Thursday, April 20, 2023

How to fix the bullpen

1) Marinaccio should be the closer. 

2) King remains the high leverage inning guy. We need him as a fireman.

3) Clark Schmidt goes to the pen and becomes a 1-2 inning guy.  

He should only throw the two pitches he does well and always empty the tank. He's not a starter. All of his problems stem from trying to develop two additional pitches. In the pen he won't need them. 

4) Wandy is the other 1-2 inning guy.

5) Holmes should only pitch in low leverage situations.  

14 comments:

  1. Here's the answer to the pitching problems: Madison Bumgarner designated for assignment by Diamondbacks

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    1. Proof that it is INDEED smart to cut ineffective people like

      Hicks
      Donaldson
      IKF
      The List goes on

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  2. Celerino,

    Interesting. How washed up is he? Could he relieve?

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  3. Doug, Ca$h will bring him in as a starter

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  4. Cabrera, Volpe, AND Peraza in the same lineup today? The girls in analytics will have a case of the vapors!

    Baumgarner has given up 20 runs in 16 innings this year and has been trending downward for several seasons. Let's look elsewhere.

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  5. Appears he's very washed up.

    2023:
    0 -3, 10.26 ERA, 2.4 WHIP, 16 IP (4 starts), 4 HRs, 15 BB.

    He's been bad since 2017, very bad since 2020. I think the Yankees would be on the hook for the MLB minimum so he's perfect!

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  6. Though Holmes with some nice work last night, wriggling out of his own jam by striking out The Trout.

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  7. Is everyone out smoking blunts in honor of 4/20? No one here...

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  8. Doug, who takes Schmidt's spot in the rotation, Sal Maglie?

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  9. Kevin,

    Good question. I guess I feel the same way as I do about Hicks.

    Once you reach a certain level of consistent ineptitude I would prefer pretty much anyone else because, you never know. As opposed to Hicks or in this case Schmidt as a starter where you do know.

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  10. Kevin,

    Good question. I guess I feel the same way as I do about Hicks.

    Once you reach a certain level of consistent ineptitude I would prefer pretty much anyone else because, you never know. As opposed to Hicks or in this case Schmidt as a starter where you do know.

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