poptart Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 from KFFL Mar 22 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Paul Meyer reports Pittsburgh Pirates SP Zach Duke has won the third spot in the rotation. whyyyyyyy??? the 1 and 2 starters, Perez and Wells, both had ERA's over 5 last year! Duke had a 1.81 ERA in his ROOKIE YEAR in 14 starts. only logical reason is experience... but ... :thumbdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Wells will be out until at least the ASB so it goes Perez, Duke, Maholm, Snell and a yet to be determined pitcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SongInTheAir Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Duke is on my fantasy team, as he was last year. Make me proud, kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Van Benschotten or Burnett probably as the #5 or are they both still hurt? If so, probably Voglesong then. And I thought Snell was moved permanenty to the bullpen, since he had closer type stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Burnett was optioned to AAA earlier this week and Van Benschoten won't be ready til May or so. Vogelsong is out of the running for the 5th spot and has been demoted to the pen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I see the Pirates rotation ending up like this: Oliver Perez Zach Duke Ian Snell Paul Malholm Brandon Duckworth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish4Life Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Duke is a solid kid and will start behind Perez this season because of the injury to Wells.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Why was Burnett optioned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish4Life Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Why was Burnett optioned? Yea I beilve he was.... He will be back with the club in no time in my opinion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Why was Burnett optioned? Yea I beilve he was.... He will be back with the club in no time in my opinion... I know that he was...my question is why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish4Life Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Ohh my bad man, I misread you question.. Good question though, Im not really sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 They feel he needs more time to come back from his injury. They're looking longterm with him and trying to bring him along slowly. Looks like Duke is gonna be number 3 in the rotation. Santos/Duckworth will battle for the number 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
>:( Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I see the Pirates rotation ending up like this: Oliver Perez Zach Duke Ian Snell Paul Malholm Brandon Duckworth Read the thread again. Duke is third in the rotation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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