nolanwood wrote:Has anyone heard what he is attributing his improvement to since he was sent down? Was there a mechanical flaw that was corrected?
I thought I'd it was all mental, but I'm not certain of that. If it was mechanical you'd think his ratios would have been out of whack but they weren't.
I thought it was mental/confidence problem as well.If this start was at Colorado,Philly or something along those lines I'd definitely keep him benched but it's a home game vs San Fran's lineup so me personally I'm rolling the dice.
nolanwood wrote:Has anyone heard what he is attributing his improvement to since he was sent down? Was there a mechanical flaw that was corrected?
I thought I'd it was all mental, but I'm not certain of that. If it was mechanical you'd think his ratios would have been out of whack but they weren't.
I thought it was mental/confidence problem as well.If this start was at Colorado,Philly or something along those lines I'd definitely keep him benched but it's a home game vs San Fran's lineup so me personally I'm rolling the dice.
I seriously hope he gets bombed his first start back...after giving up 98 runs in 4 1/3 IP for me, I dropped his butt.. now the guy in 1st place (Im currently in 2nd) picked him up...Can't waitttttttt
wildbill wrote:I thought I'd it was all mental, but I'm not certain of that. If it was mechanical you'd think his ratios would have been out of whack but they weren't.
I thought it was mental/confidence problem as well.If this start was at Colorado,Philly or something along those lines I'd definitely keep him benched but it's a home game vs San Fran's lineup so me personally I'm rolling the dice.
I seriously hope he gets bombed his first start back...after giving up 98 runs in 4 1/3 IP for me, I dropped his butt.. now the guy in 1st place (Im currently in 2nd) picked him up...Can't waitttttttt
I am in same boat, except I'm in 3rd and the 2nd place team picked him up while I was trying to decide what roster move to make. So they'll be at least 2 of us rooting against him.
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nolanwood wrote:Anyone watch his start today? His line is respectable, but the 10 hits and 3BB's vs Giants makes me wonder if he got lucky...
I didn't see the game, but i was watching mlb gameday. He cruised through the first 3 innings then had to work out of a few jams after that. One of the runs he gave up was unearned which may indicate he's still receiving poor defensive support, although he did have help from a runner being thrown out at home and another picked off trying to steal. I think San Fran has been a little hot lately on offense. I know Rowand has been on fire lately. I'd be hesitant to start him vs a top offense yet, but this looks like a baby step forward.
nolanwood wrote:Anyone watch his start today? His line is respectable, but the 10 hits and 3BB's vs Giants makes me wonder if he got lucky...
I didn't see the game, but i was watching mlb gameday. He cruised through the first 3 innings then had to work out of a few jams after that. One of the runs he gave up was unearned which may indicate he's still receiving poor defensive support, although he did have help from a runner being thrown out at home and another picked off trying to steal. I think San Fran has been a little hot lately on offense. I know Rowand has been on fire lately. I'd be hesitant to start him vs a top offense yet, but this looks like a baby step forward.
Cool, thanks a lot for the input!! A baby step in the right direction is exactly what I was thinking, too. It appears his next two starts are on the road (Toronto and Boston) - hopefully the progress continues.
I had traded Nolasco for Denard Span...then Nolasco was traded in a 6 player deal by 2 other owners...and then dropped by the new owner and I went ahead and picked up him in time to start today.
I think he'll be fine the rest of the way. No more shellings.
nolanwood wrote:Anyone watch his start today? His line is respectable, but the 10 hits and 3BB's vs Giants makes me wonder if he got lucky...
I didn't see the game, but i was watching mlb gameday. He cruised through the first 3 innings then had to work out of a few jams after that. One of the runs he gave up was unearned which may indicate he's still receiving poor defensive support, although he did have help from a runner being thrown out at home and another picked off trying to steal. I think San Fran has been a little hot lately on offense. I know Rowand has been on fire lately. I'd be hesitant to start him vs a top offense yet, but this looks like a baby step forward.
I didn't see the game either, but I'm concerned that 6 of the 10 hits Nolasco gave up went for extra bases... all doubles. The earned runs could have been a lot worse if a few of those doubles were HR's instead (especially considering the 3 walks). I wonder if they were hard hit line drives or just grounders down the line. I guess the positive is Nolasco was able to get out of jams... finally regressing his strand rate. But allowing 13 baserunners to the worst OBP team in the NL is concerning.
Splendid61 wrote:I didn't see the game either, but I'm concerned that 6 of the 10 hits Nolasco gave up went for extra bases... all doubles. The earned runs could have been a lot worse if a few of those doubles were HR's instead (especially considering the 3 walks). I wonder if they were hard hit line drives or just grounders down the line. I guess the positive is Nolasco was able to get out of jams... finally regressing his strand rate. But allowing 13 baserunners to the worst OBP team in the NL is concerning.
Yeah it's kind of hilarious that people are looking to pick up Nolasco after this start. We know how bad he was earlier in the year, but here are some numbers from just this past start:
WHIP 1.857 OPS against .946 ISO against .207 SO/BB 1.33 SO/9 5.1
Against a _bad_ offensive team. And now people are rushing to pick him up again? Comedy, pure comedy. I hear Antonio Bastardo is available in most leagues...
Splendid61 wrote:I didn't see the game either, but I'm concerned that 6 of the 10 hits Nolasco gave up went for extra bases... all doubles. The earned runs could have been a lot worse if a few of those doubles were HR's instead (especially considering the 3 walks). I wonder if they were hard hit line drives or just grounders down the line. I guess the positive is Nolasco was able to get out of jams... finally regressing his strand rate. But allowing 13 baserunners to the worst OBP team in the NL is concerning.
Yeah it's kind of hilarious that people are looking to pick up Nolasco after this start. We know how bad he was earlier in the year, but here are some numbers from just this past start:
WHIP 1.857 OPS against .946 ISO against .207 SO/BB 1.33 SO/9 5.1
Against a _bad_ offensive team. And now people are rushing to pick him up again? Comedy, pure comedy. I hear Antonio Bastardo is available in most leagues...
Don't see how you can call it comedy considering he was a top 15 SP last year going by his numbers. I would much rather take a chance of holding onto him rather give a random ww pitcher a shot. I have him in two leagues and never even thought about dropping him. Just isnt worth it,
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by StarsNPinstripes » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:58 pm 
A baby step in the right direction is exactly what I was thinking, too. It appears his next two starts are on the road (Toronto and Boston) - hopefully the progress continues.
