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He's got the best stuff in the pen by far. That said, Boggs has better stuff than Motte, and he'll likely look unstoppable at times, but he has mental blocks that really, really scare me at times. Still, his BB rate has gone down every year, but his K rate isn't as high as his at-times wipeout slider would suggest. Some of that is b/c he also has a two-seamer. Motte's biggest problem is that you can run up his pitch counts by just fouling off his fastball, and since his secondary pitch has never been much more than average, it also leads to some hairy moments.
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03-27-2013, 07:58 PM | #228 |
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I was going for the Chappelle route of making fun of the term by using it sardonically. I haz failed, obviously.
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03-27-2013, 08:29 PM | #230 |
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I've seen Rams Fan in his ****ing office spinning a menorah.
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His true path in the Big Show is a starter. How do Royal fans feel about a talented local KC kid not being drafted by the Royals?
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03-27-2013, 08:48 PM | #232 |
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Rosenthal's a groomed starter.
Sure, he kicked ass out of the pen last year, but he has a starter's arsenal and #1 ceiling. Let him start until he fails. DO NOT pigeonhole the guy into the closer role. Besides, Carlos Martinez may or may not be able to handle a starters workload and has nastier stuff than Rosenthal even. Cleto. Keep a very very close eye on Cleto. He can't be a starter; he's never figured out a passable 3rd pitch. However, he's slowly developed passable fastball command and it's a fastball that can be devastating. There's a kid that you try to groom into a closer if for no other reason than he has no chance to succeed as a starter. He's clearly not ready yet, but he's built all the way up to a 3/1 K/BB ratio and a K rate well above a strikeout/inning. He's still extremely young and it wouldn't take much of a step forward in his age 24 season to be a truly outstanding bullpen weapon at age 25. Motte wasn't able to establish himself in the bigs until 27 (obviously starting at catcher is why) and he's carved a nice career for himself. Time is still on Cleto's side and he's showing legitimate progress. Don't sleep on the guy - he's not a write off by any means.
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03-27-2013, 08:52 PM | #233 |
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Don't really know why everyone is counting Motte out. Doesn't seem like he'll miss all that much time, unless there's been more developments recently.
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So I'm mostly looking to 2015. Motte's going to be just fine this season and next.
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But, he is our closer for the next two years.
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03-27-2013, 09:25 PM | #236 |
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Slider is the worst pitch on your elbow, FWIW.
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I can't give them too much shit on Rosenthal. He was a JUCO SS who had pitched 5 or 6 innings total when the Cards' scout noticed him. Just a case of right place, right time, I think.
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http://espn.go.com/mlb/preview13/sto...y-do-all-mound Yeah it doesn't look like a Pujols mistake. The Royals scouted Pujols like 5 times and 300 players later the Cardinals took him. He couldn't have looked good to have 300 players go in front of him. But the Royals should have gambeled on the local kid. Looks like the only reason we have Rosenthal is one scout in the Cardinals that happen to be at the game scouting someone else. The scout heavily advocated for the unknown pitcher. That man deserves a raise and the Royals front office is off the hook on this pick.
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Yup.
I love pitchers that feature a fastball/curveball/changeup 3-pitch mix. It's as durable an arsenal as you'll find. Then again, Waino blew out his elbow, so what the !@#$ do I know?
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By far Lynn's best outing of the spring today; and good to see Ryan Jackson make the club, if only temporarily.
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