June 18, 201016 yr I was reading Hensley's comments about the injury, how he tried to pitch through it, but it got worse and his performance on the mound suffered during that time. I know it probably happens to all teams, but since I have tunnel vision, it seems like in recent years a lot of our pitchers have little nagging injuries that they try to work through but always backfires and costs us a few games. I am thinking back to Kevin Gregg, etc. I know baseball players are supposed to be tough and grin and bear it, but you'd think after your first poor performance after an injury, you'd go to the manager and say that it is affecting your performance and you'd rather not penalize the team to save your face. Also, you'd think that if the manager and FO were aware of your injury and saw a repeated poor performance, they'd sit you down and/or DL you faster. Not go out there 3 or 4 times, give up runs, put our backs against the wall then decide it is time to go on the DL. I have to agree here. The player thinks that he's being selfish is he complains about his injuries and takes himself out, but the reality is that he's being selfish by going out there considerably less than 100% and having his performance suffer (and the team suffer) as a result. Clay's been one of the few bright spots in this bullpen though, so I'm kind of relieved that the main cause of his performance issues are due to injury. From Clay Hensley's perspective, he has to be selfish. He hasn't gotten wealthy playing baseball; he's been mostly a career minor-leaguer. He knows that a trip to the disabled list could really hurt his bottom line for a few reasons, so I don't blame him for trying to play through it. Even if what he did was selfish, I understand why he did that and I don't really blame him for it.
June 18, 201016 yr I'm praying Strickland can be solid. Our bullpen has been a huge mess this season in so many ways.
June 19, 201016 yr How did Strickland look out there? All I have is the box score to go by Not too good, really. Leo's changeup has more velocity than Strickland's fastball. Of course, the same can be said for a guy like Brian Sanches, but I wasn't too impressed with Strickland last night, at all. He actually got lucky that B.J. Upton helped him out, trying to steal 3B, 3 runs down.
June 20, 201016 yr I'd have more faith in Strickland if he had been missing some bats in AAA, but whatever. Keep the carousel going until someone sticks.
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