Are we going to have a thread like this every time Chapman appears in a game this season? I sure hope not.
Are we going to have a thread like this every time Chapman appears in a game this season? I sure hope not.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
I'm a reasonable guy. There is no way Leake should hold up a spot that should belong to Chapman. Leake had an awful year last year. But as for his career and projecting forward I don't believe him to be "broke" in terms of a #5 starter.
The Cain/Cueto comp was just one of those things I found that had to be mentioned...it's just interesting.
I was really down on Leake last year but I believe it was Rick who made a good case for Leake projecting forward (I think it was in a Leake vs Homer discussion) and I took that info to heart.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
RedEye (03-15-2013),Revering4Blue (03-21-2013)
The only thing that scares me about making him a starter is, It gives him 4 or 5 days off at a time too get in trouble. It wouldn't shock me if there was at least one "incident" this summer. That being said a starter is much more valuble than a closer.
If he is not being used as a starter then he will be used in the bullpen in the playoffs. As for being shut down, I thought they were going to use him sparingly to start the season so he doesn't need to be shut down at the end of the year. I am not sure if that has changed or not.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...tart-or-close/
So we overpaid for a closer, the bullpen's set, everyone's healthy, all the lights are green and we're still hearing the same equivocal mush two weeks before the season? For as great as this organization is, the three years of Chapman have been like watching my niece spend thirty minutes trying to pick between gummy bears and milk duds at the movie theatre. Just pick something!
RedEye (03-15-2013),Redhook (03-14-2013),RedsManRick (03-14-2013)
All my posts are my opinion - just like yours are. If I forget to state it and you're too dense to see the obvious, look here!
I mean because he could truly suck as the 5th starter.
I'm not a big Mike Leake guy, but I think the downside of him as the 5th starter is a lot less bad than a failed Chapman. I could really see Chapman proving to be a guy who just can't successfully make it through a line-up more than once with any regularity and frequently needing to be pulled before the 5th inning. A guy like that tires the pen and starts to impact the rest of the rotation as they are left in too long to compensate. By August, the entire staff could be feeling the effects.
OTOH, I could also see Chapman becoming a true Cy Young caliber number 1 and taking the team to another level which is why I'd make the move, but I'm not naive enough to believe that there is no risk. To me, the stance that there is no risk and the bashing of Dusty and others who are given pause by this risky decision just proves a lack of understanding. There is plenty of risk here and I'd be more concerned with a Manager who doesn't recognize it than I am with one who is showing concern about how this decision may impact his team.
All my posts are my opinion - just like yours are. If I forget to state it and you're too dense to see the obvious, look here!
vaticanplum (03-15-2013)
The downside is that he pulls a Bard.
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