Transmogrified Tiger

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Eric Snow is suddenly an unstoppable offensive force.

He owns Batista.

He was out of options, hence the trade. Koronka was not out of options. Wasn't he traded to make room on the 40 man? Well if Bynum is on the 25 man roster, that means there wasn't any space opened.

Who did we trade for him? Koronka

One is PM's you've sent that the recipient hasn't opened, the other is PM's you've sent that people have seen. In that order respectively? I don't remember offhand which is which.

One is PM's you've sent that the recipient hasn't opened, the other is PM's you've sent that people have seen.

HIT THE BALL HARD You don't even have the weather or Wrigley's grass to blame.

Good thing we played the guy who hits Batista well in 21 ABs. Too bad it's only 21 ABs, the guy is an offensive wasteland, and he hasn't faced Batista in several years.

Eyeballing it it looks like he's near .280.

Maddux hitting a gapper would surprise me.

9.6 And that's on the Richter Scale. And as we learned today, a 9.6 is wayyy more than twice as worse than a 4.9.

Was it for an inning where a left handed batter was up, or was it like a LOOGY where he was specifically brought in to face a left handed batter? Utley (L) Rowand ® Abreu (L) Howard (L) Victorina (S) Pulled him after 4 hits a walk and 2 runs. I'd say he brought him in for the heart of the lefty's in their lineup. Yeah, doesn't look like a very good decision.

Was it for an inning where a left handed batter was up, or was it like a LOOGY where he was specifically brought in to face a left handed batter?

I already showed you that even in the most dire circumstances that the pen wouldn't get burned out. Also, the 4 starters currently in our rotation are averaging just under 6 IP per start, which means over 19 straight games each member of the pen would throw about 8 IP, or less than every other game. You keep proclaiming that the relievers will get burnt out, show some reasoning why.

No, you're missing the point. Right now is the worst case scenario. If what has happened over the last 5 days were to continue to happen for the rest of the season, there's no reason anyone in a 7-man bullpen should be overworked. For some reason, you think Angel Guzman should be fine throwing 105 pitches every five days, but you worry that if Dempster had to throw 29 pitches every five days. Not a single reliever has thrown more than 90 pitches in the past five days, but you say that the bullpen will get burned out at this rate. Yet you say pitchers shouldn't start unless they can throw 100 pitches. Your position makes no sense in light of the fact that research shows it's easier on a pitcher to throw fewer pitches with more frequent appearances than it is to throw more pitches with longer periods of rest. You again are missing the point! You said that Dusty is overworking the starting pitching so far this year, and I said he isn't at all. You said that 105 pitches is excessive for a starter and I said it's not. I said if a starter can't pitch 100 pitches then he shouldn't be starting. Simple as that. As for Guzman? Again if he can't pitch 100 pitches he shouldn't be starting. If the starting staff continues to on average not make it past the 5th inning then yes indeed the pen will burn out. If the staff gets in the habit of getting further into game, then this is a moot point! But your point being that 100 pitches is too much for a starter is crazy! Are we straight on this? So... A starter throwing 100 pitches every 5 days = A-OK A reliever throwing < 90 pitches every 5 days = pen burnout That's the point of contention.

Although Dusty has overworked his starters in the past, 2003 being the most famous example, the point was more about the bullpen than the starters. Our bullpen is far from overworked. In fact, some guys are going so long between appearances that they're not sharp. It's nearly impossible to overwork a 7 man bullpen. You could overwork 1 or 2 guys by continually going to them in every situation, but the pen itself isn't going to get overworked with so many bodies. That's not true! If your starters are averaging only 5 innings a start you will overwork a bullpen. Out of a 7 man bullpen only 2-3 of those get consistent work. We play what, 19 games in a row? If we average 5 IP per start, then that's 76 IP for a 7 man bullpen over 19 games. That's about 11 IP per man over 19 games. Some will pitch more than others, but even in that extreme scenario it's far from wearing out the pen. Add in the fact that we also have other arms at AAA that we've been cycling in to add to that bullpen if need be, and there's very little justification for the overworked pen.

Karros was never an acceptable option against RHP that year, even during his hot months. That's my biggest complaint. After they got Simon the dynamic changed, but Karros was so poor against RHP that it made sense for Choi to get more ABs to work himself back into shape, because it would've been very difficult to be worse than Karros.

Agreed, Duke was always very well regarded as a prospect. On the other hand, it doesn't excuse our offensive ineptitude, but it's easier to take than getting shut down by someone like Eric Milton.

Reason #54322 why signing Jones was a terrible idea. He can't hit LHP, there are a bunch in our division, and Dusty/Hendry are too stubborn to play someone who can hit them.

The Lugnuts! Hooray, let's celebrate!

I thought this would be worthwhile to do. Bullpen status: Last 5 games Dempster Eyre Williamson Howry Ohman Novoa Rusch May 2 DNP 1IP/17p DNP DNP 1IP/13p 1.1IP/31p DNP May 1 1IP/17p DNP DNP .2IP/5p DNP DNP DNP April 30 1IP/12p 1IP/20p 2IP/28p DNP 1IP/9p DNP DNP April 29 DNP DNP DNP DNP 2IP/39p 2IP/57p 2.2IP/81p April 28 DNP 1IP/20p 1IP/14p 1IP/13p DNP DNP DNP April 27(Off) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

We are an abomination.

My bad guys, I turned the game on right before the 4th quarter started, I shall watch no more.

Burrell would be very very good.

They just rolled an announcement about the Roster decision on the bottom line, so they haven't done it yet.