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  1. 03-16-2008, 01:35 AM #76
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    Quote Originally Posted by Falls City Beer View Post
    Fair enough. But why on earth would they throw away only the second hard-thrower in an otherwise still-atrocious bullpen?

    (Maybe Volquez still gets a bullpen demotion, however).
    There's Roenicke and Salmon who throw harder than Burton. And at the end of the day I'm not sold Burton's going to be any better on WHIP and K/9 than guys like Todd Coffey and Marcus McBeth.

    Burton's not exactly the punch-em-out sort and it's entirely possible that all of the four guys I just mentioned will be better this season than he is. Burton throws so hard that neither the new manager nor anyone reporting on the team has bothered to mention him all spring. He's been conspicuous by his absence.
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  3. 03-16-2008, 09:15 AM #77
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    M2, Burton has had 1 bad inning this spring. 1.

    If you watched him at all closely in the second half last spring, you wouldn't be dismissing him after 1 bad inning in ST. As if dismissing anyone after 1 bad inning in spring was reasonable. Didn't see you burying Belisle after his awful outing on Friday...
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    And by "done" I mean, unlikely to make the MLB team out of ST, not "done" permanently.

    Though Brower and Sauerbeck likely fit the latter definition.
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    What'd I miss besides Bailey stinking up the joint?
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Servo View Post
    If it comes down to it, I am in favor of carrying Cabrera over Castro. Just because.
    I'm in favor of me over Castro...and I was never good at baseball.
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    hello?
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    Rollins making Volquez work...

    He's not going to see any scrubs today
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    He tied Rollins in knots after battling with him....I love it! Got him with a change-up
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    Wrong game thread matt.
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    duh.

    One of those days....sigh.
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    Re: 3/15/08 - Reds vs Red Sox

    Quote Originally Posted by lollipopcurve View Post
    M2, Burton has had 1 bad inning this spring. 1.

    If you watched him at all closely in the second half last spring, you wouldn't be dismissing him after 1 bad inning in ST. As if dismissing anyone after 1 bad inning in spring was reasonable. Didn't see you burying Belisle after his awful outing on Friday...
    And no good innings.

    Frankly, I don't care what his spring numbers are at the moment. Have you heard so much as one person from ST say one positive thing about him? I haven't. I don't find that surprising because I've never been all that fond of his stuff. Better, higher end arms could be tabbed.
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