I can't go along with that! He walks the lead-off hitter too much, and he lucks out and doesn't get hurt too bad from it, including tonight being bailed out by Byrd. If he doesn't get hurt bad by bad control early in the inning, he won't buckle down and do better!wildcats20;1729103 wrote:Cingrani has been so solid too.
He's given up 3 runs in 13 innings. He's been solid.mhs95_06;1729124 wrote:I can't go along with that! He walks the lead-off hitter too much, and he lucks out and doesn't get hurt too bad from it, including tonight being bailed out by Byrd. If he doesn't get hurt bad by bad control early in the inning, he won't buckle down and do better!
I wasn't. But either way, to say he hasn't been solid is pretty dumb.wildcats20;1729140 wrote:And if I'm reading this chart correctly(which I think I am) on baseball reference, tonight was he first time he walked he first batter he faced.
Ridiculouswildcats20;1729131 wrote:He's given up 3 runs in 13 innings. He's been solid.
Byrd bailed him out, yes. But he's also the reason for having to bail him out. He dove for a ball that he had zero chance of catching. And then he gave up a hit that went off Joey's glove.
I'm sticking with lucky rather than solid, not to say he won't be solid as time goes on. How many times has he gone 3-0 on the first hitter, and then lucked out and got him out. Just seems to me he has a lack of concentration on the first few pitches to the first batter.wildcats20;1729145 wrote:I wasn't. But either way, to say he hasn't been solid is pretty dumb.
"I'd rather by lucky than good." - Lefty Gomez, 7-time All-Star, 5-time World Series Champ, Hall-of-Famemhs95_06;1729151 wrote:I'm sticking with lucky rather than solid, not to say he won't be solid as time goes on. How many times has he gone 3-0 on the first hitter, and then lucked out and got him out. Just seems to me he has a lack of concentration on the first few pitches to the first batter.
Normally, yes. But I think the expectation was that the rotation was not going to be very good outside of Cueto and Leake to start the year. So my guess is they thought they'd need a long man a lot more given the fact that guys like Marquis weren't going to be the ones to give you 8 innings every time out.thavoice;1729259 wrote:I agree that Cingrani is the best option, but I have to wonder about Price if he thought going into the season that Gregg was a better option. I know they wanted tony as the long man in the pen, but the long guy shouldnt be as solid a pitcher as Cingrani. Long men dont get used often. Only when you are usually down big time and who cares who pitches, or an injury to a starter early on.
I think it was a bad choice to have him as the long man to begin with
I get what you are saying but I dont agree.sherm03;1729263 wrote:Normally, yes. But I think the expectation was that the rotation was not going to be very good outside of Cueto and Leake to start the year. So my guess is they thought they'd need a long man a lot more given the fact that guys like Marquis weren't going to be the ones to give you 8 innings every time out.
