07-27-2010, 12:03 PM
<!--quoteo(post=108209:date=Jul 27 2010, 10:57 AM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 27 2010, 10:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=108206:date=Jul 27 2010, 10:53 AM:name=willis)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (willis @ Jul 27 2010, 10:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->No, it doesn't end on July 27...but I think I read somewhere over the past couple of days that this team has the highest number of quality starts in baseball? If that is the case it's hard to argue against where the rotation is right now as we speak.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Does that mean it couldn't be better with Z in the rotation?
What Silva and Gorz's relative success doesn't address is the fact that we may have fucked up a talented, expensive (and, yes, batshit crazy) starting pitcher that we still have under contract for a while. Was making a short-sighted decision like this worth what we're certainly going to have to deal with now and down the road with Z?
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Would it be better with Z in it? I don't know how it can be better than leading the league in QS...but I would say no, just because I think the guy is on the decline for some reason and he just hasn't been himself it seems for awhile now (physically that is). But I can't answer the question because who the hell really knows. But you can't argue you that Gorz has been balls out starting this year, and that was/would be the guy Z would replace. Now if Lilly does get moved, I have no problem showcasing Z in the rotation until he starts to hurt this team, which hopefully he doesn't.
To your question about the short sighted decision...probably not. But, as I said a few pages ago, it was a lose-lose and the reason the team was in that position is because really, the decision makers didn't trust Marshall yet in that roll and Cashner wasn't seen as ready, which is arguable. I wish that he wasn't as bat shit as he is, because this wasn't a message. This was taking your guy with the best "stuff" and asking him to do the team a favor.
Does that mean it couldn't be better with Z in the rotation?
What Silva and Gorz's relative success doesn't address is the fact that we may have fucked up a talented, expensive (and, yes, batshit crazy) starting pitcher that we still have under contract for a while. Was making a short-sighted decision like this worth what we're certainly going to have to deal with now and down the road with Z?
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Would it be better with Z in it? I don't know how it can be better than leading the league in QS...but I would say no, just because I think the guy is on the decline for some reason and he just hasn't been himself it seems for awhile now (physically that is). But I can't answer the question because who the hell really knows. But you can't argue you that Gorz has been balls out starting this year, and that was/would be the guy Z would replace. Now if Lilly does get moved, I have no problem showcasing Z in the rotation until he starts to hurt this team, which hopefully he doesn't.
To your question about the short sighted decision...probably not. But, as I said a few pages ago, it was a lose-lose and the reason the team was in that position is because really, the decision makers didn't trust Marshall yet in that roll and Cashner wasn't seen as ready, which is arguable. I wish that he wasn't as bat shit as he is, because this wasn't a message. This was taking your guy with the best "stuff" and asking him to do the team a favor.
Dylan McKay is my hero