Zambrano

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<!--quoteo(post=116043:date=Oct 4 2010, 10:06 AM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Oct 4 2010, 10:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=116040:date=Oct 4 2010, 09:58 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Oct 4 2010, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=116038:date=Oct 4 2010, 09:52 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Oct 4 2010, 09:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I've stated from the beginning that Carlos's stats this season (before and after the move to the bullpen) had/will have no bearing on whether or not moving him to the pen was a bad decision. It was a bad decision, regardless. A pitcher with Zambrano's career stats should be allowed the breathing room to sort out whatever struggles he was having at the time of the decision.

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exactly. It shouldn't surprise anyone that he went 8-0 with a 1.58 ERA for the second half in order to surpass those guys. I can't imagine anyone not expecting those kinds of numbers. It was as inevitable as the sun rising the East.
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You're right -- I didn't expect him to pitch like Walter Johnson in the second half. However, I did expect Zambrano's numbers at the end of the season to look more like his career numbers (which they did) and Silva and Gorz's to look more like their career numbers (which they did).

This is why you don't make decisions like this based on four starts in April.
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Thank you. If someone is going to make an evaluation about a player based on their history that early in the season, you would think that one would go with the guy who has had a decent one and not a short, unproven one (Gorz') or shitty one (Silva).