4/11 - 4/17 Game Discussion Thread

[Kobalt]

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6 for 6 for Huston

[travis72]

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Bob Uecker is not allowed to retire or die, ever. He's probably one of my all-time favorite things about baseball.

LOL, I have always like him as well. Very intertaining to listen to or watch. I even use to watch his TV show MR Belvedere or something like that. While he was not a good ball player he is a very important piece of the game IMO. Even thou i never have liked the Cubs I loved Harry Carry as well.

[Kobalt]

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14-2? Geez Arizona can't get any inning without allowing a run.

[OSUFan_88]

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The Indians failed heavy today. No way they should have lost that game.

Still successful west coast trip but...should have been 2 of 3 in LAA. Oh well, Bring on the Birds.

[av7]

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6 for 6 for Huston

No jinxing allowed

[IlliniM1ke]

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Jake Westbrook isn't good, 5 more runs given up today, lucky for him the offense exploded so he shouldn't get another L.

[IlliniM1ke]

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Eduardo Sanchez made his debut for the Cards tonight, in 2 innings out of the pen he K'd 5 and allowed only 1 hit.

Early but if Franklin continues to stink it up I think people are going to start calling for Sanchez to get a crack at the closer spot, he has great stuff.

[elTodd]

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Eduardo Sanchez made his debut for the Cards tonight, in 2 innings out of the pen he K'd 5 and allowed only 1 hit.

Early but if Franklin continues to stink it up I think people are going to start calling for Sanchez to get a crack at the closer spot, he has great stuff.

Yeah, he looked phenomenal. He could be, dare I say, the best young pitcher in the game today.

[jth1331]

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Troy mother effin Tulowitzki.
6th bomb of the year already, geezus he's looking like he did back in September of last year. I'm calling an ARod esque season out of the SS position for Tulo this year if he stays healthy.

[Coug00]

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I may be a bit premature here, but I see a lot of Felix Hernandez in Michael Pineda. The most impressive part of Pineda is his pin point control, catcher hardly has to move his glove, and has 11 of 14 first pitch strikes tonight. And this past inning allowed back-to-back base runners to start the inning and showed his poise by not allowing either one to advance any further, a pop out and 2 strike outs. He has shown the ability to work in and out of trouble, I like that. Very impressive showing thus far.

Personally, I hardly see any of Felix in him. Felix's assets are his movement/break on all five pitches with velocity. Pineda's asset is his velocity, height, and control. His fastball is pretty damn straight. He gets away with it because its 95-98mph with plus control and coming from a 6'7 mountain of a man. To a hitter it looks more like 97-100 because of the shorter distance it has to travel.

He's been impressive no doubt. Without that velocity he's canon fodder...pray for good arm health while he develops the change and slider.

[JBH3]

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6 for 6 for Huston

...Spoke to Soon.

Colorado had a three-run lead in the ninth when Huston Street came on to close it out. He gave up a two-run homer to Scott Hairston, a walk to Josh Thole and a single to pinch hitter Carlos Beltran before manager Jim Tracy brought in Matt Lindstrom.

[elTodd]

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...Spoke to Soon.

Well, he technically didn't blow it, and still ended up with a hold.

[IlliniM1ke]

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Yeah, he looked phenomenal. He could be, dare I say, the best young pitcher in the game today.

Yeah I'm not going that far yet, first appearance in the majors so teams haven't really scouted him too much yet, that will change fast if he continues to get strikeouts at the rate he is.

He absolutely has the best stuff of anyone in our system as far as relievers go, definitely the closer of the future, and the sooner that future is the better because Franklin just doesn't look good.

Franklin isn't a bad reliever, he just isn't an imposing closer at all, doesn't really have a dominant pitch he can rely on, has a lot of pitches in his arsenal but I think that makes him a better fit for a setup or even regular relief role. Plain old middle reliever would be my preference but if Tony removes him from the closer role I'd be shocked if he didn't make him the primary setup man.

[snepp]

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He could be, dare I say, the best young pitcher in the game today.

He's a reliever.

[elTodd]

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Yeah I'm not going that far yet, first appearance in the majors so teams haven't really scouted him too much yet, that will change fast if he continues to get strikeouts at the rate he is.

He absolutely has the best stuff of anyone in our system as far as relievers go, definitely the closer of the future, and the sooner that future is the better because Franklin just doesn't look good.

Franklin isn't a bad reliever, he just isn't an imposing closer at all, doesn't really have a dominant pitch he can rely on, has a lot of pitches in his arsenal but I think that makes him a better fit for a setup or even regular relief role. Plain old middle reliever would be my preference but if Tony removes him from the closer role I'd be shocked if he didn't make him the primary setup man.

He's a reliever.

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