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On a side note, watching this guy pitch the ninth how could he never succeed as a starter? He has 4 great pitches that he seems to be able to spot anywhere in the strike zone he wants to. Any of you west coasters who have seen more of him that I have, what was the deal?

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On a side note, watching this guy pitch the ninth how could he never succeed as a starter?  He has 4 great pitches that he seems to be able to spot anywhere in the strike zone he wants to.  Any of you west coasters who have seen more of him that I have, what was the deal?

I believe he has issues keeping his Pitch counts down... and therefore hes not the greatest starter.

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On a side note, watching this guy pitch the ninth how could he never succeed as a starter?  He has 4 great pitches that he seems to be able to spot anywhere in the strike zone he wants to.  Any of you west coasters who have seen more of him that I have, what was the deal?

The big difference is he just lets everything rare back and fly as a closer. he doesn't have to worry about conserving his stuff.

 

To think he could be a southsider.

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He failed as a starter because his stamina wasn't great. But also his arsenal pales when stretched over multiple innings. Starters have to outthink hitters and face them 2-4 times per game. They have to know how they beat a guy and try to fool him and beat him differently each time. Gagne has basically 4 dominant pitches and I think he is best suited for the relief role where you only face guys once.

 

That said, the Dodgers have a f***in awesome bullpen. Every guy that came in: Quantrill, Shuey, Martin, even Mota who didn't pitch have some awesome WHIP numbers and OBA. Then Gordon comes on for us and walks the bases loaded.

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Did we turn that  one down?  What year?

 

Gagne is human, though.  Todd Helton took him deep 9 days ago.

I believe the deal on the table was Gagne for Howry....and KW got a little greedy and asked Evans for a prospect....and Evans pulled out. The rest is history.

 

Also....I believe it was in the offseason before 2002.

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Did we turn that  one down?  What year?

 

Gagne is human, though.  Todd Helton took him deep 9 days ago.

I believe the deal on the table was Gagne for Howry....and KW got a little greedy and asked Evans for a prospect....and Evans pulled out. The rest is history.

 

Also....I believe it was in the offseason before 2002.

So you could say that Evans was a smart GM by not caving to KW's demands???

 

Oh, sorry, that was another thread.

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