Frieri DONE as closer!

[Angel Oracle]

Dude's control is really quite frankly, PATHETIC!

[Ochocinco!]

I doubt Sosh has the balls to do that so I'm gonna go with ..... No he's not...

[full circle]

Lets get earnest borgnines take on this.

[Halos of Anaheim]

He's blown 3 games this year already. I still think he's an effective bullpen arm, but not in these situations.

[LBHalos17]

Yep.  That was atrocious!  Now he'll battle DeLa for the set-up spot

[Brandon]

Glad he was yanked.

[AZMike]

We should go closer by committee for the time being, and but that I don't mean burning 3-4 pitchers facing one guy each. Not sure if we're going to have someone step up as clear cut closer. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

At least Sosh went and got him before this one got away.

[VariousCrap]

He will continue as the closer because we have nobody else.  There is no guarantee when it comes Madson.

[AZMike]

He will continue as the closer because we have nobody else.  There is no guarantee when it comes Madson.

I definitely don't see Madson being effective enough this year to close. Most likely candidate IMO is Richards if he can improve his command like Jepsen did in the second half of 2012. 

[Chuck]

At least Sosh went and got him before this one got away.

Yeah seriously. Mad props to Scioscia for taking him out. Frieri was primed and ready to be walked off on.

[AZMike]

Yeah seriously. Mad props to Scioscia for taking him out. Frieri was primed and ready to be walked off on.

Only pitching move I really disagreed with was bringing in Downs. Downs is done. 

[Angel Oracle]

What AZMike said.

Do it by committee for however long is needed.

Coello showed some juevos throwing strikes with 2 on.

[EDinTUSTIN]

Mike made the right move at the right time. I hope Frieri knows that the closers role is not his simply by default or entitlement. He is expected to produce, and when you are given a 3 run cushion to work with you had better deliver the goods. Mike wanted, and knew the importance here of winning, and did what was necessary to give the team the best chance - and didn't worry about a grown man's feelings. You don't do the job, we will bring in someone that will. In doing so he served notice that he expects much better from the guys in the bullpen. I like it!

[Ochocinco!]

+1 for props to Sosh for bringing in coello

[haloman]

As long a sosh pulls him when he doesn't have it, im ok with leaving him as closer. Besides, who else is there?

[Angel Oracle]

Rolls eyes at Scioscia though saying just now that Frieri has been getting the job done.

I don't think 16 BBs in 20 2/3 innings is "getting it done".

[red321]

Two tough outings in a row (one a 4 outsave) and prior to that he had 7 strong outings in a row including a 4 out save and 2 5 out saves.

 

Folks need to get a friggen grip.

 

 

(and good call with Scioscia pulling him when he did)

[Glen]

Rolls eyes at Scioscia though saying just now that Frieri has been getting the job done.

I don't think 16 BBs in 20 2/3 innings is "getting it done".

 

 

 

I think a 90% save rate has been getting it done.  Nice cherry-picking of stats.

 

That said, Scioscia was right to pull him out and I understand the questioning of him.  But bitching about Scioscia saying that, after Scioscia made the right call by removing him, is just looking for something to bitch about. 

[RallyMo]

This thread has potential.

[robblin17]

Props to Scioscia for pulling him today. It was clear he didn't have it and whether Coello got the out or not, it was the right decision.

[Erstad Grit]

Frieri is still very new to closing and recently getting 4 out saves he is probably going to have a bad game now and then. Great call by Scioscia but imo overreaction to pull him as the closer going forward. Perhaps shorter leash closer. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Yeah seriously. Mad props to Scioscia for taking him out. Frieri was primed and ready to be walked off on.

 

The only reason he was left in that long, IMO, was that there were two out and Scioscia believed that sooner or later he had to get the last out somehow. After the base hit and the walk, he had seen enough with two runs already in.

 

It would have been too ironic, with Blanton in line for his first win of the year, and the bullpen blows a three-run lead in the bottom of the ninth.

[Angel Oracle]

I still don't see how 16 BBs in 20 2/3 innings will get it done in the long run.

How many closers are that wild and in the long run successful?

[Stradling]

K-Rod