I am proud to call myself a Homer Bailey Believer.
I am proud to call myself a Homer Bailey Believer.
he sucks.
won't amount to much.
trade him for a bucket of baseballs so we get some use out of him.
Hello...my name is Ed. And I am a Homer Bailey fan.
Good idea for a thread WMR...the Homer hating is reaching unprecedented levels.
Unless he has a drug problem, is on the cusp of pulling a Greinke or he is a lock for a major injury, I hope he isn't being shopped. Especially for Blanton.
I'm not as sold on Bailey as doug.
But I wouldn't trade him for two Blanton's.
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Homer Bailey beats kittens.
But seriously, I can't believe the beating Homer Bailey takes on this board. It's amazing that people are ready to give up on him after only nine major league starts - at age 21!
Count me in as a big Homer Bailey fan. I've done more than my fair share of defending the kid since A ball.. heck, perhaps since draft day. heh.
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jojo made a good point that Homer Bailey gets more interesting with every year that passes without an arm injury.
I've always thought the kid is talented if enormously overrated. I actually think he might become more interesting dependent on how he comes through a couple of tough years. He's in the midst of what tend to be trying times for young pitchers. Do I believe in Homer Bailey? Well, I'm sure he exists. We'll get to find out how successful a pitcher he can in the coming years.
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He's progressed exceptionally far to be held up by what you are talking about now, M2.
My excitement is tempered by the fact that he also gets more disappointing with every year that passes where he is unable to command a 3rd pitch reliably or keep his walks under control.
I'm thrilled he saw the bigs injury-free -- that is about as big a moral victory as you can have. I don't think it's "hating" on Homer to demand better performance than a +5 BB/9 and a sub-6 K/9 from your top pitching prospect. He was average at AAA in 2007 and outright sucked in the bigs; any talk of groin injuries is merely mitigation of that fact.
Homer has a lot to prove in 2008. I don't doubt the talent is there (they don't just hand out slots on the Top-10 list at BA), and I never expected the ride to be smooth, but the kid needs to show improvement in key areas for me to continue being optimistic about his future as a contributing member of the Reds.
One thing I think nobody would disagree with: the team did him zero favors by exposing him to the majors before he was ready.
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