So Gohara takes the red eye in Brazil and gets into Atlanta Sunday morning and then Sunday afternoon takes a flight to San Diego, and we pitch him Monday. The results were not surprising. The question I have is whether there is increased injury risk to being asked to pitch under those circumstances. I'll repeat my point from the OP: he should be in the minors getting stretched out to start. Teheran's alarming drop in velocity suggests he might not be able to stick in the rotation long. He will be able to make his next two starts on six days rest. Hopefully, his arm can bounce back some. If not, there will likely be an opening in the rotation fairly soon.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
jpx7 (06-05-2018)
JohnAdcox (06-11-2018)
You'd think, but look at the thing with the cramping back muscle. Suddenly he was back and effective his very next start.
I love Julion, but I'm very tired of his erratic performance. If you can't pitch, don't go. And somebody else needs to make that decision, not Julio. Because he'll take the ball every time.
jpx7 (06-05-2018)
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
jpx7 (06-05-2018)
He does a ****ty job of knowing his body and when something is wrong with him that will dramatically impact his ability to pitch. I don't put that on him, necessarily. When you have a player like that, you have to make that decision for him, because he's going to try and go every time. Freddie is like that. Hell, my kid is like that in HS.
on the just completed road trip Gohara pitched mop up duty the first game and the last game...i hope this little experiment comes to an end soon and he is sent to AAA to work as a starter...right now we have only 2 solid starters (Folty and Newcomb)...it seems increasingly obvious that Soroka AND Gohara will be needed in the major league rotation in the second half
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
BedellBrave (06-10-2018), Jaw (06-11-2018), JohnAdcox (06-11-2018), jpx7 (06-12-2018)
I am a little more worried about Gohara after this year. Maybe he just needs to consistently pitch. I don’t remember his velocity bouncing up and down like this last year.
Still....he is a better option than McCarthy and Julio even wth the inconsistency.
After seeing all the different DL stints by pitchers. Maybe we should not trade any this year and just pitch the five pitchers that are healthy at any given time.
Maybe I am old school...Bobby Coxish...but I think they need to pick their horses and rude them. Folty, Newcomb, Soroka, Goraha and just go with it.
jpx7 (06-12-2018)