Over the course of 8 starts the consensus on Newk around here has gone from assuming he's in the 2018 rotation, to him possibly being the Ace over Folty, to him needing to go back to AAA.
Quite the swing in opinion in a guy over the course of 8 games.
Newk needs a 3rd pitch, cant make it in the bigs with just 2 pitches. Rare but very unlikely.
I still like Newk but he needs to develop a 3rd pitch.Originally Posted by Enscheff
Well there are some weather vanes around here. The bottom line on Nook is that the odds are he will end up a reliever but there is enough there to work with that we want to give him as many chances as possible to develop as a starter. That was the case when he first came up. It was the case after his first four starts. And its the case now.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Not to high on Nook... Another bad trade. Hopefully he can eventually become a dominant reliever.
This.
Expect failure with young pitchers, enjoy tiny victories, and hope one day something clicks.
Tapate50 (07-23-2017)
Command is the second issue. It shows up in the walks but also that two strike pitch he gave up the homer on. That was an awful pitch. Not close to where Flowers wanted it.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Very true, and a great point I hadn't considered. In light of that, let's let him continue working out the kinks up here. He at least limited the damage, so that's good
Coincidentally, Simmons homered today and is enjoying his all around best season.
So, the kid makes less than 10 starts and struggles, and now he's a reliever.
If every pitcher were treated like that every team would have 2-man starting rotations.
Those issues play off each other. If RHers had to think about a change, they wouldn't destroy his FA so easily or so often when he makes a mistake.
Right now, RHers just sit on the FA because they don't have to worry about the change.
Yeah. Never liked that trade and nothing has happened to changed my mind about it.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
For all of his warts, Newk has those innings where he flashes. That was an impressive inning.
Plenty of people have pegged him as a BP arm before he made his first MLB start. This is not an evaluation made after 40 MLB innings.
5 IP, 3 runs isnt awful given how lucky hes been. Those walks though sigh
And we get Dansby whom makes dumb mistakes defensively and loves swinging at strikes and balls.
Forever Fredi
So? The same logic still applies. He needs time.
Tapate50 (07-23-2017)
Ditto, i was ok with trading with him but do think we could have gotten a much bigger return had Coppy waited longer.
Seeing Simba have a great year and make clutch hits for LA this year hurts tho.
Dansby being a stud help mitigated those rotten feelings of trading Simba.
This version of Dansby compounds that stress.
The Angels have gotten almost 4 more wins at SS this year so far than the Braves.
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