Can Frieri be Trusted in any Situation?

[Stradling]

Never saw his fastball have movement, nor have I ever been impressed by him in any capacity for an extended streak of appearances.

But maybe that's just me.

Not our problem anymore but if you didn't see movement on his fastball his first one and a half years here then you weren't paying attention.

[CaliAngel]

Probably not.

 

When you're not impressed by a pitcher you tend to not pay much attention to them.

[Richard]

Apparently not.

[CaliAngel]

Guess to me it doesn't matter how much movement a pitch has if you can never consistently close out games, especially when you're put in a role to do so.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Mods, please change the heading now to "Can Grilli be trusted in any situation". Then we can compare and bitch about both pitchers.

[jshep]

Mods, please change the heading now to "Can Grilli be trusted in any situation". Then we can compare and bitch about both pitchers.

Damn it, I was coming here to post the same request

[Guest]

Mods, please change the heading now to "Can Grilli be trusted in any situation". Then we can compare and bitch about both pitchers.

oh god, this post made me laugh way too hard. Too true. 

[CaliAngel]

Honestly I see myself giving Grilli at least till August before I start grilling him on his performance.

[tomsred]

Guess to me it doesn't matter how much movement a pitch has if you can never consistently close out games, especially when you're put in a role to do so.

 

The Frieri era is over, but he closed out 71 of 81 opportunities for us during his run here.  I hope Grilli can do as well, good luck to him.  Hopefully both guys get their mojo back quickly.

[tomsred]

Honestly I see myself giving Grilli at least till August before I start grilling him on his performance.

 

That's pretty generous, 33 days, kind of like an internship agreement.