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Last edited by Blitz Dorsey; 04-06-2011 at 10:46 PM.
Holy mother of overreactions.
Originally Posted by Scooter
Jim Maloney says hi.
I won't be surprised in the least if Josh Hamilton has a better career when we look back on it. But up to this point, you are right.
Really?SHOCKING that this guy has never been the same since being busted for PEDs.
No, not really. It was sarcasm. Volquez has one good year (his only good year), then gets busted for PEDs ... and now he's struggling. Hmmm. Don't need to be a private investigator to figure out that one.
He did get hurt, but he should be fully recovered from Tommy John by now. The guy just has terrible command and I would be surprised if that ever changes. I would love to be wrong, believe me. '
And it's not just about this game, so don't suggest this is some overreaction based on two innings. It's about everything I've seen out of this guy, save the one good season he had. Heck, he was so bad with the Rangers they had to send him all the way down to low-A to get himself straightened out. The guy is a head case and I will be surprised if he's ever consistently a good MLB pitcher. And we traded a flat out stud to get him. Depressing! (Just being honest here. I'm sure there are those that agree and disagree. That's fine. That's what message boards are for.)
Lol. I like how you put his Tommy John surgery as an after thought. He's still less than 100 innings removed from it.
That's fine. I'm sure there are going to be plenty of people that disagree with me. Just calling it like I see it. And again, I would love to be wrong about this guy. But even the little things he doesn't do well. Falling asleep on the mound and not checking the runners has nothing to do with him coming back from Tommy John. And his command is just atrocious most of the time. He's hitting 96 on the gun, so he's got the velocity. Just everything else is missing.
And a haircut wouldn't hurt! Haha.
For the love of God don't start with that.
So somebody coming off of Tommy John surgery is struggling with command? No way.
The guy falls asleep on the mound all the time. Example: The double steal in the first inning when he was ignoring the runners. (Including one of the best base-stealers in the game in Bourn.) Then he balks the next inning. So, he even struggles with the small stuff. Good pitchers don't do stuff like that.
And youth can't be an excuse any longer. The guy is 28 years old. He's no spring chicken.
All that Blitz has said here has my full backing, FTR. I'm done with EV... to think some people still try to justify The Trade.
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I'd rather listen to Kelch read the phone book than suffer through Thom Brennaman's attempt to make every instance on the field the most important event since the discovery of manned space flight. -westofyou
Hey, I'm not totally alone on the island. Good thing is I brought plenty of beer and snacks.
Was that a sarcastic claim of sarcasm? I'm lostNo, not really. It was sarcasm. Volquez has one good year (his only good year), then gets busted for PEDs ... and now he's struggling. Hmmm. Don't need to be a private investigator to figure out that one.
He's never going to have great command. He's a high strikeout, high walk, low contact guy. That's who is. It shouldn't be surprising he's struggling even more with his command coming off TJ though.
Volquez has looked awful in the first inning of his starts but he has settled down nicely tonight. I am willing to give hom some more starts and Price some time to get him figured out.
Personally I have always thought Volquez would be best as a closer but that's just one man's opinion.
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