The question surrounding Bailey is how much are you willing to pay the guy? He's under team control until 2015 but is it worth it to pay him 6-8 million for his production?
The question surrounding Bailey is how much are you willing to pay the guy? He's under team control until 2015 but is it worth it to pay him 6-8 million for his production?
perfect game out the door, not hitter still intact
So Bruce really made the All-Star team...
Second look at BP hit by Pitch suggests he can act. Good play BP.
Bailey is an adequate back of the rotation starter that give you consistently average production. His ERA is surprisingly consistent: 4.53, 4.46, 4.43, 4.42 (2009-2012). I like Bailey but he is not a playoff starter and I don't have a lot of confidence he will improve much from his current production.
Rolen is hurt again, and Stubbs is well...Stubbs again. Time for Wilson.
Posts like this are the problem. You are pegging Homer based on production, but not in health and real "stuff". Bailey when throws his real stuff is better than a back of the rotation starter. The point "why" we aren't getting this stuff consistantly has been misread as a learning problem. It is a physical problem. He just can't do it all the time. If Homer could go through a stretch of starts sitting at about 94mph with good breaking stuff then drop off to 92mph with no breaking stuff. Something is not right physically. At best it is a period of deadarm. At worst his shoulder has flared up again.
The guy has physical problems. He just may not be able to maintain his stuff starting.
Cards beat the Pirates so what ever happens the Reds will hold their 1 game
Why don't pitchers that are batting .079 and have struck out 22 times in 32 at-bats try to bunt more often? What could it possibly hurt? Make the other team make a play at least.
Last edited by texasdave; 07-01-2012 at 05:34 PM.
Arroyo danced out of that one
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