congrats to Sean G

[rawaction]

I thought Gallagher was a little high with his fastball often times, and he didn't throw many curveballs. But his stuff was electric yesterday. I really hopes he gets a legit shot to get into the rotation.

[Guest]

His stuff looked better in the bigs than it had last season when he was up.

 

I do hope he gets a chance in the rotation soon, that's where he belongs.

[CyHawk_Cub]

His stuff looked better in the bigs than it had last season when he was up.

 

I do hope he gets a chance in the rotation soon, that's where he belongs.

 

But we all know that ain't gonna happen :banghead:

[B]

Noah and Liam are proud of their brother.

Noel

I knew that. :oops:

[Athletics36]

It wasn't a great day for the Cubs, but Sean's 2008 debut was excellent. Mr. Gallagher, please pass on to Sean my congrats for the outstanding work today. I hope he continues to impress enough to get a shot at the rotation.

 

First let me start off by thanking everyone for the kind words that have been expressed. All I can say is what a difference a year makes!! All Sean's hard work and dedication looked so much better and especially the "dropping of the weight". It was almost as if you were looking at a different person and his motion looked so much easier. I spoke with Sean after the game and told him that folks over at "NSBB" were wishing him the best. He's looking forward to doing whatever the team asks of him at this point. I must say that his velocity was great but especially the movement he had on his 2 seamer. It was a proud night at the gallagher household but Sean knows he still has work to do and hopefully he can continue to impress.

[rawaction]

It wasn't a great day for the Cubs, but Sean's 2008 debut was excellent. Mr. Gallagher, please pass on to Sean my congrats for the outstanding work today. I hope he continues to impress enough to get a shot at the rotation.

 

First let me start off by thanking everyone for the kind words that have been expressed. All I can say is what a difference a year makes!! All Sean's hard work and dedication looked so much better and especially the "dropping of the weight". It was almost as if you were looking at a different person and his motion looked so much easier. I spoke with Sean after the game and told him that folks over at "NSBB" were wishing him the best. He's looking forward to doing whatever the team asks of him at this point. I must say that his velocity was great but especially the movement he had on his 2 seamer. It was a proud night at the gallagher household but Sean knows he still has work to do and hopefully he can continue to impress.

 

Movement was nasty. I worry about him being able to contain that though, especially if he gets used only sparingly. I will say that he is EASILY the hardest working prospect I have ever seen in the Cubs system. He was rated low because of his lack of "projectability", but to me he made his own upside. When people said he couldn't add velocity, he went out and threw harder. When people said he didn't have the stamina, he went out and lost weight. You raised a good kid, Mr. Gallagher.

[CoolHandLuke]

I heart Sean Gallagher.

[VanceJergins]

I yelled to him before the game yesterday and he turned really quick to see where it came from and just seemed really excited to have fans cheering him on. He seems like a good guy and I'm pretty excited to see what he can do if he gets a shot.

[karenmac]

Those of us in Peoria knew the day was coming :yahoo:

 

Now we just have to hope that he sticks with the big club at least through the Toronto series, as we're headed up. Have this hunch that we're going to be buying a Gallagher jersey sometime soon!

[illiniguy]

It wasn't a great day for the Cubs, but Sean's 2008 debut was excellent. Mr. Gallagher, please pass on to Sean my congrats for the outstanding work today. I hope he continues to impress enough to get a shot at the rotation.

 

First let me start off by thanking everyone for the kind words that have been expressed. All I can say is what a difference a year makes!! All Sean's hard work and dedication looked so much better and especially the "dropping of the weight". It was almost as if you were looking at a different person and his motion looked so much easier. I spoke with Sean after the game and told him that folks over at "NSBB" were wishing him the best. He's looking forward to doing whatever the team asks of him at this point. I must say that his velocity was great but especially the movement he had on his 2 seamer. It was a proud night at the gallagher household but Sean knows he still has work to do and hopefully he can continue to impress.

Nice work Sean. Oh and Mr. Gallagher, please tell your son to answer his fan mail. :mrgreen:

[CuseCubFan69]

A nice game by Mr. Gallagher. If Fox could throw strikes it would have been nice but I'm very pleased with the way Sean threw.

[TruffleShuffle]

A nice game by Mr. Gallagher. If Fox could throw strikes it would have been nice but I'm very pleased with the way Sean threw.

 

also would've been nice if sean could've thrown more.

[RynoRules]

Good show by Sean today. He's going to get there.

[CuseCubFan69]

A nice game by Mr. Gallagher. If Fox could throw strikes it would have been nice but I'm very pleased with the way Sean threw.

 

also would've been nice if sean could've thrown more.

 

I don't know how well he felt since he's been in the pen for a while.

[dew1679666265]

A nice game by Mr. Gallagher. If Fox could throw strikes it would have been nice but I'm very pleased with the way Sean threw.

 

also would've been nice if sean could've thrown more.

 

I don't know how well he felt since he's been in the pen for a while.

 

I thought he pitched fairly well. The final numbers don't look great, thus the comments that it was a bad outing, but after a wind-blown RBI double (it's a lazy fly to Pie without the wind) he settled down and allowed next to nothing in the second, third and fourth.

 

Finally, he did wear down in the fifth, but that was no shocker to me. Overall, I doubt he won himself a rotation spot with the outing, but it was good experience for him and likely didn't hurt his standing with Lou.

[Illini Iceman]

A nice game by Mr. Gallagher. If Fox could throw strikes it would have been nice but I'm very pleased with the way Sean threw.

 

also would've been nice if sean could've thrown more.

 

I don't know how well he felt since he's been in the pen for a while.

 

I thought he pitched fairly well. The final numbers don't look great, thus the comments that it was a bad outing, but after a wind-blown RBI double (it's a lazy fly to Pie without the wind) he settled down and allowed next to nothing in the second, third and fourth.

 

Finally, he did wear down in the fifth, but that was no shocker to me. Overall, I doubt he won himself a rotation spot with the outing, but it was good experience for him and likely didn't hurt his standing with Lou.

 

It was a triple and I don't know about wind blown. It was a line shot. Without the wind knocking it down it definitely wasn't a lazy fly and it may have even gotten out.

 

He looked OK considering the short notice, but not overpowering. Kind of reminded me of a Marquis outing. Of course, considering that Marquis makes $7M a year and this is about the best he will get and Gallagher makes the minimum with more upside I still think I would take my chances with Gallagher in the rotation instead of Marquis if the Cubs could find a sap to take him and his salary off their hands.

[CuseCubFan69]

He had problems when he was behind in the count.

[brinoch]

I thought Sean did pretty well, not great, but decent. When he fell behind in the count, he struggled a bit and occasionally was hit hard. In addition, he wasn't helped by a relatively inconsistent zone in the first two innings. I think the wind's impact was neutral. When Sean looked good, though, he looked very good. There were a few sequences that were very impressive.

 

I thought Lou left him in too long, and while I appreciate that he was trying to get him the win, it contributed to the inning getting out of hand. First of all, Sean was hit really hard in that inning and Lou should have taken note and gotten the BP up and running ASAP. Normally, I wouldn't necessarily advocate this, but Sean's been in the 'pen for a bit now, and I imagine his endurance is down. I think at least a part of Fox's problems can be attributed to the abbreviated warm-up session (as well as being old and not good).

[dew1679666265]

A nice game by Mr. Gallagher. If Fox could throw strikes it would have been nice but I'm very pleased with the way Sean threw.

 

also would've been nice if sean could've thrown more.

 

I don't know how well he felt since he's been in the pen for a while.

 

I thought he pitched fairly well. The final numbers don't look great, thus the comments that it was a bad outing, but after a wind-blown RBI double (it's a lazy fly to Pie without the wind) he settled down and allowed next to nothing in the second, third and fourth.

 

Finally, he did wear down in the fifth, but that was no shocker to me. Overall, I doubt he won himself a rotation spot with the outing, but it was good experience for him and likely didn't hurt his standing with Lou.

 

It was a triple and I don't know about wind blown. It was a line shot. Without the wind knocking it down it definitely wasn't a lazy fly and it may have even gotten out.

 

The first inning hit by Jackson? It was hit toward straightaway center field, but started carrying on Pie to right-center. It was definitely wind blown, Len and Bob even commented on it during the broadcast.

 

And my bad on the triple.

 

He looked OK considering the short notice, but not overpowering. Kind of reminded me of a Marquis outing. Of course, considering that Marquis makes $7M a year and this is about the best he will get and Gallagher makes the minimum with more upside I still think I would take my chances with Gallagher in the rotation instead of Marquis if the Cubs could find a sap to take him and his salary off their hands.

 

Yeah, he was getting by, but not dominating. At this point in his career, though, I don't expect dominant. He had decent command and wasn't working out of terrible jams all day - resulting in three scoreless innings.

 

Honestly, though, I'd rather pitch Marquis until the break and hope he does decently enough to trade him. Then I'd take my chances with either Marshall or Gallagher.

Edited May 12, 2008 by dew

[dew1679666265]

I thought Sean did pretty well, not great, but decent. When he fell behind in the count, he struggled a bit and occasionally was hit hard. In addition, he wasn't helped by a relatively inconsistent zone in the first two innings. I think the wind's impact was neutral. When Sean looked good, though, he looked very good. There were a few sequences that were very impressive.

 

I thought Lou left him in too long, and while I appreciate that he was trying to get him the win, it contributed to the inning getting out of hand. First of all, Sean was hit really hard in that inning and Lou should have taken note and gotten the BP up and running ASAP. Normally, I wouldn't necessarily advocate this, but Sean's been in the 'pen for a bit now, and I imagine his endurance is down. I think at least a part of Fox's problems can be attributed to the abbreviated warm-up session (as well as being old and not good).

 

I can see where you get that Lou left him in too long - and he may have by one batter or so - but coming into the inning Gallagher was pitching well enough to make you think he could get one more inning in. Perhaps you have Fox or Wuertz up soft tossing to start the inning, but otherwise I thought Lou handled Sean fine today.

[rawaction]

I thought it was a very good outing by Sean, all things considered. He hadn't started in nearly 2 weeks, has made 2 relief appearances in the last week, and just found out he was starting probably 2-3 hours before he took the mound. I thought he got in trouble when he was rushing. At times, he needed to slow himself down and pitch. But still, he had an awesome fastball. Threw it anywhere from 91 to one 97. A lot of movement. His curve/slider was inconsistent, but had Augie, Reynolds, Drew, and Young scratching their heads.

[dew1679666265]

I thought it was a very good outing by Sean, all things considered. He hadn't started in nearly 2 weeks, has made 2 relief appearances in the last week, and just found out he was starting probably 2-3 hours before he took the mound. I thought he got in trouble when he was rushing. At times, he needed to slow himself down and pitch. But still, he had an awesome fastball. Threw it anywhere from 91 to one 97. A lot of movement. His curve/slider was inconsistent, but had Augie, Reynolds, Drew, and Young scratching their heads.

 

You have to figure that at least some of the wildness and the mounting problems in the fifth came from his youth. He's 22 and has barely ever started in the majors (is this his first?), you have to know the adrenaline is pumping and that accounts for at least some of the struggles.

 

Not excusing the final numbers, but if this is as bad as he'll get, I'm excited for the future.

[Keener98]

He was basically dominant through 4 innings. 6k's inm 4 innings of work is a pretty damn good K rate.

[Guest]

I thought it was a very good outing by Sean, all things considered. He hadn't started in nearly 2 weeks, has made 2 relief appearances in the last week, and just found out he was starting probably 2-3 hours before he took the mound. I thought he got in trouble when he was rushing. At times, he needed to slow himself down and pitch. But still, he had an awesome fastball. Threw it anywhere from 91 to one 97. A lot of movement. His curve/slider was inconsistent, but had Augie, Reynolds, Drew, and Young scratching their heads.

 

You have to figure that at least some of the wildness and the mounting problems in the fifth came from his youth. He's 22 and has barely ever started in the majors (is this his first?), you have to know the adrenaline is pumping and that accounts for at least some of the struggles.

 

Not excusing the final numbers, but if this is as bad as he'll get, I'm excited for the future.

 

Yes, this was his first big league start.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Sean Gallagher will have some good starts and some bad starts in his career.

 

No amount of moving the goalposts will change the fact that this was a bad one.