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Luis Castillo (main piece in Dan Straily deal) hit 101 on the radar gun in Pensacola tonight. Highway robbery by Dick Williams.
Pump the brakes again
Ichiro pinch-hitting meant right-hander Dan Straily was, finally, done for the night. He toyed with the Padres for seven innings in a 6-3, 11-inning win, striking out a career-high 14 batters and allowing only four hits and no walks.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-marlins/fl-sp-marlins-padres-sat-20170422-story.html
Tyler Mahle pitched a perfect game for AA Pensacola last night. He's allowed 7 H and 2 R in 26.2 innings on the year.
Arroyo with two wins in a row.
Really think the method to their madness with Arroyo is to buy some time and ease the youngsters into the rotation. Arroyo is not part of the long term plan. He does provide a very nice example of location and changing speeds being a very important piece of the pitching puzzle. Young guys try to rely on velocity these days instead of pitching. Regardless what his line was against Baltimore we won. He had two of the 3 wins on the home stand. Not bad for a 40 year old with a 84 MPH fastball coming off a 2 year lay off. Like you I have my doubts he can be effective over the season even after watching him pitch yesterday,Wins? He had 5 IP 5.40 ERA 1.40 WHIP and 4 K to 2 BB vs Baltimore and skated on thin ice the entire start.
If you want to mention him doing well, stick to yesterday. He had a QS and 7 K to 0 BB. He's going to get hurt by the long ball all year and won't strikeout a batter per inning, but his best bet is to not walk anyone. He'll have starts where he gets crushed due to diminished stuff, but if he pitches anywhere near to what he did yesterday, I have no issues with him in the rotation. That kind if start is exactly why I wanted Adleman in the rotation. Get 18 outs and keep us in the game. I understand people want the young guys, but they have shown no ability to this point to get through a lineup a few times. Arroyo pitching the way he did yesterday helps save our bullpen...the exact reason you want an innings eater at the back end. If he pitches efficiently and to about a 5 ERA, he can stick around. He's faced good lineups too, so it's encouraging that he seems to be improving. Yesterday was the first time I actually enjoyed watching him pitch this year. I hope he keeps it up.
Really think the method to their madness with Arroyo is to buy some time and ease the youngsters into the rotation. Arroyo is not part of the long term plan. He does provide a very nice example of location and changing speeds being a very important piece of the pitching puzzle. Young guys try to rely on velocity these days instead of pitching. Regardless what his line was against Baltimore we won. He had two of the 3 wins on the home stand. Not bad for a 40 year old with a 84 MPH fastball coming off a 2 year lay off. Like you I have my doubts he can be effective over the season even after watching him pitch yesterday,
Ariel Hernandez debuted last night. Doug Gray over at REDSMINORLEAGUES.Com has said he has the best arm he has ever seen at the minor league level. After watching him last night I understand why he is so high on him. Guy was upper 90 to 100 MPH and many people believe his curve ball is his best pitch. He totally dominated the brewers for 2 2/3 innings. If he continues to find the plate with his pitches he could be a very nice pitcher going forward. Big ceiling guy.
Yea could be a huge sign if he pans out. Doug mentioned that his best pitch is not the fastball but his curve ball. Both very nice offerings from what I saw last night. He got a bunch of swing and misses.Really interested to see how he does. The walks will be the thing to worry about. He gave up 10 more walks than hits in the minors last year. If he has that sorted out, we got a good one. I know Doug Gray also said he's come a long way in that department in the past year plus, so that's a great sign.
Nice to see Scheibler heating up a bit. Would like to get Duvall going. Cozart and Suarez have been on fire and it looks like Joey has his usually slow start behind him. IF Hamilton and Perraza can get on base at a high clip we should score some runs.
I was worried about Schebler. I have a lot of hope for him. He still has a .723 OPS despite his struggles, so that's a great sign.
I really worry about Peraza. He shouldn't be hitting 2nd. Might want to move Suarez or Cozart there and bump Peraza to 8th.
I say leave Cozart where he is. His struggles and slumps usually always happen when he is in the 2 hole. He seems confident where he is.. Id move Suarez to the 2
Looks like my guy Schebler is heating up a bit.
Also glad to see Astin continuing to pitch well. He has to make the team, right?
Wow Suarez. I've never seen that before. He's killed us twice tonight.
