06-25-2009, 04:14 PM
<!--quoteo(post=45915:date=Jun 24 2009, 10:39 AM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 24 2009, 10:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45908:date=Jun 24 2009, 09:58 AM:name=The Dude)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Dude @ Jun 24 2009, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45884:date=Jun 24 2009, 07:05 AM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 24 2009, 07:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45872:date=Jun 23 2009, 11:02 PM:name=Runnys)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Runnys @ Jun 23 2009, 11:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Also, lets not forget guys like Heath Bell and Joe Nathan who are likely going to miss the playoffs. Then there is also that K-Rod guy. Ruby, just curious, who are your 2 shut down closers and your 20 mediocre ones?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
K Rod averages 6 BS per year and is on pace to blow 7 this year, same as Gregg.
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How are they on the same pace when Gregg has 3 and K-Rod has 2? (and I should add that one of K-Rod's came when Luis Castillo couldn't catch a pop-up)
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Probably because he's had slightly more opportunities. Also, take out the first month of the season and Gregg is 2-1, 10/12 in saves, and has an ERA of 3.57.
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Yep. He'd been terrific before that game of late. I wasn't mad at the homer so much, but the walk, and he hasn't been walking as many as he was early in the year.
He's the best option on the team right now to close, and he's doing much better than Wood is.
If Marmol got his head out of his ass, he'd be the better option, but he's got a long way to go. If you're walking more batters than innings pitched in the 7th and 8th inning, imagine in the 9th inning when hitters are trying even more to do whatever possible to get on base. What he's doing is an awful recipe for success in the 9th inning.
Guzman's been great, but he's hurt now, and I've always thought he was a bit of a question mark upstairs. You never know how a pitcher is going to be in the 9th inning.
Anyway, it's Gregg and it's going to be. He's really not been that bad, especially when you look around the league. We could be better there for sure, but it's near the bottom of our list of problems right now.
K Rod averages 6 BS per year and is on pace to blow 7 this year, same as Gregg.
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How are they on the same pace when Gregg has 3 and K-Rod has 2? (and I should add that one of K-Rod's came when Luis Castillo couldn't catch a pop-up)
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Probably because he's had slightly more opportunities. Also, take out the first month of the season and Gregg is 2-1, 10/12 in saves, and has an ERA of 3.57.
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Yep. He'd been terrific before that game of late. I wasn't mad at the homer so much, but the walk, and he hasn't been walking as many as he was early in the year.
He's the best option on the team right now to close, and he's doing much better than Wood is.
If Marmol got his head out of his ass, he'd be the better option, but he's got a long way to go. If you're walking more batters than innings pitched in the 7th and 8th inning, imagine in the 9th inning when hitters are trying even more to do whatever possible to get on base. What he's doing is an awful recipe for success in the 9th inning.
Guzman's been great, but he's hurt now, and I've always thought he was a bit of a question mark upstairs. You never know how a pitcher is going to be in the 9th inning.
Anyway, it's Gregg and it's going to be. He's really not been that bad, especially when you look around the league. We could be better there for sure, but it's near the bottom of our list of problems right now.
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