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Post by batman66 on May 25, 2016 9:19:25 GMT -5
Richard has been horrible this season, couldn't even finish off an inning in a blowout last night and pretty much each and every time Joe's used him to get one batter, he's failed. Gerardo Concepcion, yes that guy many had written off as a failed signing has an ERA of 0.00 for the season between AA and AAA. He's pitched in 14 games and in 24 innings has not allowed a run, and has only given up 7 hits , he's striking out 8.1 per 9 and has a WHIP of 0.575
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Post by glenman12 on May 25, 2016 9:22:36 GMT -5
I suggested that in yesterdays game thread..
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 9:23:25 GMT -5
agreed
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Post by batman66 on May 25, 2016 9:46:14 GMT -5
I suggested that in yesterdays game thread.. I wasn't in the game thread last night, but we think a like. It's gotten to the point where you can see Joe's frustration with Richard, I'm thinking we might hear something today. He should have been the guy DFA'D last week, not Ramirez. Anybody have any idea what Concepcion has changed? Mechanics? new pitch ? Throwing harder?
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Post by jerm42991 on May 25, 2016 10:09:30 GMT -5
I suggested that in yesterdays game thread.. I wasn't in the game thread last night, but we think a like. It's gotten to the point where you can see Joe's frustration with Richard, I'm thinking we might hear something today. He should have been the guy DFA'D last week, not Ramirez. Anybody have any idea what Concepcion has changed? Mechanics? new pitch ? Throwing harder? Velocity and command. He has been sitting 92-93 and reaching 94-95 where before he was sitting 88-89. His walk rate is also much better so far this year. Keep in mind he has also been extremely lucky. His BABIP is under .150 on the year
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Post by TheChico on May 25, 2016 10:36:01 GMT -5
I want to see Edwards be called up, but they will not call him up to be a mop up guy which pitches once in a while and Cubs need another lefty.
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Post by batman66 on May 25, 2016 11:14:19 GMT -5
I wasn't in the game thread last night, but we think a like. It's gotten to the point where you can see Joe's frustration with Richard, I'm thinking we might hear something today. He should have been the guy DFA'D last week, not Ramirez. Anybody have any idea what Concepcion has changed? Mechanics? new pitch ? Throwing harder? Velocity and command. He has been sitting 92-93 and reaching 94-95 where before he was sitting 88-89. His walk rate is also much better so far this year. Keep in mind he has also been extremely lucky. His BABIP is under .150 on the year I don't know if you can say it's lucky, it could just mean they aren't making solid contact off him. Either way 24 scoreless is being effective and the pen could sure use another lefty.
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Post by willybilliams on May 25, 2016 12:34:59 GMT -5
I'm with you guys on not understanding DFAing Ramirez over Richard... They must believe Neil is simply too fragile? Only logical reason I see...
I don't recall any situations where Joe has put Richard in a position to hurt us - which obviously shows a lack of trust. He was fine - not great - last year... but not so much this year yet. One nice thing about him last year is they could use him as a starter in a pinch - they did and he kept his nose above water. This year there are 2 or 3 better options.
I'd be good with giving Concepcion at shot if they think he's ready. I still believe they will be buyers when the time comes to add to the pen... I think most of us agree on that.
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Post by 2mileshighillini on May 25, 2016 17:01:55 GMT -5
I wasn't in the game thread last night, but we think a like. It's gotten to the point where you can see Joe's frustration with Richard, I'm thinking we might hear something today. He should have been the guy DFA'D last week, not Ramirez. Anybody have any idea what Concepcion has changed? Mechanics? new pitch ? Throwing harder? Velocity and command. He has been sitting 92-93 and reaching 94-95 where before he was sitting 88-89. His walk rate is also much better so far this year. Keep in mind he has also been extremely lucky. His BABIP is under .150 on the year Those numbers are incredible improvements. Hmmm... Gotta wait a little longer on Geraldo. To see if he can keep it up for 1/2 of a year. Right now, the 4 horsemen in the Iowa bullpen are putting up epic numbers.
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Post by Uncle Gary on May 25, 2016 20:05:57 GMT -5
Bull pen almost blew todays game too. At least they got the save for Jake
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Post by TheNatural on May 25, 2016 20:34:02 GMT -5
Bull pen almost blew todays game too. At least they got the save for Jake Thus far this pen hasnt cost us too many games......But they werent a factor either. If they were we would have lost a bunch more. This nonsense needs a fix immediately.
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Post by southpaw773 on May 25, 2016 22:27:03 GMT -5
Make some tweaks before it becomes a problem
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Post by jerm42991 on May 26, 2016 6:17:29 GMT -5
Bull pen almost blew todays game too. At least they got the save for Jake The bullpen allowed 1 ERA in 4 innings. You aren't going to get much more. Why people assume the bullpen is going to be perfect and everyone will have 0.00 ERAs I don't get
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Post by truck19 on May 26, 2016 8:07:34 GMT -5
I wasn't in the game thread last night, but we think a like. It's gotten to the point where you can see Joe's frustration with Richard, I'm thinking we might hear something today. He should have been the guy DFA'D last week, not Ramirez. Anybody have any idea what Concepcion has changed? Mechanics? new pitch ? Throwing harder? Velocity and command. He has been sitting 92-93 and reaching 94-95 where before he was sitting 88-89. His walk rate is also much better so far this year. Keep in mind he has also been extremely lucky. His BABIP is under .150 on the year Initially, when he first got signed, the bench was calling games for him because he was relying on his (phenomenal) curve 90+% of his pitches. They wanted him to master location of a fastball and change-up or slider. He had a rough go of it, the got hurt. He came back slowly and started finally getting the idea that the curve was his put-away pitch and he needed the other stuff (and the ability to change speeds) to make it as effective as it could be. I guess it's finally all coming together for him.
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Post by batman66 on May 26, 2016 8:57:09 GMT -5
Velocity and command. He has been sitting 92-93 and reaching 94-95 where before he was sitting 88-89. His walk rate is also much better so far this year. Keep in mind he has also been extremely lucky. His BABIP is under .150 on the year Initially, when he first got signed, the bench was calling games for him because he was relying on his (phenomenal) curve 90+% of his pitches. They wanted him to master location of a fastball and change-up or slider. He had a rough go of it, the got hurt. He came back slowly and started finally getting the idea that the curve was his put-away pitch and he needed the other stuff (and the ability to change speeds) to make it as effective as it could be. I guess it's finally all coming together for him. Yeah, I remember they were only letting him throw other pitches for a while a couple years ago after his horrible debut season. Looked like he started to figure things out in 2014 with a 3.32 ERA between 3 levels and then had a horrible 2015 in AA he had an 8.31 ERA and a 2.337 WHIP in 31 games !! Then this season he's putting up a 0.575 WHIP between AA and AAA
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Post by lajoiesghost on May 26, 2016 12:08:35 GMT -5
I'm with you guys on not understanding DFAing Ramirez over Richard... They must believe Neil is simply too fragile? Only logical reason I see... I don't recall any situations where Joe has put Richard in a position to hurt us - which obviously shows a lack of trust. He was fine - not great - last year... but not so much this year yet. One nice thing about him last year is they could use him as a starter in a pinch - they did and he kept his nose above water. This year there are 2 or 3 better options. I'd be good with giving Concepcion at shot if they think he's ready. I still believe they will be buyers when the time comes to add to the pen... I think most of us agree on that. I wonder if the Cubs might have thought Richard had a better chance of getting picked up by another team? All things being equal, a guy who can be an emergency spot starter has more value that a strictly relief guy.
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Post by zegometer on May 26, 2016 12:22:16 GMT -5
Because you can't have Travis Wood as the only left handed reliever in the pen, regarding Ramirez vs Richard
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Post by fine09 on May 26, 2016 15:12:34 GMT -5
Because you can't have Travis Wood as the only left handed reliever in the pen, regarding Ramirez vs Richard I also they feel that Ramirez just isn't very effective with the 3 or 4 MPH loss on his fastball & couple that with him being injury prone. Just bad news...
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Post by zegometer on May 26, 2016 15:37:11 GMT -5
Yes, he has not looked like the pitcher we thought we were getting this year for sure...
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Post by Mike on May 26, 2016 16:20:35 GMT -5
Spencer Patton is already on the 40-man, seems like he'd get a chance soon.
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