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QUOTE (Knuckles @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 12:05 AM)
Strikeout galore in the Tigers - Mariners game. Bottom 13th right now, I hope Tigers deplete their awful bullpen before the Angels series.

 

 

The Tigers don't have an awful bullpen....they just have a lot of uncertainty at the back end.

 

Smyly could be a 5th starter for 85% of MLB teams, Benoit and Dotel are solid veterans, Coke was great last year in the post-season, Downs is a decent LOOGY, Alburquerque has filthy stuff when he's healthy....Villarreal is one of those guys who COULD be a dominant pitcher if he gets it together in the Nathan Jones mode.

 

 

Bullpen blues

 

JAYSON STARK/ESPN

 

Reasons to worry about the Tigers: Detroit's bullpen is now 0-3 with a 5.31 ERA and more blown saves (three) than saves (two). It's also currently playing everyone's favorite game: Who's The Closer?

 

Tigers Bullpen Worry Meter: "In that division, they'll be fine with what they have right now," said one scout. "With a team like that, you don't need a lights-out guy to get you through the season. You need one in the playoffs. So they'll be fine. If they need to go get somebody [in July], they'll go get somebody."

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LOS ANGELES -- Zack Greinke was back in the Dodgers clubhouse Wednesday, his left arm in a sling three days after he underwent surgery on his left collarbone. Greinke was injured when San Diego outfielder Carlos Quentin charged the mound after being hit by a pitch. Greinke, expected to miss two months, didn't want to comment further on the reason for the confrontation with Quentin.

 

"I made a mistake one time talking about [Chris] Carpenter and I felt bad about that afterwards," Greinke said. "It's just not anyone else's business, really."

 

Heading into the 2011 playoffs, Greinke criticized Carpenter for yelling at Milwaukee Brewers hitters and said some Brewers thought the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher had a "phony attitude."

 

Greinke said he regrets not telling his catcher, A.J. Ellis, about a history of bad blood with Quentin before Thursday's game in San Diego. He had hit Quentin with pitches twice before and Quentin previously had been restrained from charging the mound on one occasion, in 2009 when Quentin played for the Chicago White Sox and Greinke was in Kansas City. After he hit Quentin in San Diego, Ellis did not move to restrain Quentin.

 

"I should have told him. I knew anyone with the White Sox has always labeled me as someone that does stuff," Greinke said. "I didn't think it would happen, but looking back at it I should have warned him. I know he would feel a lot better about it." www.espn.com

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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 12:41 AM)
Can't believe how bad the 2008 draft has turned out. There's still time for a few guys (Hosmer for one). But for what was supposed to be one of the better classes of the last 15 years or so, most have been a major disappointment (sans Buster Posey).

 

Interesting that you are giving hosmer a break when he is performing just as bad as the rest. The guy looks like a mess at the plate

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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 10:22 AM)
Interesting that you are giving hosmer a break when he is performing just as bad as the rest. The guy looks like a mess at the plate

 

There are a few of them that can turn it around, but the only one I hold out any hope for is Aaron Hicks.

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Buehrle making his 400th start today.

 

When he starts, his teams are 229-170 (.574). If everyone did that, the team would be 93-69.

 

Sox were 211-154 when he started.

 

And no, I don't think the Sox should have given him a 4-year deal.

 

 

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SLOWING DOWN

Starting pitchers whose average speed has decreased most compared to April 2012

 

 

Pitcher '12 velocity '13 velocity Diff.

1. Jered Weaver 88.6 85.5 -3.1

2. CC Sabathia 91.8 89.6 -2.2

T-3. Zack Greinke 92.7 90.8 -1.9

T-3. Justin Verlander 93.8 91.9 -1.9

T-3. Jonathon Niese 91.1 89.2 -1.9

6. Matt Moore 94 92.2 -1.8

7. Philip Humber 91.1 89.4 -1.7

T-8. Mat Latos 92.6 91.1 -1.5

T-8. Clayton Richard 90.7 89.2 -1.5

T-10. Chris Sale 92.6 91.3 -1.3

T-10. Gio Gonzalez 93 91.7 -1.3

T-10. James McDonald 91.3 90 -1.3

T-10. Max Scherzer 93.7 92.4 -1.3

 

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QUOTE (Knuckles @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 05:24 PM)
Remember when Red Sox and Yankees were suppose to suck?

 

Seems like everyone predicting the Blue Jays and O's on top of the division jumped the gun there.

 

Sigh.

 

Baseball is so boring when they're on top.

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