Rothschild

[Monco]

Hes the reason I'm not thrilled with Pinellas arrival. Its baffling that he survived again. In the past I've had many reasons Rothschild should have been gone. After reading and listening to the coverage the last few days a few more things jump out:

 

1) Why would Piniella want him when Piniella said that the pitchers need to quit trying to strike everybody out and just worry about getting people out.If Rothschild aggrees with that philosophy,why wasn't it implemented previously? And yes I know that he was Pinellas bullpen coach 15 years ago.

 

2) Why is he going to work with Prior now to fine tune his mechanics? What about the last 4 years? This sounds like they are trying to create a positive spin on Priors shoulder problems by saying Rothschild will fix it.

 

3) I read where the pitchers highly regard Rothschild. I recall the opposite this summer.It was suggested that the pitchers would go to Maddux and Rothschild was basically looked upon as a joke.

[Soriano12]

This sounds like they are trying to create a positive spin on Priors shoulder problems by saying Rothschild will fix it.

 

Insert prominant religious icon of your choice, couldn't fix Mark Prior.

[rynefan]

Yeah. I refuse to go through another offseason believing that Prior and Wood are coming back and having a productive season. It was fun while it lasted.

[kente777]

Yeah. I refuse to go through another offseason believing that Prior and Wood are coming back and having a productive season. It was fun while it lasted.

 

Fun??? And what might that be?

[RichHillIsABeast]

I wonder how much the Giles collision and the line drive off the elbow hurt Prior. His mechanics definitely changed. Contrary to some ppl who claim Prior is soft, I think he pitched through pain with those injuries and it cost him. He might be broken forever, but I doubt it's Larry Rothschild's fault. I don't blame Prior either. Sometimes &*^# just happens.

 

What other pitchers has Larry "ruined?" Wood had issues long before Larry came along.