Hairyducked Idiot
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He's more effective than Villanueva? No. Take out his first three appearances, Marmol was still averaging 5.7 BB/9 before tonight. Who said anything about Villanueva? I'm the one who said Villanueva should've stayed in for the 8th. I'm talking about deserving a roster spot. Ah, OK. I lost track of it for a minute, my apologies. I don't care which scrubs you get to pitch the low-leverage innings on the back of the roster. But the problem with Marmol's presence there is that our bench just can't resist throwing him into spots like tonight.
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Marmol has a fine ERA for about 8 weeks. That's not the same as pitching fine. 19 IP, 19 K, 12 BB, 12 H, 1 HR That's about a 3.75 FIP from my back of the envelope math. Not awesome, not worth "WHY IS HE ON THE ROSTER" hand wringing. I don't want guys on the roster who have 3.75 FIPs when you cobble the endpoints together to make them look better.
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He's more effective than Villanueva? No. Take out his first three appearances, Marmol was still averaging 5.7 BB/9 before tonight.
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Marmol has a fine ERA for about 8 weeks. That's not the same as pitching fine.
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While I also have issues with bullpen management in this game, I think it should be pointed out that Sveum was tossed in the 2nd inning. we know this we believe dale is still calling the shots because he has a history of pretending marmol isn't instant runs for the other team and bringing him into winnable games Camp, too. I love so much about him as manager, but his loyalty to awful relief pitchers is maddening.
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Someone's going to argue at some point that before tonight, Marmol was on some sort of arbitrary endpoint streak of adequacy or something. Do not listen to this person.
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We have a winner.
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I'm just dumbfounded that the meathead-run Diamondbacks are infinitely more patient than us, and our brilliant front office can't teach the bench to run a pitching staff effectively. The only pitch Marmol can throw for a strike is this 81 mph get me over slider with almost no break.
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Feels like better than even odds of a losing run being walked home in the next few batters.
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I don't even know if I want the ivy to magically save us from our horrible decisions.
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:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Seriously, whoever is in charge. If we go with the idea that Gregg is suddenly good, then we've got three useful relief pitchers in the pen now. You can avoid having Carlos Marmol pitch the 8th inning of a tied game now.
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We're ROOGYing Villanueva?!?! I hate everything.
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Seriously, baseball gods, you owe us about eight of these close/late games in a row. Starting tonight.
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Castillo and Castro in a race to see who can get their OPS under .650 first.
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Or at least square up on some of these 91 mph fastballs down the middle. LIKE THAT! PLATOON MAGIC!
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The pitch that Kubel took with two strikes was 10 inches outside.
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Well, get out of this and then break the weird magic spell that Ian Kennedy has put on the offense.
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So much @#%@#$%@#$
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Pitching to a patient team is really frustrating. They've laid off some good pitches.
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Well, this was predictable. Why pull him now? He's not tired. Keep him out there.
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Internet went out for a second, but yeah, I hate trying to squeeze the 7th out of him. Give the guy's arm a break.
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15Cubs retired in a row. :( 16 Lots of weak BIP contact.
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Samardzija K/9: 10.41. xFIP: 2.99.