Overlooked in last nights game (Aardsma)

[Fred Hornkohl]

 

Dusty talked about how Marshall has pitched well, but he's had endurance issues that led to bad 5th innings. I don't know how true that is since I was away for his previous starts, but I was not surprised he took him out when he did. I think it was the right move. Dusty is often very late to pull a guy, waiting for trouble to happen instead of avoiding it.

 

Most of the damage seems to get done after Marshall leaves the game.

 

Marshall                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/09  vs. St. L       4.3    4    4    4    1    2    1    65  2.08  4.15  2.08  1.15  8.31
04/14  vs. Pitts       5.0    5    4    4    1    2    1    79  1.80  3.60  1.80  1.20  7.20
04/19  vs. L.A.        5.0    2    2    2    3    4    1    86  5.40  7.20  1.80  1.00  3.60

totals                14.3   11   10   10    5    8    3   230  3.14  5.02  1.88  1.12  6.28

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              2   1   0   4   4   2   0   8   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      24
Opponents         2   2   0   2   2   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      14

[badger1679666666]

Wuertz is good.

 

He is?

 

Yes.

 

I guess he's good but he's the 5th best out of our pen. I hope that's a reflection of our pen.

[badger1679666666]

With the DLee and Eyre injuries it seems lik,e everyone is overlooking Aardsma. He looked terrible last night, totally reminding me of Wuertz with his lack of control.

 

2/3rd of an inning

1 hit

3 walks

2 earned runs

 

Way too Wuertz-esque

 

Dusty was his usual idiotic self for putting Aardsma into a high pressure situation in a tie game for his first outing. Never should have happened when we had Howry, Eyre, and Williamson.

 

 

It's a no win for Dusty. He's roasted if he sits the guy for an extended period or if he puts him in the fire (unless, of course, Dave does his job and gets the outs). It seemed safe to ask Aardsma to work a scoreless inning considering the way he had been pitching leading up to the appearance.

 

You're making it appear that there are only two choices. To throw him into the fire in his second game up in a tie game, or sit him for an extended period of time and let him rust away. Now although we have no way of knowing for sure, It is a good bet that there will be a situation in the next 3 games where we are either winning by 3 or more runs or losing by several which IMO would have been a more appropriate time for his first duty, especially considering the studs we have in the Pen right now. Even if Aardsma would have gotten out of that inning, I still would have been highly critical of that move. I probably was a little harsh with my initial viewpoint because in general Dusty has done a better job (albeit in 3 weeks) of managing the pitching staff than he has in the past.

[Blueheart05]

With the DLee and Eyre injuries it seems lik,e everyone is overlooking Aardsma. He looked terrible last night, totally reminding me of Wuertz with his lack of control.

 

2/3rd of an inning

1 hit

3 walks

2 earned runs

 

Way too Wuertz-esque

 

Dusty was his usual idiotic self for putting Aardsma into a high pressure situation in a tie game for his first outing. Never should have happened when we had Howry, Eyre, and Williamson.

 

 

It's a no win for Dusty. He's roasted if he sits the guy for an extended period or if he puts him in the fire (unless, of course, Dave does his job and gets the outs). It seemed safe to ask Aardsma to work a scoreless inning considering the way he had been pitching leading up to the appearance.

 

You're making it appear that there are only two choices. To throw him into the fire in his second game up in a tie game, or sit him for an extended period of time and let him rust away. Now although we have no way of knowing for sure, It is a good bet that there will be a situation in the next 3 games where we are either winning by 3 or more runs or losing by several which IMO would have been a more appropriate time for his first duty, especially considering the studs we have in the Pen right now. Even if Aardsma would have gotten out of that inning, I still would have been highly critical of that move. I probably was a little harsh with my initial viewpoint because in general Dusty has done a better job (albeit in 3 weeks) of managing the pitching staff than he has in the past.

 

That's my point exactly. Why make him wait for an appearance within the next 3 days (especially with an off day today) when you can get him into a game and keep him sharp? He was closing in AAA and pitching on a regular basis. If anything, Dusty was showing confidence in Aardsma by calling on him in the 6th. He could have called upon Novoa (who was throwing in the pen) until Williamson, Howry, or Eyre were needed later in the game.

[badger1679666666]

With the DLee and Eyre injuries it seems lik,e everyone is overlooking Aardsma. He looked terrible last night, totally reminding me of Wuertz with his lack of control.

 

2/3rd of an inning

1 hit

3 walks

2 earned runs

 

Way too Wuertz-esque

 

Dusty was his usual idiotic self for putting Aardsma into a high pressure situation in a tie game for his first outing. Never should have happened when we had Howry, Eyre, and Williamson.

 

 

It's a no win for Dusty. He's roasted if he sits the guy for an extended period or if he puts him in the fire (unless, of course, Dave does his job and gets the outs). It seemed safe to ask Aardsma to work a scoreless inning considering the way he had been pitching leading up to the appearance.

 

You're making it appear that there are only two choices. To throw him into the fire in his second game up in a tie game, or sit him for an extended period of time and let him rust away. Now although we have no way of knowing for sure, It is a good bet that there will be a situation in the next 3 games where we are either winning by 3 or more runs or losing by several which IMO would have been a more appropriate time for his first duty, especially considering the studs we have in the Pen right now. Even if Aardsma would have gotten out of that inning, I still would have been highly critical of that move. I probably was a little harsh with my initial viewpoint because in general Dusty has done a better job (albeit in 3 weeks) of managing the pitching staff than he has in the past.

 

That's my point exactly. Why make him wait for an appearance within the next 3 days (especially with an off day today) when you can get him into a game and keep him sharp? He was closing in AAA and pitching on a regular basis. If anything, Dusty was showing confidence in Aardsma by calling on him in the 6th. He could have called upon Novoa (who was throwing in the pen) until Williamson, Howry, or Eyre were needed later in the game.

 

Because I don't want him blowing it like almost did yesterday.....?

[Blueheart05]

With the DLee and Eyre injuries it seems lik,e everyone is overlooking Aardsma. He looked terrible last night, totally reminding me of Wuertz with his lack of control.

 

2/3rd of an inning

1 hit

3 walks

2 earned runs

 

Way too Wuertz-esque

 

Dusty was his usual idiotic self for putting Aardsma into a high pressure situation in a tie game for his first outing. Never should have happened when we had Howry, Eyre, and Williamson.

 

 

It's a no win for Dusty. He's roasted if he sits the guy for an extended period or if he puts him in the fire (unless, of course, Dave does his job and gets the outs). It seemed safe to ask Aardsma to work a scoreless inning considering the way he had been pitching leading up to the appearance.

 

You're making it appear that there are only two choices. To throw him into the fire in his second game up in a tie game, or sit him for an extended period of time and let him rust away. Now although we have no way of knowing for sure, It is a good bet that there will be a situation in the next 3 games where we are either winning by 3 or more runs or losing by several which IMO would have been a more appropriate time for his first duty, especially considering the studs we have in the Pen right now. Even if Aardsma would have gotten out of that inning, I still would have been highly critical of that move. I probably was a little harsh with my initial viewpoint because in general Dusty has done a better job (albeit in 3 weeks) of managing the pitching staff than he has in the past.

 

That's my point exactly. Why make him wait for an appearance within the next 3 days (especially with an off day today) when you can get him into a game and keep him sharp? He was closing in AAA and pitching on a regular basis. If anything, Dusty was showing confidence in Aardsma by calling on him in the 6th. He could have called upon Novoa (who was throwing in the pen) until Williamson, Howry, or Eyre were needed later in the game.

 

Because I don't want him blowing it like almost did yesterday.....?

 

I think it's safe to say you don't ever want him walking the first two batters he faces (no matter the in-game situation). I'm willing to give Aardsma the benefit of the doubt however, I have no problem with a manager expecting a member of his bullpen to be ready to pitch. He took Wuertz's spot on the roster so it makes sense to me that he got the call in the 6th inning...It's not like he has no prior ML experience. Plus, he had been pitching well leading up to lastnight (albeit in AAA).

[KyHen]

Picture freaks me out every time I look at it.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_430911.jpg