Marmol replacing Wood in All Star Game

[C.C.]

I missed the later innings. How did Marmol and Dempster look? By the box scores they more then did their job.

Both looked absolutely awesome. Dempster had pinpoint command and Marmol's slider was nasty.

 

That's just great for Marmol! Hopefully he'll be back to his usual dominate self after the break..

[Amie]

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/anatomy-of-a-player-carlos-marmol/

 

This link, from the other Marmol thread, led to a suggestion that Marmol should be used in the highest-lev situations -- when he's bad, it's BBs, HBP, and HRs. That adds up to more than 1 run at a time. So, if he's brought into a one-run game, he blows it, just as maybe some of the less highly regarded guys would. But they are less likely to blow a three plus run lead. "Bad" Marmol can (as we have seen) blow a four-five run even more easily than those guys.

 

I think the appearance at Comiskey was a truly high-lev one. Other than that, he hasn't been used in a tight situation. I wonder if the right moves after the ASB are to bring him in during an inning, with one guy out and one or more on, in a one-run game. The only recent mid-inning appearances were Dempster's win versus Cin, and the debacle in SF after Ascanio fell apart. Even if he's warmed up, I'd say let someone else start the inning, then bring Marmol in.

 

 

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/

 

When Piniella called Carlos in the office to tell him he was names to the ASG, all the brass was there Carlos feared he was being demoted to AAA. Not so of course, as they were all there to tell him the good news.

 

But during that conversation Carlos finally admitted that he was a little "tired" from the heavy work load of the first half. Sounded like that was the first anyone new of it, so perhaps Carlos has been holding back. He went to the ASG not really expecting to pitch, unless it was really needed. As it was they needed him, and he did really well.

 

 

I gotta think this has a lot to do with his recent wildness. Lou needs to use some of those other guys more, and maybe give Carlos more time off... =D>

[David]

I missed the later innings. How did Marmol and Dempster look? By the box scores they more then did their job.

Both looked absolutely awesome. Dempster had pinpoint command and Marmol's slider was nasty.

 

That's just great for Marmol! Hopefully he'll be back to his usual dominate self after the break..

 

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