07-28-2010, 08:53 AM
<!--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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It wasn't a short sighted decision. I think my limit of attempts to explain this to you is seven, but Hendry specifically said the move was based on his last 50 starts, not his last 4.
And your argument that it was a bad decision because even though the Cubs have, in theory, the best rotation in the national league (if you go by QS), even though the stats say it was the RIGHT decision, they could maybe be a bit better, and/or it all might go south in the next 2 months, so it's the wrong decision, makes my eyes bleed.
Just to clarify:
The Cubs lead the league in Quality Starts.
As a whole, there isn't one pitcher in the rotation who has been consistently bad
Zambrano was not very good as a starter this year
Zambrano was, at best, less than impressive last year
Zambrano wasn't very good as a reliever this year
Zambrano wasn't very good coming back as a starter this year.
Zambrano is batshit crazy.
And according to you, it was borderline criminal negligence to take Zambrano out of the rotation.
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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It wasn't a short sighted decision. I think my limit of attempts to explain this to you is seven, but Hendry specifically said the move was based on his last 50 starts, not his last 4.
And your argument that it was a bad decision because even though the Cubs have, in theory, the best rotation in the national league (if you go by QS), even though the stats say it was the RIGHT decision, they could maybe be a bit better, and/or it all might go south in the next 2 months, so it's the wrong decision, makes my eyes bleed.
Just to clarify:
The Cubs lead the league in Quality Starts.
As a whole, there isn't one pitcher in the rotation who has been consistently bad
Zambrano was not very good as a starter this year
Zambrano was, at best, less than impressive last year
Zambrano wasn't very good as a reliever this year
Zambrano wasn't very good coming back as a starter this year.
Zambrano is batshit crazy.
And according to you, it was borderline criminal negligence to take Zambrano out of the rotation.
I wish that I believed in Fate. I wish I didn't sleep so late. I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders.