AGonzalez11 Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 While I understand Nolasco has had a couple of bad....better yet, atrocious, outings, those calling for his demotion are being silly. Should we have sent down Willis when he went through his rough patch earlier this year too? Nolasco has been lights out for us all season - suggesting to send him down over two bad starts is flat out ridiculous. This all started three starts ago vs. Tampa when the D-Rays hit three HR's in the 7th. I'm willing to bet Nolasco lost some faith in his stuff and began to change his approach somewhat. That leads to bad habits and now his control is suffering. Should a kid that can crank it up to 95 MPH and has a curve like Nolasco's ever lose faith in his stuff? obviously not, but he's only 23 years old - this is what rookies do. they're up...they're down...they're up.....they're down. hopefully the downs are short-lived, but nolasco is going through one right now. Olsen had one early as well...and i semi-expect Johnson to have at least a hiccup, too. this is why we pay rick kranitz and hopefully he can help ricky get back into his form. he's one of our better young arms and sending him down over two bad starts is simply not even an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDon Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Good post. Ricky is really struggling right now but he has nasty stuff and he will climb out of this rut he is in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman81 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 A lot of his problems came from bloop hits. Sometimes it's just not your day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowa Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 the hitters have adjusted to him.. its now his turn to make the adjustments. this is where we see what kind of pitcher he really is.. if he can make those adjustments, which i think he can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Well, to be fair, he's always had a very high WHIP, even when things were going well. I'm not suggesting that there's any relationship between him and Brian Moehler, but Moehler went well for the early part of the season and then suddenly those runners that were stranded earlier in the season began scoring. It's kind of the same thing here. I'm in favor of seeing Petit or Sanchez, or perhaps both, get spots in the rotation for the time being so that they both can experience the big leagues consistently rather than in spotty relief, so their eventual demotion(s) only serve as drastic motivation to get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauer7 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 good post. i hope ricky gets back on form soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyofCangelosi Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Should nolasco continue to struggle, it may not be a bad idea putting him back in the pen and plugging either sanchez or petit in the rotation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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