Bullpen & Rotation About To Come Together

[mota_madness]

A Quote from Scioscia

 

"There's so much that can come together here in a very short time," Scioscia said. "We're definitely excited at the prospects of having a reworked bullpen here in the next week."

 

I have to agree i am a little excited about these next few days (week).  

 

Madson about to throw a rehab

Burnett is back for tonight

 

be nice to see:

Burnett for the 7th

frieri in the 8th

Madson for the 9th?

 

Weaver's return is not far off...

Vargas has had quality starts

C.J. looks pretty locked in although sorta laboring

Tommy Hanson not far away

 

Who knows.. maybe there is hope. 

 

[jsnpritchett]

I don't think they're going to put Madson out there as the closer, are they?

[mota_madness]

that was the original plan maybe not right away but i am sure by all star break

[nate]

I don't think they're going to put Madson out there as the closer, are they?

 

That was the plan

[jshep]

I don't think they're going to put Madson out there as the closer, are they?

 

I wouldn't think they would do that right away.

[Brent Maguire]

Once Blanton is out of the rotation, this team could possibly develop some momentum. Throwing him out there is a guaranteed loss.

[mota_madness]

Once Blanton is out of the rotation, this team could possibly develop some momentum. Throwing him out there is a guaranteed loss.

yeah i have to agree.  i was optimistic about him but there is no denying it, he has to go! DFA him asap. 

[dimitrig]

Once Blanton is out of the rotation, this team could possibly develop some momentum. Throwing him out there is a guaranteed loss.

 

 

They did win his last start.

 

 

Here are the scores in the games he started:

 

W 12-9

L 11-4

L 3-1

L 5-1

L 3-2

L 7-6

L 8-2

L 11-5

L 5-4

 

 

A few of those were winnable if the offense and/or bullpen had done better.

[Angel_Fan_4_Life]

Blanton needs to go.....buh bye!

[70runner]

A little optimism is healthy.  Vargas has looked conspicuously decent.  The BP can't possibly get any worse.  Frieri needs to stay as closer, Madson is a ways from that.  Weav returning with his 85mph fastball may not be the spark folks are anticipating.  Blanton should ONLY be used for long relief in a lopsided game.

[Brent Maguire]

They did win his last start.

Here are the scores in the games he started:

W 12-9

L 11-4

L 3-1

L 5-1

L 3-2

L 7-6

L 8-2

L 11-5

L 5-4

A few of those were winnable if the offense and/or bullpen had done better.

Continuously throwing out a guy who is dead last in several important categories is putting the team in a huge position to lose. You can also say that if we have a better pitcher, that some of those games are winnable. It doesn't matter if the offense scores if Blanton lets up 4-6 runs every single time out.

[Reveille1984]

Yeah... I'm not going to be excited about Weaver until he can hit 88-90 on a regular basis.  Even with his stuff, he won't get far with a mid 80's fastball. 

[Willy J.]

For my personal mental well-being, I've been trying to just accept this is already a lost season and not get to upset on a game-to game basis. .

 

But, yeah. . there still are some possibilities.

[T.G.]

Count me on the side of those who can't wait till the pitching staff has the names that we anticipated before the season started.  Let's not forget Kevin Jepsen isn't far off either.

[dimitrig]

Continuously throwing out a guy who is dead last in several important categories is putting the team in a huge position to lose. You can also say that if we have a better pitcher, that some of those games are winnable. It doesn't matter if the offense scores if Blanton lets up 4-6 runs every single time out.

 

Sure, except he did not give up 4-6 runs every time out. Maybe that's is average, but he's had a couple of good outings. He's had 3 quality starts. I am not saying the guy is great, but he's not necessarily a loss every time out despite his record.

[stormngt]

Once Blanton is out of the rotation, this team could possibly develop some momentum. Throwing him out there is a guaranteed loss.

with Weaver and Hanson out we are guaranteed losses twice in a five day period.  

[jsnpritchett]

Sure, except he did not give up 4-6 runs every time out. Maybe that's is average, but he's had a couple of good outings. He's had 3 quality starts. I am not saying the guy is great, but he's not necessarily a loss every time out despite his record.

 

In those 3 "quality" starts, he gave up 31 baserunners in 20 2/3 innings.  That's not good.  He was lucky to have only given up 8 ER during that stretch.

[Troll Daddy]

I think it should be Frieri's job to lose ... Madson in the eighth

[Vegas Halo Fan]

As little as we're hitting, it's hard for me to get excited about the bullpen.

[Glen]

I hope the bullpen and rotation come together...right now...

[Brent Maguire]

Sure, except he did not give up 4-6 runs every time out. Maybe that's is average, but he's had a couple of good outings. He's had 3 quality starts. I am not saying the guy is great, but he's not necessarily a loss every time out despite his record.

Quality starts is one of the dumbest stats available. 3 runs in 6 innings= a 4.50 ERA. When was that considered quality?

 

And as someone said above, he still had an absurd amount of runners on those games. 

[dimitrig]

Quality starts is one of the dumbest stats available. 3 runs in 6 innings= a 4.50 ERA. When was that considered quality?

 

And as someone said above, he still had an absurd amount of runners on those games. 

 

 

No. 4.50 is the UPPER BOUND. A Quality Start could be much better than that. People have looked at this and determined that when a team gets a Quality Start  they are likely to win more than 65% of the time.

[Brent Maguire]

No. 4.50 is the UPPER BOUND. A Quality Start could be much better than that. People have looked at this and determined that when a team gets a Quality Start  they are likely to win more than 65% of the time.

I still think it's a flawed stat because of that criteria though. 6 innings 2 runs makes much more sense for the purpose the stat is trying to imply.

 

And only 1 of Blanton's 3 quality starts has been "quality" this year. His other 2 were mediocre performances. 

[mota_madness]

As little as we're hitting, it's hard for me to get excited about the bullpen.

We're hitting. ..30 runs is it in last three games?  

[vlad27]

Once Blanton is out of the rotation, this team could possibly develop some momentum. Throwing him out there is a guaranteed loss.

agreed didn't I just read that Blanton has the most losses , highest era and has given up the most hits in MLB ? Quite the trifecta