Re: Cueto, Dusty says hello.

[YearofDaCubs]

July 22nd: 120 pitches.

July 9th: 111

 

From May 21st through June 17th his starts went:

 

114,119,100,115,101,109

 

Nothing crazy like what Dusty did to Prior, Z and Wood but still seems high for a 1st year pitcher.

[Jehrico]

July 22nd: 120 pitches.

July 9th: 111

 

From May 21st through June 17th his starts went:

 

114,119,100,115,101,109

 

Nothing crazy like what Dusty did to Prior, Z and Wood but still seems high for a 1st year pitcher.

I'm surprised he hasn't ridden him to 130 pitches at least once yet. Maybe he learned something from his time here and somehow came to the conclusion that 120 pitches is the magic number he needs to avoid. #-o

[rawaction]

That's just as crazy as anything Dusty did the Prior, Wood and Z. The major difference is the Reds aren't in the pennant race, so he's probably taking it easy on Cueto.

[Jon]

In terms of total PAP, Cueto hasn't been quite that bad. He's a distant 18th. Sabathia, Sheets, and Meche are the top 3.

[Derwood]

In terms of total PAP, Cueto hasn't been quite that bad. He's a distant 18th. Sabathia, Sheets, and Meche are the top 3.

 

imagine if Dusty got his hands on Sabathia. He'd pitch him in back to back starts

[Jon]

In terms of total PAP, Cueto hasn't been quite that bad. He's a distant 18th. Sabathia, Sheets, and Meche are the top 3.

 

imagine if Dusty got his hands on Sabathia. He'd pitch him in back to back starts

That wouldn't surprise me at all if it happened in the playoffs.

[cubs121]

In terms of total PAP, Cueto hasn't been quite that bad. He's a distant 18th. Sabathia, Sheets, and Meche are the top 3.

 

imagine if Dusty got his hands on Sabathia. He'd pitch him in back to back starts

That wouldn't surprise me at all if it happened in the playoffs.

With Dusty as the manager i could see him sending Sabathia out there for back to back starts and 150 pitches per start..

[Ball And Glove]

In terms of total PAP, Cueto hasn't been quite that bad. He's a distant 18th. Sabathia, Sheets, and Meche are the top 3.

 

imagine if Dusty got his hands on Sabathia. He'd pitch him in back to back starts

That wouldn't surprise me at all if it happened in the playoffs.

With Dusty as the manager i could see him sending Sabathia out there for back to back starts and 150 pitches per start..

 

They say momentum only takes you as far as the next day's starting pitcher -- what better way around that than to start the same starting pitcher? You can't lose momentum if you use the same pitcher that gave you that momentum! It's pure genius!

[Soul]

If you're the owner of the Reds, don't you at some point pull Dusty aside and have that conversation:

 

"let's get real here. we're not in this thing. you need to protect our investments."

 

 

You know, logic & reason as opposed to pie-in-the-sky dreaming?

[Derwood]

If you're the owner of the Reds, don't you at some point pull Dusty aside and have that conversation:

 

"let's get real here. we're not in this thing. you need to protect our investments."

 

 

You know, logic & reason as opposed to pie-in-the-sky dreaming?

 

if Reds management was that smart they never would have hired him to begin with

[Soul]

If you're the owner of the Reds, don't you at some point pull Dusty aside and have that conversation:

 

"let's get real here. we're not in this thing. you need to protect our investments."

 

 

You know, logic & reason as opposed to pie-in-the-sky dreaming?

 

if Reds management was that smart they never would have hired him to begin with

 

Good point, although I've seen people of questionable intelligence suddenly "get it" when they see their investments start going down the drain.

 

Losing what you own has a tendency to wake folks up pretty quick. Apparently not the Reds though.

[biittner77]

Before the season started a lot of people were picking the Reds to be the surprise team in the Centraal and most people expected them to finish no worse than 3rd. Thus they had expectations and hired the "proven Manager."

 

Ironically, they're probably lucky they fell out of the race otherwise Baker would be running Cueto and Volquez into the ground. He still might do that anyway to avoid 90 losses or try to finsh .500.

[TruffleShuffle]

In terms of total PAP, Cueto hasn't been quite that bad. He's a distant 18th. Sabathia, Sheets, and Meche are the top 3.

 

imagine if Dusty got his hands on Sabathia. He'd pitch him in back to back starts

 

yost is doing his best to run sabathia into the ground. i guess since they only have him for half a season, they might as well do their part to wreck him.

[Jehrico]

If you're the owner of the Reds, don't you at some point pull Dusty aside and have that conversation:

 

"let's get real here. we're not in this thing. you need to protect our investments."

 

 

You know, logic & reason as opposed to pie-in-the-sky dreaming?

 

if Reds management was that smart they never would have hired him to begin with

The management that hired him is no longer the management in Cincy. Jocketty is running the show there now.