Originally Posted by
DoogMinAmo
Hall, I sould like to give him the rest of the year to be successful, no matter what. I wouldn't even want to see a promotion to AAA. Next year he can sink or swim in the bigs. Kelly, OTOH, strikes me as a pitcher who has a track record of success, and would seem to gain the most and lose the least by a promotion. If Hudson had options, Kelly would be up and Luke sent down. But since he doesn't, we shall see neither.
I'm not sure. Kelly started out the year great, but in his last 8 starts he has this line
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App IP TBF H ER HR SO BB
GS 6.7 31 11 5 1 6 1
GS 4.0 21 9 6 1 2 1
GS 8.0 29 6 1 0 4 2
GS 5.3 26 9 6 0 3 2
GS 6.0 24 5 1 1 3 2
GS 5.7 25 5 5 1 0 3
GS 3.3 21 8 8 0 3 2
GS 4.0 16 3 1 0 4 2
Total 43.0 193 56 33 4 25 15
Total Seaon 97.0 408 94 44 7 61 34
Also his Fielding Independent Pitching and K/9 aren't particularly great.
Code:
Pitcher IP ERA HR/9 K/9 BB/9 K/BB FIP GO/FO
Elizardo Ramirez 55.3 3.09 0.98 6.02 1.46 4.11 3.81 1.84
Steve Kelly 97.0 4.08 0.65 5.66 3.15 1.79 4.02 1.42