Alonso
Bailey
Bucholz
Cozart
Dickerson
Dorn
Duran
Carlos Fisher
Francisco
Frazier
Lotzkar
Mesoraco
Y. Rodriguez
Roenicke
Soto
Stewart
Stubbs
Sulbaran
Valaika
Other (if you have more than 1 other, list them)
For what it's worth, I saw Homer hit 97mph several times during the 2008 season. It is definitely not there consistently, but it's there. He's more often around 92-94 with his fastball.
This may be a dumb comment, but why? I definitely didn't see him benefiting from a little extra movement last year when he was getting beat all over the place with a K rate under 5. Why would he ditch a 95MPH fastball?Bailey didn't lose velocity, he has his 4 seam fastball taken away from him for most of the year.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
He didn't ditch it, the Reds took it from him. The idea was to get him to use his other pitches more and learn to rely on something other than his #1. By the end of the season the development of his slider was showing huge strides. I think in the end its going to look like a good decision for his future.
Thanks. Maybe if he is steady with that slider and his change up comes around early next season he will be "ready as he ever will be" and can take that #5 spot if no one has pinned it down. If he can then come in under 5.00 era for half a season in the bigs I would consider that a massive hurdle cleared.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Last edited by Mario-Rijo; 12-02-2008 at 12:29 AM.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Question: Does Homer still have an option remaining?
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
1. Y Rodriguez
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1. Rodriguez
2. Duran
3. Bailey
4. Soto
5. Alonso
6. Stubbs
7. Lotzkar
8. Dickerson
9. Francisco
10. Watson
11. Stewart
12. Roenicke
13. Frazier
14. Cozart
15. Buck
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