't think this is anything new for him.

DP to get out of it.

[Skeletor]

Interesting having CI cover the bag when Koji is throwing BP fastballs.

[dslats715]

Man. It takes time. This is the majors. He can't learn in the Minors so the learning curve is going to take a little while longer. He looks really choppy right now, but we are still rebuilding. We have to make an effort to really rebuild with low risk high reward guys like this.

I understand that. Bad at bats is one thing, but defense just leads me to cringe.

[Spoonless]

Pie makes me think of how Corey Patterson used to look in the field sometimes.

[AgentOrange]

I think he is throwing well. This Texas team in this stadium can mash. He will be fine.

[RShack]

He's lobbing batting practice fastballs.

Now, wait a sec... let's not get too crazy here...

[LA2]

Look, even the Rangers announcers are saying Uehara is getting robbed on the ball-strike calls. There are at least three--including the two "balls" before the 3 and 0 pitch to Davis--that they said they couldn't even guess why they weren't strikes. So Davis shdn't have even been still up there swinging.

[mrbig1]

Just got back from getting my taxes done.:cussing: How are we looking?

[AgentOrange]

I understand that. Bad at bats is one thing, but defense just leads me to cringe.

That is part of the process. If he was a LF coming up and doing this mess, I would be in the same boat. But he is a CF by trade and he isn't the prototypical body type of a LF. I think he will come around soon. I find it hard to believe a plus CF can't learn LF. I am just willing to give him a little more time than most on the board right now.

[Scrat1]

I think he is throwing well. This Texas team in this stadium can mash. He will be fine.

Plus he's not getting some calls. His fastball is a little up in the zone, though, which is going to cost him against this line-up. Hopefully our offense can keep him afloat.