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Z gave up 23 freakin' walks and 29 hits in 32.1 innings in the month of August!
How the hell did he give up 6 walks to the Padres and 7 walks to the Giants and not get shelled?
He lost both games but still only gave up 1 run to the Padres and 2 runs to the Giants. Sorry but as much respect as I have for Z, he's unlikely to be able to do that on again anytime soon. For those 2 games, he was lucky.
Over his career, Z has had his share of bad luck so maybe this was sun shining on a dead dog's ass but I wouldn't expect him to repeat giving up 29 hits and 23 walks and only 8 earned runs again in a month.
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He pitched a good game tonight. Here comes Marmol.
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He should have gotten a CG shutout if not for the error by Castro.
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I'd have preferred Quade left him in to finish it.
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Maybe Zambrano's good?
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<!--quoteo(post=113990:date=Sep 10 2010, 09:41 PM:name=1060Ivy)-->QUOTE (1060Ivy @ Sep 10 2010, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Z gave up 23 freakin' walks and 29 hits in 32.1 innings in the month of August!
How the hell did he give up 6 walks to the Padres and 7 walks to the Giants and not get shelled?
He lost both games but still only gave up 1 run to the Padres and 2 runs to the Giants. Sorry but as much respect as I have for Z, he's unlikely to be able to do that on again anytime soon. For those 2 games, he was lucky.
Over his career, Z has had his share of bad luck so maybe this was sun shining on a dead dog's ass but I wouldn't expect him to repeat giving up 29 hits and 23 walks and only 8 earned runs again in a month.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Luck tends to even out over a full season, and he's only pitched 104+ innings so far, so I think the outlier in the above numbers is the BB total, not the earned runs that resulted.
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His BB/9 keep going up every year so I doubt that is an outlier.
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<!--quoteo(post=114001:date=Sep 10 2010, 10:30 PM:name=Coach)-->QUOTE (Coach @ Sep 10 2010, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->His BB/9 keep going up every year so I doubt that is an outlier.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I meant the month of August was an outlier. He's never come close to those types of BB/9 at any time over his career. I'm not saying his control his back or that it hasn't been a problem, but it's hard to imagine that is the new norm for him over a full season, since his numbers were skewed so much after one month.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/ne...id=5572170
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->General manager Jim Hendry said Tuesday he would like to see pitcher Carlos Zambrano back in a Chicago Cubs uniform 2011.
"We hope so," Hendry said Tuesday on ESPN 101.1 FM in St. Louis. "He really seems to have gotten himself in a good spot. His last five or six starts have been outstanding. We've had Carlos since he was 16. I know people don't believe this but 90 percent of the time he's really been a pleasure to be around and a quality citizen."
"He has his snaps obviously that have led to some of his demise, but he didn't pitch very well for a year, year and a half after such a great start to his career. I think when we gave him the contract he was only 26 years old and one of the elite guys in the league."
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"He isn't too old to get it together and be a heck of a pitcher again," Hendry said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Now that Hendry said that he'll probably trade Z for a box of fruit loops and a pack of cigarettes.
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<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->General manager Jim Hendry said Tuesday he would like to see pitcher Carlos Zambrano back in a Chicago Cubs uniform 2011.
"We hope so," Hendry said Tuesday on ESPN 101.1 FM in St. Louis. "He really seems to have gotten himself in a good spot. His last five or six starts have been outstanding. We've had Carlos since he was 16. I know people don't believe this but 90 percent of the time he's really been a pleasure to be around and a quality citizen."
"He has his snaps obviously that have led to some of his demise, but he didn't pitch very well for a year, year and a half after such a great start to his career. I think when we gave him the contract he was only 26 years old and one of the elite guys in the league."
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But he did pitch well for that year, year and a half. Maybe he wasn't dominant, but he was good.
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<!--quoteo(post=114275:date=Sep 15 2010, 07:12 AM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 15 2010, 07:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=114204:date=Sep 14 2010, 02:40 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Sep 14 2010, 02:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--> http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/ne...id=5572170
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->General manager Jim Hendry said Tuesday he would like to see pitcher Carlos Zambrano back in a Chicago Cubs uniform 2011.
"We hope so," Hendry said Tuesday on ESPN 101.1 FM in St. Louis. "He really seems to have gotten himself in a good spot. His last five or six starts have been outstanding. We've had Carlos since he was 16. I know people don't believe this but 90 percent of the time he's really been a pleasure to be around and a quality citizen."
"He has his snaps obviously that have led to some of his demise, but he didn't pitch very well for a year, year and a half after such a great start to his career. I think when we gave him the contract he was only 26 years old and one of the elite guys in the league."
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"He isn't too old to get it together and be a heck of a pitcher again," Hendry said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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But he did pitch well for that year, year and a half. Maybe he wasn't dominant, but he was good.
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Yeah, not sure what he was watching. Z was actually really good through last August. Same for 2008. The fact that he finished poorly only tells me that something was physically wrong with Z and he ran out of gas. As a matter of fact, he has spent time on the DL over the past few seasons, so this nonsense about his demise being <b>purely</b> pitching related as Hendry is implying gets kind of old.
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<!--quoteo(post=114285:date=Sep 15 2010, 08:35 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Sep 15 2010, 08:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=114275:date=Sep 15 2010, 07:12 AM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 15 2010, 07:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=114204:date=Sep 14 2010, 02:40 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Sep 14 2010, 02:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--> http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/ne...id=5572170
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->General manager Jim Hendry said Tuesday he would like to see pitcher Carlos Zambrano back in a Chicago Cubs uniform 2011.
"We hope so," Hendry said Tuesday on ESPN 101.1 FM in St. Louis. "He really seems to have gotten himself in a good spot. His last five or six starts have been outstanding. We've had Carlos since he was 16. I know people don't believe this but 90 percent of the time he's really been a pleasure to be around and a quality citizen."
"He has his snaps obviously that have led to some of his demise, but he didn't pitch very well for a year, year and a half after such a great start to his career. I think when we gave him the contract he was only 26 years old and one of the elite guys in the league."
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"He isn't too old to get it together and be a heck of a pitcher again," Hendry said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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But he did pitch well for that year, year and a half. Maybe he wasn't dominant, but he was good.
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Yeah, not sure what he was watching. Z was actually really good through last August. Same for 2008. The fact that he finished poorly only tells me that something was physically wrong with Z and he ran out of gas. As a matter of fact, he has spent time on the DL over the past few seasons, so this nonsense about his demise being <b>purely</b> pitching related as Hendry is implying gets kind of old.
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It gets real real old.
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<!--quoteo(post=114285:date=Sep 15 2010, 08:35 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Sep 15 2010, 08:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=114275:date=Sep 15 2010, 07:12 AM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 15 2010, 07:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=114204:date=Sep 14 2010, 02:40 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Sep 14 2010, 02:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--> http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/ne...id=5572170
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->General manager Jim Hendry said Tuesday he would like to see pitcher Carlos Zambrano back in a Chicago Cubs uniform 2011.
"We hope so," Hendry said Tuesday on ESPN 101.1 FM in St. Louis. "He really seems to have gotten himself in a good spot. His last five or six starts have been outstanding. We've had Carlos since he was 16. I know people don't believe this but 90 percent of the time he's really been a pleasure to be around and a quality citizen."
"He has his snaps obviously that have led to some of his demise, but he didn't pitch very well for a year, year and a half after such a great start to his career. I think when we gave him the contract he was only 26 years old and one of the elite guys in the league."
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"He isn't too old to get it together and be a heck of a pitcher again," Hendry said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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But he did pitch well for that year, year and a half. Maybe he wasn't dominant, but he was good.
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Yeah, not sure what he was watching. Z was actually really good through last August. Same for 2008. The fact that he finished poorly only tells me that something was physically wrong with Z and he ran out of gas. As a matter of fact, he has spent time on the DL over the past few seasons, so this nonsense about his demise being <b>purely</b> pitching related as Hendry is implying gets kind of old.
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If you go by WARP, except for a small bump in 2006, Zambrano has gotten progressively worse every single season since 2004. Hopfeully 2011 breaks that trend.
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