Maybe they can lure Jamie Walker out of retirement?

4 saves for K-Rod already! Not bad for guy who should be out of professional baseball. It's also a good argument against the definition of a save. They should only award a save for pitching a scoreless inning or at least preventing inherited runners from scoring.

Maybe Brad is thinking longterm with kay rod.


Eventually his ERA will converge and Avila will be forced to release him.

I don't mind the save stat. It's kinda like wins for starting pitchers. It's a metric, but not the most important one.


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What a grand double by Grandal

never a doubt

I mean I'm glad it happened cuz it's always good to avoid a disaster day, but it was bittersweet due to Red Sox choking and thus locking in another losing day.

4/20: Lost Marlins.

4/21: Won Dodgers, Lost Red Sox, -$65 total.

Updated Record: 24-12, +8.95u (+$1,789)
Total points gained on closing market: +408
Pts/gm: +11.33

4/22:

Royals -118 (Young/Gallardo), $236 to win $200

Buckle up boys, this one might be ugly

Strike zone is a joke so far

Is a WHIP of 5 good?


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rofl LLLIIIIIVIN ON A PRAYER

GIDP MAGICIAN!!!

Hasn't pelfrey been doing this Houdini act all year

8 base runners in two innings.


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Yes. All last year too. He lead the league in gidps in 15.

lol

He performs with The Dazz Band on his off days

Well, what does it matter if you get shut out by Volquez? Only Zimmermann could have kept us alive in this one. What I find surprising though is that everyone could see it coming, except the guys in the front office.

When our rotation is:

Zimmerman
Verlander
Sanchez
Greene
Pelfrey

we are in lots of trouble if verlander/sanchez aren't above average SP

You could make a case that Greene/Pelfrey were the worst pitchers in baseball last year.

Zimmermann is obviously overperforming right now and it will be interesting where he levels out.

With the long-term contract Verlander will not risk going on juice again, so he won't be above average for a long time to come. With him it will be similar to the A-Rod story in NY.

Sanchez is basically done. He suffered an injury that also happens to people who overuse steroids and he hasn't recovered from it ever since. He was great with a fastball at 95-96, but he is not when he throws around 91-92.

Greene is simply lacking control and I don't see any chance for improvement.

Pelfrey is just a front office blunder. You can't sign the worst pitcher from the Twins and expect a miracle to happen.

Norris was a gamble that didn't pay off. His treatment requires him to take hormones which basically screwed up his metabolism. It could have gone either way though.

The only chance we got right now is to take a shot with Fulmer and to give Parnell a second try as closer. They are both doing well in Toledo at least.

I think I kinda know what the front office is doing. They are trying to assemble a team of former very high draft picks. Unfortunately many of these former 1st-rounders were on juice back in the day when they were picked. I don't count Verlander anymore, but Upton was 1st overall. Pelfrey was a former 1st-rounder, Maybin and Salty too and Castellanos of course. Fulmer is also a 1st rounder! Zimmermann, Gose, Norris and McCann are former 2nd rounders.

Joba was a 1st rounder too btw

I hate this team so much

Love and hate are sometimes very close together.

Drew Storen is a former 1st rounder without much of success. We should prepare a nice package and get him from the Blue Jays. They can have Buck Farmer and Tyler Collins!

Maybe Iggy will fight someone in the dugout again.