Zambrano

[1060Ivy]

<!--quoteo(post=112215:date=Aug 25 2010, 08:35 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Aug 25 2010, 08:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=112210:date=Aug 25 2010, 07:17 AM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Aug 25 2010, 07:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=112207:date=Aug 25 2010, 06:38 AM:name=1060Ivy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (1060Ivy @ Aug 25 2010, 06:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Z had nothing in April. At best he was a 5 inning pitcher and the bullpen was struggling so I understand the decision even if it turned out to be wrong.

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A lot of pitchers struggle in April. Most of them are given the chance to work out of it.
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Actually, aside from his opening day start, Z pitched 7, 5 & 6 innings in his only 3 starts before the demotion in April, so he hasn't ever been a 5 inning pitcher. I think a lot of what gets gets passed around as fact here sometimes is revisionist history, but I'm not pointing any fingers.

Anyway, I'm not saying that Z is fixed, but the trend is good, and at the very least it helps his trade value, if there is any.
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Z in April was not good. He seemed like he struggled in each of his starts although he did pitch an OK game in his second start.

His record as a starter was 1-3. In his 4 starts, he went 1.3, 7,5,6 innings so he averaged under 5 innings even throwing out the terrible opening day debacle, he averaged 5 innings.

Saw him against the Brewers when he labored through 5 innings on 121 pitches.

His pitch counts for each start were 49 pitches (1.3 innings), 110 pitches (7 innings), 121 pitches (5 innings) and 119 pitches (6 innings).