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QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 06:25 PM)
Yep, and he said he doesn't have a feel for his offspeed stuff. Santiago has all but begged to be a starter.

 

He has thrown practically no screwballs since he first went to the pen and he said it is because it takes him quite a while to get used to it -- he said on the radio that it was absolutely the move to the bullpen that got him to start throwing his changeup (low 80s) instead. Glad we took his best pitch away.

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QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 07:27 PM)
He has thrown practically no screwballs since he first went to the pen and he said it is because it takes him quite a while to get used to it -- he said on the radio that it was absolutely the move to the bullpen that got him to start throwing his changeup (low 80s) instead. Glad we took his best pitch away.

(I never thought his screwball was his best pitch. At least it certainly wasn't last year, that was the pitch that always hung up and was killed).

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 11:28 PM)
(I never thought his screwball was his best pitch. At least it certainly wasn't last year, that was the pitch that always hung up and was killed).

 

Cause he had no feel for it coming out of the bullpen. Of course, that could just be a BS excuse he used.

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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 06:25 PM)
This was predictable.

 

Those two sliders weren't well delivered.

 

 

Stupid to start Jones this inning, just terrible managing.

The excuses for Santiago are imcredible. Nothing is ever his fault. Walks a guy...he was in the stretch. Well, he better learn to throw strikes from the stretch.

 

If he can't pitch effectively with runners on base, he isn't the HOFer some people seem to think he is.

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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 06:28 PM)
If they changed your job description at work every 2-3 weeks, how do you think anyone would do in that scenario?

 

I expect them to perform anyway. As for Nate Jones he has no excuse.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 05:28 PM)
(I never thought his screwball was his best pitch. At least it certainly wasn't last year, that was the pitch that always hung up and was killed).

 

 

If he could control it, it would give him a devastating arsenal.

 

 

Great play by Gimenez to clear the way to get a throwing lane to 1B.

 

Walk to Crisp to load the bases again.

 

Hope we don't see another walk.

 

Sogard up.

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QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 06:29 PM)
Cause he had no feel for it coming out of the bullpen. Of course, that could just be a BS excuse he used.

 

In his starts in 2011, he threw 30% screwballs (76 mph on average). Since, he has averaged 6% and 5% respectively. He has replaced it with the changeup that Hawk and Stone both think is his screwball but doesn't move. His changeup gets hit all the time.

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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 05:29 PM)
The excuses for Santiago are imcredible. Nothing is ever his fault. Walks a guy...he was in the stretch. Well, he better learn to throw strikes from the stretch.

 

If he can't pitch effectively with runners on base, he isn't the HOFer some people seem to think he is.

 

What player has had his role changed so many times in 1 1/3rd seasons in Sox history?

 

Name him.

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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 05:29 PM)
The excuses for Santiago are imcredible. Nothing is ever his fault. Walks a guy...he was in the stretch. Well, he better learn to throw strikes from the stretch.

 

If he can't pitch effectively with runners on base, he isn't the HOFer some people seem to think he is.

 

What player has had his role changed so many times in 1 1/3rd seasons in Sox history?

 

Name him.

 

 

With Santiago's control issues, walking Crisp was more questionable than it seemed.

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