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Sisco made another appearance today late in the game. He got one out, issued two walks, didn't allow a run, but got another blown save. As dominant as he has been, he has 4 blown saves on the year (but I think only one in the true "save" sense that we mostly think of when it comes to saves). Kinda weird.

A really ugly line, actually: Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA A Sisco (L, 0-1; B, 2) 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 25-14 1.89 It looks like they tried him as a closer. Probably not the best idea on KC's part. I suspect it will be interesting to see how he reacts now, since he had so much early success. While he bounced back nicely from opening day, this may have a more substantial effect on him. Why'd it have to be against the friggin' White Sox!? Hey JC, why do you think that this game will have more of an effect that the opening day game problems. To me i would think the opening day game would have destroyed his early confidence...which it didn't. The thing with sisco is though no one knows him, we'll see how the league adjusts over the year. In part because he got saddled with the loss. If was as immature as everyone says he was, he may have some difficulty shaking that first loss off. Also, he was probably feeling pretty good about himself after his ridiculous scoreless streak. He may not have that confidence that was built by 16 straight scoreless innings. Of course, that is all speculation.

Brenly commented that he didn't understand why you walk him earlier in the game, but you don't later. I guess Damien made too big an impression.

A really ugly line, actually: Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA A Sisco (L, 0-1; B, 2) 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 25-14 1.89 It looks like they tried him as a closer. Probably not the best idea on KC's part. I suspect it will be interesting to see how he reacts now, since he had so much early success. While he bounced back nicely from opening day, this may have a more substantial effect on him. Why'd it have to be against the friggin' White Sox!?

Until this week, I had photos of Sisco, Farns, Willis, and Cruz in my sig indicating four pitchers that were lost in transactions that I wasn't a fan of. As far as Sisco's numbers, they have been terrific in every outing but for his first one. He gave up two earned runs in that outing and hasn't given up another one yet. (Unless he did last night.) His numbers have been worthy of praise for nearly all of April.

Unless I'm confusing him with someone else, he had his ST stats in his sig, then when the season started, he removed the stats from his sig with the disclaimer that it had nothing to do with his bad start to the year, but that he thought he had proven his point. Lo and behold, Sisco's #s get good again, and the stats are back. You are right in that I had his ST stats in my sig. You are right that they were removed with a disclaimer. You are dreadfully wrong that they were removed due to his first outing (the only one in which he has been scored upon). I can't remember the language of the disclaimer, but I believe it included the fact that it was not due to what will happen at the ML level because I consider the move to be wrong regardless. I also suspected someone would want to paint me in an ill light, and you were the accomodating party. I can't remember whether his stats were removed following the beginning of the season or not. While his first outing was rocky, I wouldn't say it was bad. In fact, I'm certain that I defended him upon his debut as having had a pretty good outing considering it was opening day, he had never pitched in the bigs, and he is relatively new to the relief role. Do a search and you'd likely find it. That would be far too much trouble and endanger your premise, so I can see why you'd avoid it. So, give your mouth a rest and get your facts straight before you accuse me of copping out on anything. That isn't indicative of my personality nor my posting habits to date. There was no reason for your original post unless you are harboring some kind of bad blood about something I am unaware of. If that is the case, be frank about it. Otherwise, get your crap together before you start with the insults and accusations. EDIT: Let me also add that Sisco's stats in my sig only appeared this week following a post (in this very thread) in which I inquired whether he was being overused. Thus, the number of appearances are noted with a "confused" smiley. Another example of faulty speculation on your part with respect to the reasons behind my posting.

I wish you'd stop posting this stuff. Why? I liked the guy. I find it interesting to follow him. As much as I like Sisco, he won't sustain this level the entire season. However, until then, he is a legitamite story. Not only because he was a former Cub, but because he is being so dominant right now. If he were amost anywhere other than KC, he'd be garnering some national coverage (not a lot, but a mention here and there, I'd think). The point of that particular post, however, was to hopefully inspire some discussion as to his workload. I don't know what to think of it: part of me thinks he is young and needs all the experience he can get, yet part of me is wary about using him in a manner so frequently that his arm may not be used to. I am not trying to rub anyone's nose in his success. I get far more satisfaction of knowing that I was right rather than thinking others are wrong. I think its a shame that those who stuck by Sisco aren't given more credit, but that is largely endemic of this board in general. People dig there heels and think that acknowledging someone else's correct assertion is somehow impugning themselves. However, I'm sure I do it to.

Another strong showing by Sisco, bringing his ERA down to 1.00. However, Sisco has now made 12 appearances in 25 Kansas City games. he has pitched 18 innings all told. He has the most innings pitched for anyone in baseball that hasn't started at least three games. Considering that he is probably the best thing going for the Royals right now and that he hasn't ever been utilized in this role, is he being overused right now? No apparent ill effects, but I thought it was interesting and perhaps someone would want to share their insight on the matter.

Sisco with another hitless, scoreless inning today with 2 more K's. ERA is down somewhere around 1.06.

Feel free if you think so highly of him. I have never heard anyone compare Nolasco with Sisco. I think the circumstances surrounding both men are different enought that expectations can fairly differ. But, if you choose to express surprise at Nolasco being unprotected, that is your prerogative.

:shock: First two starts? Do they mean first two innings of the season?

Ha. I was just reviewing some old threads after Sisco was selected in the Rule V draft. I had to laugh when Hendry said, "You can't protect everybody. One guy pitch 9 innings in Boise and the other guy was 4-10 in A ball." Of course, the latter reference was to Sisco. Amazingly, Sisco's A-ball record didn't accurately reflect his talent. Who would have thunk it?

Sisco with a hitless .2 innings tonight with a strikeout. His current line: G GS IP H R HR BB SO K/9 W L Hld Sv BS BAA WHIP ERA 9 0 14.2 7 2 0 5 16 9.82 0 0 0 0 2 .143 0.82 1.23

There are just too many objectively bad decisions to count.

Disco days die hard: Andy: Ah get down waistline, I’ve got to have me a new team, ha ha ha ha ha CHORUS: Sisco, Sisco chucked Andy: Got to have me a new team CHORUS: Sisco, Sisco chucked Andy: Oh get down waistline CHORUS: Cubs wasted a buck, then they chucked, Sisco Andy: Sisco CHORUS: Sisco Andy: Sisco CHORUS: Sisco - Sisco - Sisco Sisco chucked Andy: I’ll be all right CHORUS: Sisco Sisco chucked Andy: Ah get down waistline, oh KC make me major leaguer, ha ha ha ha ha (Just some fun. Feel free to replace "sucked" for "chucked" if you fall on the side of management's decision).

Why did he have to be remaned? What happened to his original mane? :lol: Oops.

And then blew the save giving up 2 hits. :evil: It will be interesting to see how he reacts to the blown save. Still, his own numbers remane strong with another K and 1.29 ERA.

Kerry Wood reports a tight shoulder in pre-game warm-ups. He pitches through the fifth inning. In the bottom of the fifth, with Rusch warming up, Wood bats. Wood is lifted to pitch the sixth. :?: While I don't necessarily blame Dusty, why the hell is Kerry pitching in short sleeves when his shoulder is tight and its around 35 degrees? In light of his shoulder troubles earlier, his comfort be damned. Try some long sleeves, Kerry.

He was brought in late in the game with the Royals behind 2-1. The kid is really having a great April. He pitched between 91-92 mph primarily with everything down. He showed some nice poise, too.

Because Hendry's decision wasn't that he needed to protect Koronka instead of Sisco. It was that Sisco didn't need protecting and therefore he had an extra roster spot available. I can't agree with this. At the very least, roster availability had to be part of the equation for Hendry. Despite a roster spot being open at the time, the needs of the team were varied, and I suspect that Hendry didn't want clog his roster which would cause additional decisions in the future. Likewise, I can't agree with Truffle. As I've stated numerous times, I would not have left Sisco unprotected due to various reasons. A component of that reasoning includes the fact that there was roster manueverability in light of people like Koronka and Rohlicek taking up spots. However, while I see that as manueverability, Hendry likely did not because these two were more "major league ready" than Sisco by virtue of their experience.

You might be right. At the same time, Karchner sucked huge and was not worth the talent given up at the time. Just because he doesn't have a place now doesn't justify ignoring the disparity in value. Who knows if we would have spent $2M on Dempster this year if Garland was around? How about $3M on Estes (of course, there is the lefty component with him). As I said, you might be right. I just can't agree that its that black and white. How about the big maddux contract? I am in the minority in thinking that his contract was based more on emotion than need. I'm not sure Garland's presence based on his 2003 would have stopped the Maddux signing.

Today just keeps getting better and better. Our stud lefty Bartosh also has a 1.42 ERA but, as with Sisco, I will check back in July before I let myself get too impressed. Thank God we don't have TWO lefties in the pen with sub 1.50 ERA's. The Bartosh comparison isn't really relevant. Sisco didn't have to be on our major league roster. My only point of comparison is that a low ERA two weeks into the season is not necessarily a sign of things to come. Either pitcher could keep it up, but the long season has a way of exposing weaknesses and bringing out the truth. In Sisco's case the fact he has never dominated at any professional level leads me to believe that eventually the league will catch up with him. If I am wrong, good for him and the Royals. However, my thought is that the premature promotion and lack of innings for development will wind up making him more like the next Stephen Randolph than like the next Randy Johnson. Fair enough.

Today just keeps getting better and better. Our stud lefty Bartosh also has a 1.42 ERA but, as with Sisco, I will check back in July before I let myself get too impressed. Thank God we don't have TWO lefties in the pen with sub 1.50 ERA's. The Bartosh comparison isn't really relevant. Sisco didn't have to be on our major league roster.

You might be right. At the same time, Karchner sucked huge and was not worth the talent given up at the time. Just because he doesn't have a place now doesn't justify ignoring the disparity in value. Who knows if we would have spent $2M on Dempster this year if Garland was around? How about $3M on Estes (of course, there is the lefty component with him). As I said, you might be right. I just can't agree that its that black and white.

Uhg. Matt Karcher. I say again. Uhg.