Well, in case someone missed this, Marshall was throwing in the bullpen today, said he felt good.
I think they said the plan was for him to throw again on Sunday (or maybe they said Saturday).
Anyhow, looks like Marshall is on schedule
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Bouton always said he had a sore elbow that never left. Betcha he had a torn UCL. There were probably multitudes of guys who would just have surgery today out there trying to pitch through crazy pain.
Remember the story about Bob Gibson? A guy who most people thought had a superman arm would almost cry in pain the day after pitching if someone shook his hand wrong.
Pitching is hard. Much respect.
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Those who know about arm/shoulder issues, what's really going on here?
I think this is the reason why Baker is using Marshall basically as a LOOGY.
If he overuses him, he might miss the season.
Better to limit his use and get some effective use in high leverage situations than lose him entirely.
Another example of fans not having the same info as the team.
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I said on the game thread that it was odd that Broxton and Marshall never warmed up.
But I disagree with Fay's suggestion here because it wasn't simply a matter of Marshall or Latos. There are other relief pitchers.
Marshall was the ideal choice, true, but Dusty should have relieved Latos that inning - even if Sean wasn't available. Fortunately, it worked out ok.
As for Dusty's general use of Marshall, injury or no, I endorse it. Marshall is especially tough on lefties, should mostly face lefties. There are other guys to focus on the righties.
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I actually agree with this assessment, but to play devils advocate a bit, what if the "cranky" shoulder is due to lots of warming up but very little actual work. Maybe he needs longer stints in order to stay in game shape? I remember I had a teammate who was like that...but he complained alot so I took everything he said with a grain of salt.
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