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  1. ....and, lost in all of this was another non-"quality start" by a starting pitcher. I realize Sanchez didn't lose this game single-handedly, but I believe, we're 6-0 when our starter has given us a "quality start", by going at least 6.0 innings and giving up no more than 3 ER.
  2. I'll admit, I turned into a Scotty-O basher the past two weeks, and who can blame me. He was pitching like crap! But having said that, I'm glad to see that he got the ship turned around. He was the reason we won that game the other night. That was a gutsy effort!
  3. am I missing something, or do they have Dontrelle Willis on that list twice, once under Detroit Tigers?
  4. Give him another rehab start so he can build up a bit more stamina. Give the start to Obermueller.
  5. Anybody else think Cabrera could have made a play on that grounder between he and Hanley in the 9th? Either he just felt like letting that one go, or he's still in enough pain that he wasn't able to move fast enough to make an attempt at fielding it. Either way, it made him appear to be a defensive liability that late in the game. Maybe we get him a late inning defensive sub until he's fully healed?
  6. A few things from the first game I've gotten to watch this season (via TBS): Our hitters seem to become less patient as the game wears on. I'm reminded of the 7th inning. We saw 9 pitches in that inning vs. a mediocre bullpen arm in Yates. I can understand swinging early in the count if it's a pitcher you've seen once or twice already in the game. But Uggla needed to take a leadoff hitter's mentality in that at-bat instead of swinging at the first pitch. I also noticed that Olivo seemed to be having some trouble behind home plate blocking balls, catching balls, hanging onto balls, etc., which reminded me of a discussion on here a week ago when he "dropped" Wood's throw at home. However, the more I thought about it, and the more I watched, the more I realized that our pitchers were constantly bouncing balls in the dirt. I don't remember the Braves pitching staff putting hardly any balls in the dirt. Olivo looked very uncomfortable trying to catch Lindstrom. Messenger bounced a few in the dirt, too. Borchard did not impress me. It seemed to me that he was looking for a free pass every time he was up to bat. He did have a good catch in foul territory on Chipper Jones.
  7. I live for our games with the Braves, because here in the middle of Kansas, that's the only time I ever get to see the Marlins on television! Other than that, it's the Royals on FOX, or the Red Sox/Yankees on all 76 ESPN stations.
  8. heck, give him another start in place of Olsen....maybe that'd be a wake-up call for Scotty-O...
  9. I, too, doubt he sees time in the field. I could see him being used as a late-inning pinch hitter, though, due to the injuries shortening our bench.
  10. And it was, by definition, a quality start. That marks the 5th for the Marlins in 18 games this season (Willis 3, Sanchez 1, Obermueller 1). I'd say that his performance today earned Obermueller another big-league start.
  11. I was reading an article debating who has the most unhittable slider, changeup, etc. in the major leagues. This was measured by taking the total number of swings and misses for a particular pitch, divided by the total number of swings taken at the same pitch. For example, take Dontrelle Willis's slider. IF it was swung at 200 times, and 100 of those times the batter failed to make contact of any kind (hence the swings and misses ) his "Whiff Rate" for his slider would be .500. Well, as I was browsing this article, a familiar name popped up. Last season, Jorge Julio's slider was measured as being the 4th most unhittable slider in all of baseball, with a .503 Whiff Rate. Here's the list of top sliders in '06: Fernando Cabrera, Indians .652 Whiff Rate Brad Lidge, Astros .594 Scott Eyre, Cubs .515 Jorge Julio, Marlins .503 Michael Weurtz, Cubs .503 Only other notable in the article is that former Marlin A.J. Burnett has the 3rd most unhittable curveball in the game last season, with a Whiff Rate of .453. Here's the rest of the article for those who are interested: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-b...p&type=lgns Apologies for the double post...was having internet connection problems, please delete one of them...
  12. I just watched the game highlights on ESPN for the first time. Yes, the throw could have been better, and it looks like Wood still had plenty of time that he could have collected himself and made a "better" throw. However... It appeared that Olivo had the ball in his glove, and simply rushed himself in turning to find the baserunner. The analyst covering the game even said that the run scored "because Miguel Olivo dropped the ball."
  13. But once more, it's not the guys on the DL that are causing our healthy starting pitchers to have poor outings, and our other 6 position players to not hit in clutch situations.
  14. So you think that Olsen's and Sanchez's lack of effectiveness are due to injury? Why is this thread premature? We only let Julio screw up a few times before people were calling for his head. Why should we have lower expectations for our starting pitchers than we did for our closer? We should hold them to the same, if not higher standards.
  15. I agree! Olsen needs to come out tonight and remind us why he's in our rotation! I would wager that out of all of the #2 starters in the majors, he's had one of the worst April's so far. It's just a guess, though. I don't know how many other #2 starters have an ERA of 7.00 right now.
  16. It is now time to be concerned. After their torrid start, our hitters have shown that they are indeed human. However, we're still 3rd in the majors in batting average. On the other hand, our pitching has the 3rd worst ERA in the majors. They boast the 3rd highest number of walks, and the fewest strikeouts as well. Opponents are hitting a whopping .287 against us, and getting on base at a clip of .379, which is highest in the majors. I realize we've been bitten with the injury bug early on, but those who haven't need to step up! We aren't even treading water right now! If we carry on at this pace, we'll be 20 games back in the division before JJ and Nolasco get back into the lineup. Have Olsen and Sanchez become too comfortable with their spot on the roster? Do they think they can coast through this season riding last year's success? Or maybe this isn't an ego thing. Maybe it's purely a case of hitters being familiar with them this season. In any case, I think now is the time to bring up a couple of our younger starters, if for no reason more than to show Olsen and Sanchez that they aren't invincible. Who knows, maybe one of them will be a sparkplug and stick like Willis and Cabrera did in 2003. Or like Vargas in 2005. Or like Hanley, Uggla, Johnson, Olsen, Sanchez, etc. in 2006. We need someone to come alive and invigorate the rest of the team! I heard this on ESPN the other day: "Pennants can't be won in April, but they definitely can be lost."
  17. It's interesting him putting the onus on the starters getting into the second half of the game.....I think we've only had one game where a starters has gone seven innings. That's gonna strain your bullpen. I posted a comment about this in a different thread, that the BIGGEST problem right now is our starting pitching. We've only had 4 quality starts this season, 3 by Willis, and 1 by Sanchez. Just for the record, a quality start is defined as pitching a minimum of 6.0 innings and giving up no more than 3 earned runs. Our relievers are having to pitch every single night. They are being overworked.
  18. The REAL issue here is our starting rotation. With the exception of Willis, they've been absolutely below-average. Our starting rotation carried us through last season, and was supposed to be one of the major strengths of this year's team. Out of the 12 games that we've played, we've only gotten 4 quality starts(3 from Willis, 1 from Sanchez)! That means that on average, we're only getting 1 quality start per 3-game series! How do we expect to have a winning record while only getting one good start per series? By having a lights-out bullpen? By leading the league in hitting for the entire season? I think the closer situation needs to be put on the backburner for a week or two, and we need to focus on getting our starting pitchers turned back around.
  19. I read that Capellan does have a bit of AAA experience as a starter. Maybe the Marlins were wanting to use him for long relief/spot starts? Can't really see them wanting to convert him solely to a starter with the depth of starting pitching within the organization. And do we really need another closer candidate?
  20. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/basebal...-sports-marlins ....from the sun-sentinel Batters walking all over Julio One strikeout palesagainst10 bases on balls By Juan C. Rodriguez South Florida Sun-Sentinel Posted April 16 2007 ATLANTA ? Dontrelle Willis had a copy of sports psychologist Harvey Dorfman's renowned book The Mental ABCs of Pitching in his Turner Field locker Sunday. Might not be a bad idea to slip it in among Jorge Julio's belongings. LocalLinksJulio pitched the sixth inning of the 8-4 loss to the Braves and showed he's no closer to working the ninth again. Though Julio did not allow a hit and struck out his first batter (yes, it was Tim Hudson, but it still counts), he walked four during the 38-pitch inning. With two out and one on, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones and Jeff Francoeur all drew a base on balls. That's the same Francoeur who last season walked 17 times non-intentionally in 686 plate appearances. Julio now has issued nine more walks (10) than strikeouts and has thrown just 47.7 percent of his 149 pitches for strikes. "We've got to get him back and that's the only way, to keep getting him in there," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "You saw flashes, some fastballs that had some [crispness] to them and some fastballs that had some life. We'll keep running him out there every situation we can because he's an important part of this club and we need to get him fixed." INTEREST IN CAPELLAN The Marlins are among the teams that have expressed interest in right-handed reliever Jose Capellan. A deal is doubtful because the Brewers want "something big in return," according to a source who has spoken to both clubs. Capellan requested a trade when the Brewers demoted him in their final round of spring training cuts. A former prospect in the Braves' system before heading north in the December 2004 Dan Kolb deal, Capellan spent all of 2006 in the majors, going 4-2 with a 4.40 ERA, 16 holds, 31 walks and 58 strikeouts in 712/3 innings. He would make the prorated share of $400,500 this season and isn't eligible for arbitration until after 2008. SHOWING OFF No. 42 Wearing No. 42 as part of the leaguewide Jackie Robinson Day tribute, Willis didn't get much field time Sunday. He did show off the jersey by taking out the lineup card. Despite the 45-degree game-time temperature and gusty wind, Willis did not wear a jacket. "I had to run in and get some cocoa a couple of times," he said. The jersey will be auctioned along with those of other players who wore No. 42 Sunday. Proceeds will benefit the Jackie Robinson Foundation. The Marlins will have a belated Jackie Robinson Day ceremony when they return home Wednesday. Willis and the Florida Marlins Community Foundation will present a $10,000 scholarship donation to the Jackie Robinson Foundation. NUMEROLOGY Even before the baseballwide retirement 10 years ago, No. 42 hasn't been a popular one in Marlins history. The last Marlin to wear it was left-handed reliever Dennis Cook in 1997. The only other team members who had it: Rich Rodriguez (1993) and Jeremy Hernandez (1994-95). ... Alejandro De Aza grounded out while pinch hitting in the ninth, ending his eight-game hitting streak.
  21. ....maybe we really were showcasing Vandenhurk... :confused
  22. "Boston, Florida and Cleveland have interest in right-handed closer Akinori Otsuka if Texas becomes convinced Eric Gagne is healthy enough to handle the job." On Brad Lidge: "Florida, Boston and Cleveland would have interest. The Rockies inquired about him during the winter and would seem a possibility, too. Lidge still lives in the Denver area and has said in the past he would like to pitch for the Rockies at some point." courtesy of the rockymountainnews: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/spor...5482233,00.html Both of those statements are worded differently. The first on Otsuka, says that we "have interest," which makes me think we have explored this option recently. The second on Lidge, says that we "would have interest," which makes me think that it's more speculation than anything else.
  23. me and my gf are driving to 5 hours to houston monday right after we get out of our classes to see the marlins/astros game, then turning around and driving back so we can both be in class in the morning. it probably won't be too good of an idea for me to do a lot of heckling while I'm there! Me and two of my roommates drove 4 hours to Denver two seasons ago for the Marlins/Rockies game. That was the game that got SNOWED out....the coldest start in Coors Field history. Ended up driving four hours there, freezing our you-know-whats off for a few innings of baseball, the game gets delayed, and delayed again, and then finally postponed, I get stuck driving the 4 hours back home, and they sleep the whole way. We had to get back for class as well. I don't know how we didn't die....good luck man....I probably wouldn't ever try to do that drive that late at night again.
  24. I saw a couple comments about an extremely large strikezone for last night's game, so I decided to do a little detective work. I found a website that listed statistics for all of the MLB umpires. What I found was quite interesting. The homeplate umpire for our game last night was Doug Eddings. It seems that for the past 7 seasons, Mr. Eddings has been quite fond of the strikeout. As it turns out, his SO/BB ratio for last season, was highest among MLB umps....by quite a ways. There are 65 umpires that ump homeplate. Last season, the majority (all but about 7) had SO/BB ratios between 1.7 and 2.3. There were two or three who had ratios in the 1.6's which was pretty low compared to the rest of the umpires. On the other end of the spectrum were a couple in the 2.4's, one in the 2.5's, and one at 2.69 SO/BB. However, none of those were Mr. Eddings. Last season, Mr. Eddings rang up an astonishing 3.10 batters, for every 1 walk that he issued. That means that he had almost twice as many strikeouts as the umpires with the lowest SO/BB ratios, and about 50% more strikeouts than the league average umpire (about 2.0 SO/BB) To help put this in perspective, in last night's game, he called 21 SO's. The league average umpire would only have called 14 in that game. Here's the site: http://www.covers.com/pageLoader/pageLoade...es/umpires.html
  25. Other than this "alleged clubhouse incident" between Julio and "pitcher X," have there been any other examples of how the rest of the team feels about running Julio out there? Has anyone been to the games? What do you see in the body language of the rest of the team when Julio is out there? Are they supporting him, slapping him on the butt, anything at all?
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