Kevin Gregg is a sham closer

[SouthSideRyan]

regardless of his hall of fame credentials, abuck is right. if it was really that easy to get soriano out all the time, he would have never made it past the minor leagues.

 

Except that's not the point, he shouldn't get himself out as easily as he does. abuck is hung up on semantics. Of course it's not that easy, but it's easier than it should be.

 

Alfonso Soriano has a lot of professional ABs. If it should be easier to get him out, and teams aren't, then every scout in baseball should be fired.

[abuck1220]

my original point was in response to this...

 

I hate seeing him flail away at that slider away. Why does anyone throw him anything else?

 

if you're arguing that he shouldn't swing at garbage like he does sometimes, i guess i agree with you. i don't really know why you're arguing with me...

[Bull]

has anyone posted that Gregg is pitching through tightness per cubs.com?

[Guest]

has anyone posted that Gregg is pitching through tightness per cubs.com?

Was he tight when he was getting A, AA, AAA, and AAAA hitters out in ST?

[biittner77]

I don't like Soriano. I am happy when he's productive and don't root against him. I hate seeing him flail away at that slider away. Why does anyone throw him anything else?

 

people make this argument all the time, and it's obvious that either a) it's not as easy as you think to throw certain pitches in certain spots all the time or b) he truly doesn't flail at every slider away. otherwise he'd be ryan harvey and not a borderline HOFer.

 

Or C, professional baseball pitchers are cocky sons of bitches that think they can get anybody with their heat and don't need to [expletive] foot around with nothing but breaking balls.

 

well, that's not true. baseball players probably aren't the brightest bunch, but they're smart enough to know that if all they have to do to get out soriano is throw him crap, they'd throw crap.

 

The answer is probably more that a 4 seam fastball is the easiest pitch to throw for a strike and pitchers try to get ahead by throwing fastballs early in the count. This goes along with Soriano's propensity to swing at a lot of 1st pitches.

 

There are also pitchers that can't throw a slider.

 

I hope Soriano does make himself into a HOF candidate since that would require him to have 3 more above average seasons after this one. That would be 2 more than I expect to see.

[biittner77]

has anyone posted that Gregg is pitching through tightness per cubs.com?

Was he tight when he was getting A, AA, AAA, and AAAA hitters out in ST?

 

Tight used to be a slang expression for being drunk. Kevin Gregg can only get people out if he's drunk.