Borowski at 21.3 scoreless innings

[JGalt73]

Amazing in Tampa...

 

19 games

21.3 innings

7 hits

4 BB

8 K

0 R

0 ER

 

13.1 VORP

[UK1679666180]

I don't know what his velocity is, but the thing that hurt him was the HRs allowed with the Cubs in '05. But, how he has allowed only hits is the amazing part.

[E.J.]

I guess we can call this another one of our pitchers performing much better after leaving Chicago. Maybe Rothschild isn't as good as everyone thought?? :chin:

[sandberg23]

I guess we can call this another one of our pitchers performing much better after leaving Chicago. Maybe Rothschild isn't as good as everyone thought?? :chin:

 

Or maybe he's pitching better due to not pitching in a pressure-packed situation/team/city?

[UK1679666180]

He probably wasn't 100% and still in the healing process.

[E.J.]

I guess we can call this another one of our pitchers performing much better after leaving Chicago. Maybe Rothschild isn't as good as everyone thought?? :chin:

 

Or maybe he's pitching better due to not pitching in a pressure-packed situation/team/city?

 

Also a good explanation. It just seems like when pitchers leave Chicago they pitch better, for the most part.

[sandberg23]

I guess we can call this another one of our pitchers performing much better after leaving Chicago. Maybe Rothschild isn't as good as everyone thought?? :chin:

 

Or maybe he's pitching better due to not pitching in a pressure-packed situation/team/city?

 

Also a good explanation. It just seems like when pitchers leave Chicago they pitch better, for the most part.

 

I understand that as well but leaving Chicago/Rothschild wouldn't explain why he pitched well in Chicago under Rothschild in 2002 and 2003. It is aggravating to see players perform poorly in Chicago and see them succeed elsewhere (that's why I'm hesitant to let Corey Patterson go.)

[TXCubsFan]

I guess we can call this another one of our pitchers performing much better after leaving Chicago. Maybe Rothschild isn't as good as everyone thought?? :chin:

 

Or maybe he's pitching better due to not pitching in a pressure-packed situation/team/city?

 

Also a good explanation. It just seems like when pitchers leave Chicago they pitch better, for the most part.

 

Juan Cruz sure hasn't.

[sandberg23]

I guess we can call this another one of our pitchers performing much better after leaving Chicago. Maybe Rothschild isn't as good as everyone thought?? :chin:

 

Or maybe he's pitching better due to not pitching in a pressure-packed situation/team/city?

 

Also a good explanation. It just seems like when pitchers leave Chicago they pitch better, for the most part.

 

Juan Cruz sure hasn't.

 

What happened to him? Where is he now?

[Brian]

Oakland A's (he was in the tim hudson trade), I believe AAA.

[sandberg23]

Oakland A's (he was in the tim hudson trade), I believe AAA.

 

Ahh...thanks.

[erik316wttn]

Good to see JoBo finding success. I hated giving him up and thought that his being let go would come back to bite us.

[burnt out cubbie fan]

I guess we can call this another one of our pitchers performing much better after leaving Chicago. Maybe Rothschild isn't as good as everyone thought?? :chin:

 

Or maybe he's pitching better due to not pitching in a pressure-packed situation/team/city?

 

Also a good explanation. It just seems like when pitchers leave Chicago they pitch better, for the most part.

 

Juan Cruz sure hasn't.

2004: 1.26 WHIP, 2.75 ERA, 8.75 K/9

 

Early part of the year this year he got hit pretty hard but he has since gone down to AAA to be converted back to a starter and has dominated putting up a 2.65 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, and an 11.51 K/9 line.

[Roast]

I have lost all faith in rothschild. Not that this is all (or at all) his fault. But there are too many cases of pitchers playing below potential and other assorted things. I just want him gone. Sad thing is, I used to really like him. Same with Dusty.

 

 

Anyways, I'm happy to see JoBo doing well. I really liked him, and he was one helluva guy. He deserves every good thign that comes his way.

[chicubs]

I think its just one of those things where a NL pitcher "fools" the AL pitchers cause they have never seen him before. Yah, im calling it a fluke.

[Cubzfan64]

Some of it could be due to going to the AL where opposition hitters haven't seen him, then again, maybe he just found a way to put it together again - who knows.

 

We tend to think about all the guys who've left Chicago and gone on to do really well, but we forget about guys like Cruz and Remlinger who've done nothing.

 

Sometimes you just can't figure out baseball - I guess that's one of the things that makes it fun.

[mhuber92211]

What is JoBo's inherited runners standing? I seem to remember him coming into a game last week and blew the "hold".

[Roast]

I think its just one of those things where a NL pitcher "fools" the AL pitchers cause they have never seen him before. Yah, im calling it a fluke.

 

Well, thers your answer right there. Jobo is only facing AL pitchers. Thats like facing a special olympic team.

[burnt out cubbie fan]

Some of it could be due to going to the AL where opposition hitters haven't seen him, then again, maybe he just found a way to put it together again - who knows.

 

We tend to think about all the guys who've left Chicago and gone on to do really well, but we forget about guys like Cruz and Remlinger who've done nothing.

 

Sometimes you just can't figure out baseball - I guess that's one of the things that makes it fun.

Did you see the numbers I posted for Juan? Honestly, I wouldn't mind us trading for him this offseason and seeing him as part of our pen.

[hardcorecubfan]

I guess we can call this another one of our pitchers performing much better after leaving Chicago. Maybe Rothschild isn't as good as everyone thought?? :chin:

 

could he be the next Eck or leee smith??? stay tune folks for the next exiting chapter in as the cubs world Turns

[Chocolate Milk]

Great for him. I still can't blame anyone for DFAing him. He was completely awful this year and most of last.

[Derwood]

there is zero pressure to perform in TB. Much easier to go out and pitch when there are 50 people in the stands and no one expects anything of you