June 2, 200719 yr Well thus far from our four 10-win rookie pitchers from last season.... - Olsen's a mess, ERA over 5, - Nolasco's been injured and ineffective when healthy, - Johnson's been on the DL, - Sanchez was so bad he's gone to the minors. Things have not gone well. Granted, injuries have been a huge part of it. As we've mentioned in other threads, it's actually pretty remarkable we've hung around .500. Let's hope Josh Johnson has better results.
June 2, 200719 yr Olsen is too talented to pitch like he has. Ill be the first to admit I am a biased Olsen supporter. He will turn it around.
June 2, 200719 yr Ill put the same thing I put in the game thread: Olsen has given up 5 ER in 4 of his 12 starts. In those 4 starts, he has a 7.46 ERA and 2.27 WHIP In his other 8 starts, he has a 3.67 ERA and 1.39 WHIP. He has twice as many good starts than bad.
June 2, 200719 yr Terrible year for our young boys. Olsen seriously needs a wake up call... he is such a little baby. One second he is unhittable and the next second he has no idea how to pitch. :bottom He gets so frazzled easily. The one thing I dislike about Olsen is that he always talks the talk but he can never walk the walk. He needs to stop being Snotty Olsen and start pitching.
June 2, 200719 yr Terrible year for our young boys. Olsen seriously needs a wake up call... he is such a little baby. One second he is unhittable and the next second he has no idea how to pitch. :bottom I haven't seen this unhittable Olsen all year long.
June 2, 200719 yr The starting pitching in general on this team has been fair at best. It's got to improve or we'll continue to be a mediocre close to .500 team.
June 2, 200719 yr Ill put the same thing I put in the game thread: Olsen has given up 5 ER in 4 of his 12 starts. In those 4 starts, he has a 7.46 ERA and 2.27 WHIP In his other 8 starts, he has a 3.67 ERA and 1.39 WHIP. He has twice as many good starts than bad. My thoughts exactly. I dislike Olsen, but he's been effective more times then not. We shouldn't expect every pitcher to be in the Cy Young contention.
June 2, 200719 yr Ill put the same thing I put in the game thread: Olsen has given up 5 ER in 4 of his 12 starts. In those 4 starts, he has a 7.46 ERA and 2.27 WHIP In his other 8 starts, he has a 3.67 ERA and 1.39 WHIP. He has twice as many good starts than bad. Olsen absolutely has not had 8 good starts. You want to break down his 5.35 ERA he has now with saying that he only had 4 bad starts is false. 5-6ip giving up 3 runs and walking 2-3 is not considered a good start. That ERA of 3.67 is due to (3) good starts. Regardless he has an ERA in the 5's, and I cant see anyone being to happy with this years preformance by Scotty O.
June 2, 200719 yr Ill put the same thing I put in the game thread: Olsen has given up 5 ER in 4 of his 12 starts. In those 4 starts, he has a 7.46 ERA and 2.27 WHIP In his other 8 starts, he has a 3.67 ERA and 1.39 WHIP. He has twice as many good starts than bad. you support Olsen and yet attack Mitre. that makes no sense whatsoever
June 2, 200719 yr regardless of what our sophmore guys have been doing and the injuries.... weve even had chances to be better than where we are now and we seem to sh*t ourselves whenever we get to one game under .500 and then we always have to climb back
June 2, 200719 yr Makes perfect sense. is that a joke? No. Olsen is younger than Mitre, has much better stuff than Mitre, and will have a much better career than Mitre.
June 2, 200719 yr With the pitching, this team keeps taking 2 steps forward and then 3 steps back, no momentum
June 2, 200719 yr Has nothing to do with the fact that hes white. Olsen has the best stuff on the staff IMO, hes just young. He will be aight. (if it had anything to do with race, you wouldnt see me constantly defend Hanley and Cabs against a small # of short sided people, Anibal, etc.) With the pitching, this team keeps taking 2 steps forward and then 3 steps back, no momentum Been within 1 game of reaching .500 so many times only to lose said game. It is really frustrating.
June 2, 200719 yr Olsen is way too inconsistent. His immaturity is hurting the team every time he pitches.
June 2, 200719 yr In 5 2/3 innings, Scott Olsen (4-5) gave up five runs on eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Four of the runs the 23-year-old allowed came on two-out hits. But he became frustrated when he was removed with runners on second and third in the sixth inning. The fiery lefty made an obscene hand gesture at a few Brewers fans behind the Marlins' dugout. But Olsen contained his emotions, and no incident ensued. "Write what you want," Olsen said to reporters when asked if he made a gesture to the fans. "You know how I am. I don't take losing well." Flamarlins.com ... then stop losing.
June 2, 200719 yr Man... I don't get the aboslute abhoration for Scotty on this board. The kid is 23 years old, and he's in his 2nd full season. He's a raw dude, but his stuff really is excellent... we've seen him absolutely own teams. If we want to talk about our sophmore pitchers, Scotty is the only one going out there. He's made every effing start. He's young, his runs will come in droves... this happens with almost every young pitcher in the league. But he has done some incredible things for a kid his age. I mean look at our organization... he's the same age as Brett Sinkbeil, he's the same age his 1st season as Gaby and Vandy are now. He's that far developed. I know it's frustrating, and I am frustrated with his performance more than anyone, but he is 23, not unstable, or egotistical, or whatever else you want to say... he's just 23.
June 2, 200719 yr Olsen is too talented to pitch like he has. Ill be the first to admit I am a biased Olsen supporter. He will turn it around. The problem is when you have a ton of talent and the maturity level of a 5th grader, these are the results.
June 2, 200719 yr Olsen is too talented to pitch like he has. Ill be the first to admit I am a biased Olsen supporter. He will turn it around. The problem is when you have a ton of talent and the maturity level of a 5th grader, these are the results. I'd say 2nd grader but other than that, you're 100% correct. Hope he enjoys his fine.
June 2, 200719 yr Author Man... I don't get the aboslute abhoration for Scotty on this board. The kid is 23 years old, and he's in his 2nd full season. He's a raw dude, but his stuff really is excellent... we've seen him absolutely own teams. If we want to talk about our sophmore pitchers, Scotty is the only one going out there. He's made every effing start. He's young, his runs will come in droves... this happens with almost every young pitcher in the league. But he has done some incredible things for a kid his age. I mean look at our organization... he's the same age as Brett Sinkbeil, he's the same age his 1st season as Gaby and Vandy are now. He's that far developed. I know it's frustrating, and I am frustrated with his performance more than anyone, but he is 23, not unstable, or egotistical, or whatever else you want to say... he's just 23. Well I don't dislike him at all personally. I don't mind the attitude either, as long as it doesn't affect his pitching. He wants to win and he's young. Beckett & AJ had attitudes too and they turned out pretty good. I just don't think he's pitching well, that was all my post was referring to. It's not a disaster either, he can turn it around.
June 2, 200719 yr Ill put the same thing I put in the game thread: Olsen has given up 5 ER in 4 of his 12 starts. In those 4 starts, he has a 7.46 ERA and 2.27 WHIP In his other 8 starts, he has a 3.67 ERA and 1.39 WHIP. He has twice as many good starts than bad. You could do that with any pitcher in baseball. Only thing is, those "good" starts you've selected really aren't that impressive. I would have expected much better "good" starts. That 1.39 WHIP is pretty average, which is surprising since you dropped the worst third of starts.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.