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Post by cangrejero on Aug 17, 2010 22:01:12 GMT -5
Figueroa pitched very well, this is a guy i like in my STAFF, no idea why he is always let go by other teams.
Castro is hitting under .200 but i like his at bats, different opinion i had over Towles.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 17, 2010 23:17:53 GMT -5
I thought Towles was showing some signs of improvement when they sent him down. I thought they were being kindof schizophrenic in their treatment of him. However he was no good, but I thought he probably has the ability to be a backup, if he improves some.
Today's game was a great game.
I think the closer will be back, I read he was having back problems and yesterday had his velocity back, but he evidently didn't have good control. Like I say, the pitching coach should have noticed that. That is what he is paid to do. We could have been sitting on two wins.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 18, 2010 23:35:52 GMT -5
They have a lineup of nasty relievers, at least pitchers with velocity. They have three or four that throw as hard as Lindstrom. You need to beat the Mets with the starters because after that they are tough. Frustrating game.
Tomorrow they have a guy named Misch pitching against Norris. Should be fairly even if Norris pitches well. Our offense has been pathetic in recent days, perhaps due to the pitching, but if not then we are sinking down again. At least tomorrow's pitcher isn't going to be impossible to hit I suspect.
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Post by changeup on Aug 19, 2010 11:18:37 GMT -5
Lindstrom is now on the DL. I think that tell us why he blew the last three games in which he pitched.
Losing games that should be wins is happening quite often now.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 19, 2010 13:13:06 GMT -5
I was following the game on cbs.sportsline and they had three pitchers from their relief pen that were hitting in the high 90's. One was hitting regularly over 100 mph. We were overmatched by their bullpen. That is how I saw it. They all had decent era's too. Right now we have nothing that comes even close. I am not one that believes speed is effectiveness, but it does help. We didn't come very close to getting anything except against Dessens who doesn't throw quite as hard. Between that and Reyes, we were simply outmatched. We aren't good enough yet to be a .500 team in the major leagues.
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Post by cangrejero on Aug 19, 2010 18:11:21 GMT -5
chacin is not good.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 19, 2010 21:44:32 GMT -5
Dumping old players seems to get us playing better. However I am not sure that will work with Lee. Lee is one of those players who gets inspired by the dumping of other players and hits game winning homeruns and such. I wonder how he looks playing first base? It doesn't hurt to give that a try since Wallace wasn't tearing up the place. Micheals also didn't exactly set the earth on fire today. We are really struggling scoring runs, but so were the Mets, and therefore we split the series. That could have easily been a loss. Just one swing of the bat made the difference.
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Post by cangrejero on Aug 20, 2010 8:26:44 GMT -5
I think we always need some veteran presence, and Carlos Lee could give us that in LF, now, we need him to be more in the .300, 20/100 range for that to work.
I am very happy to see Bud Norris continue to pitch GREAT baseball.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 20, 2010 11:23:46 GMT -5
Norris seems like a strong guy. He has been durable this year too. Carlos Lee has actually been hitting for a pretty good average since Berkman left. He tends to do better as the season wears on. He needs to think about coming to play in the spring. If I am not mistaken Berkman has the same tendency.
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