Mr. L, can you please explain to me how Ryan O'Hearn keeps getting on the Major League roster year after year? Does he have dirt on somebody high up or is it just because he bats lefty and runs into one every now and then? Thanks.
Terrific way to put this into perspective, David...it's the roster on one day out of 162. I think we do get too hung up on who makes Opening Day, and who doesn't. A couple of rocky outings by a pitcher, a weeks' worth of bad at bats, or (God forbid) a couple of injuries, and there could be 3-4 roster changes by mid-month. I have mentioned before, but much of this is a nice problem to have. Yes, we are hoping for some bounce-backs and guys reaching their potential, but overall it is great to have 6-7 rotation possibilities, and 3-4 top prospects sent to Omaha to get the chance to not just knock on the door, but hopefully bust it down!
The Singer/Lynch battle is really interesting to me for a few reasons: 1 - Why is MM now saying he prefers a 5 man rotation? Is it b/c he promised Grienke he'd pitch every 5 days? and 2 - Lynch gives us two Lefties in the rotation which gives us much more flexibility matchup-wise. I'd be interested to see an analysis of the % of LH hitters in our division.
Personally, with Brady's struggles through the second and third time in the order, I've always thought he was better suited for the pen. And Lynch has generally been considered to have the higher upside of the two, has outperformed Singer this Spring and has done so over a much bigger sample size thus far. So I'm pulling for Lynch in the rotation and Singer and his two pitches in the pen.
I am going to disagree with you on one spot: Kowar goes down and Snyder makes the cut. 4 hits and a run in 6 innings is a solid Spring and historically the kid doesn't walk many at all - we need pitchers like that in our Middle relief crew. I know he has been caught giving up the long ball, but many long balls are outs at the K.
No Chris Owings?
Mr. L, can you please explain to me how Ryan O'Hearn keeps getting on the Major League roster year after year? Does he have dirt on somebody high up or is it just because he bats lefty and runs into one every now and then? Thanks.
Who will be dropped from 40 man to accomodate adding Bobby Witt to 40 man?
Terrific way to put this into perspective, David...it's the roster on one day out of 162. I think we do get too hung up on who makes Opening Day, and who doesn't. A couple of rocky outings by a pitcher, a weeks' worth of bad at bats, or (God forbid) a couple of injuries, and there could be 3-4 roster changes by mid-month. I have mentioned before, but much of this is a nice problem to have. Yes, we are hoping for some bounce-backs and guys reaching their potential, but overall it is great to have 6-7 rotation possibilities, and 3-4 top prospects sent to Omaha to get the chance to not just knock on the door, but hopefully bust it down!
The Singer/Lynch battle is really interesting to me for a few reasons: 1 - Why is MM now saying he prefers a 5 man rotation? Is it b/c he promised Grienke he'd pitch every 5 days? and 2 - Lynch gives us two Lefties in the rotation which gives us much more flexibility matchup-wise. I'd be interested to see an analysis of the % of LH hitters in our division.
Personally, with Brady's struggles through the second and third time in the order, I've always thought he was better suited for the pen. And Lynch has generally been considered to have the higher upside of the two, has outperformed Singer this Spring and has done so over a much bigger sample size thus far. So I'm pulling for Lynch in the rotation and Singer and his two pitches in the pen.
I am going to disagree with you on one spot: Kowar goes down and Snyder makes the cut. 4 hits and a run in 6 innings is a solid Spring and historically the kid doesn't walk many at all - we need pitchers like that in our Middle relief crew. I know he has been caught giving up the long ball, but many long balls are outs at the K.
Singer was scheduled to start today. Did he get injured?