Volquez just isn't getting it done.
Willis went 8 innings last night throwing 105 pitches w/ no walks and 7 K's. He's now sporting a 2.74 ERA and a 2.26 GO/AO ratio which would do well at the GAB.
Volquez just isn't getting it done.
Willis went 8 innings last night throwing 105 pitches w/ no walks and 7 K's. He's now sporting a 2.74 ERA and a 2.26 GO/AO ratio which would do well at the GAB.
I am on board.
Me too. Anybody (almost) but Volquez. He's been given ample opportunity to get himself straightened out. But, what do you do with him?
count me in. lets see what DW has.
I'm on board. But I'm not getting my hopes up. Unless Willis has fixed all his problems, it's a big difference between triple A and the majors.
Volquez just doesn't seem to be a competitor to me, unlike Cueto.
EV and Arroyo OUT.....Homer and Dontrelle IN
Get Dontrelle in the rotation, i'm his number one fan
Why not put LeCure back in the rotation?
EV is trash
Arroyo is trash
I like to take in and consider information from Baseball prospectus and some other sources. I like to look at some of the stats that are trendy today with the saber guys. But I don't necessarily spend a lot of time with them or as much time studying and using them as much as some others do.
Sometimes it's just as quick to go to baseball reference and look at some of those numbers and also look at the similarity scores and these guys in comparison to other players. Right there at the top for Bronson in terms of most similar pitcher through age 33 was John Burkett. That's really not a bad comparison in terms of the type of pitcher Bronson is and the way he does thing. Neither guy was really very flashy. Both of them were hittable, neither guy was really a strikeout guy. For the most part, you never looked at the guy in most years as one of the league's best or the ace of a staff. But they pitched well and found ways to win games and be effective major league pitchers. I mean, Burkett won 166 games in his career. Bronson probably won't do that unless he pitches effectively and regularly until he's 40 or close to it. But both guys are/were your typical solid #4 starter in a good rotation... maybe even a passable #3 starter in a good rotation when they're going right.
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