March 22, 200620 yr 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
March 22, 200620 yr Wells will be out until at least the ASB so it goes Perez, Duke, Maholm, Snell and a yet to be determined pitcher.
March 22, 200620 yr 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.
March 23, 200620 yr 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.
March 23, 200620 yr I see the Pirates rotation ending up like this: Oliver Perez Zach Duke Ian Snell Paul Malholm Brandon Duckworth
March 23, 200620 yr Duke is a solid kid and will start behind Perez this season because of the injury to Wells..
March 23, 200620 yr Why was Burnett optioned? Yea I beilve he was.... He will be back with the club in no time in my opinion...
March 23, 200620 yr 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.
March 23, 200620 yr Ohh my bad man, I misread you question.. Good question though, Im not really sure...
March 23, 200620 yr 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.
March 24, 200620 yr 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.
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