The guy pitched poorly in his first three outings in Louisville. However, look at his stats for his last 7 appearances:
7 IP, 2 H, 0 ER
I know people dislike him because he brings back bad feelings about the trade. However, I think he is a better option than Coffey at this point. I say bring Majewski up and option Coffey to AAA to work on locating his fastball and throwing a breaking ball for strikes.
I wouldn't mind seeing that happen. Something is wrong with Coffey and he needs to get it worked out, thats hard to do on the big club.
My hands over my eyes peeking through my fingers watching Coffey is giving old. I would love to see Majewski come up!!
Don't send coffey down! His confidence could be ruined... put him in easy situations for now. But yes, bring up majewski.
There's no reason in my eyes to have Coffey taking up a roster spot as the designated "easy situation pitcher."Originally Posted by AdamDunn
I'd like to see him sent to AAA and take over the closers role. A high-pressure roster spot, but on a lower scale. I think it could do him some good, and if not, what do you lose... other than some games for the Bats.
I think his confidence is already gone. They need to get him regular work and get the problem figured out. You can't do that enough with made to order situations in the majors, thats what AAA is for. I am a Coffey fan and I want to see him do well, but right now whenever I see him comming in to the game I cringe.
I agree that it's time for Majewski to get another shot. He couldn't be any worse than some of the others.
I just don't see how sending down a young player who's having problems playing at the big-league level shatters their confidence.
At some point, these guys have got to realize that teams are spending TONS of cash on them and there's always another player ready to take their place. Professional sports is no place for someone with little confidence.
i agree bring him up but the next tough choice is who whould krivsky send down can't be burton or he goes back to the A's salmon pitching well as of late my choice would be santos lately he hasn't been very good
Coffey probably wouldnt hurt to get some time in AAA, but... he's got youth on his side. Stanton's who I'd send packing.
Even with a decent run of late that whip is still 1.71 (significantly higher than Santos).
He turns 40 in June, so very little future value.
Has an ERA of 8.10 in May. A WHIP of 2.55.
Bray and Majewski are coming back soon so we dont really "need" a fourth lefty.
Couter has out pitched Stanton so far.
Burton can't be sent out without being offered back to Oakland.
Stanton's only saving grace maybe the organization may want to get Todd Coffey out of the biggest spotlight of them all and working at AAA, meanwhile buying Stanton some time.
Last edited by Slyder; 05-22-2007 at 11:35 AM.
He had 4 pretty good innings yesterday....
True, but how much can you count on from Santos? He's never been particularly good. Of course, Majewski looks like he's always been pretty lucky and can't go for as many innings as a time as Santos.
With Saarloos going to the rotation (for now), Santos is the only long reliever the Reds have. While he doesn't have good career numbers, he's pitched quite well this season. His ERA is 3.60 in 25 innings of work only giving up 22 hits. He's not going anywhere (at least right now).
I think he's safe for now. He may even last the entire year, assuming that Belile and Saarloohs stay in the rotation for the rest of the year. But don't fool yourself; it's highly unlikely that he has magically transformed himself into a decent pitcher. Relievers are volatile, though. He could conceivably remain lucky for the entire year. A WHIP of 1.44 doesn't exactly inspire a great deal of confidence. Also...
On-base against - .343
Slugging against - .461
OPS against - .804
Meh.
Coffey could use some time in AAA to work out the kinks. He can be a solid big league reliever, but trotting him out there to get shelled is not the way to bring about postitive change. I think a stint with teh Bats wopuld only help him...he doesn't seem like the type of guy to have his confidence shattered by a trip down.
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