nsacpi
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The idea is to put the guy in the major league rotation who is closest to being ready. I think Sims is the one at this point. Maybe he falls on his face. At that point we move on to the next guy.
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The idea is to put the guy in the major league rotation who is closest to being ready. I think Sims is the one at this point. Maybe he falls on his face. At that point we move on to the next guy.
bravesfanMatt
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yeah, I understand. I am 50/50 on Newk staying or going back down. my biggest hope is getting Wisler back up and seeing what we might have. I don't think he has shown us everything he is capable of. I would like to see 10 or so starts to see if he is even in play next year.
I don't like the idea of constantly yoking pitchers up and down, I'd let Newk pitch in the majors the rest of the year unless he just starts getting shelled like 8 ER in 2 innings type games.
and this is just another reason we need to trade Jaime Garcia.... not only to get value for him in a non-contending role, but to open up a rotation spot for Wisler/Blair/Sims
nsacpi
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Sims has outperformed Wisler by a fair margin in AAA this year.
nsacpi
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I don't either. That's why I would have preferred we wait until Newcomb brought down his walk rate in AAA before calling him up. Then give him 15 starts or so. Bartolo Colon's problems necessitated an earlier tryout. I think his AAA performance justified a short tryout. Not a 15 start tryout. I think Sims' performance in AAA does justify a longer tryout. Sims has 3 walks and 34 strikeouts in his last four games. Think about that. And his performance the whole season has shown a significant improvement in the walk rate.
You have to give him a chance at this point, but Medlen will probably be the next call up.
nsacpi
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From both a long-term perspective and from the perspective of trying to get an effective major league starter right now, it makes a lot more sense to try Sims rather than Medlen next. To me it is a no brainer. But I think you may be right. The FO might think Medlen is the right choice. God knows why.
WaitingFor2017
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Is pumping Medlen another way for the FO to pander to the casual fan? The casual fan knows Kris Medlen, but do they exactly know who Lucas Sims is or could be?
nsacpi
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I'm sure Medlen has higher name recognition. But I don't think he moves the needle on attendance.
Seriously, find someone else to obsess about. Half your posts are about me. It's weird and a little creepy.
bravesfanMatt
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your math is way off. I have probably posted 20 times today and I think I thought about you only 19 times.
Maybe the mods should make a section just for commenting about me? Super can post his internet stalking results. You and mistake7 can chuckle back and forth about me living in my parents basement with crimedog247. Whoever always chimes in about me not knowing the touch of a woman can pop in every once in a while. Garmel can make random spot appearances.
You guys could have a grand old time in that section haha. Losers.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
I think that is called the optimist thread..
msstate7
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Haha
For anyone curious as to why Newcomb got shelled last night:
http://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfxg.a...on=P&season=2017&date=2017-07-18&dh=0&data=pi
The lowest right chart shows where the 4 changes he threw were located. He threw all 4 to RHed hitters, and none of them were anywhere close.
The Cubs stacked the lineup with RHed hitters vs a LHer with only 2 pitches and below average command. They then proceeded to own him.
http://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfxg.a...on=P&season=2017&date=2017-07-18&dh=0&data=pi
The lowest right chart shows where the 4 changes he threw were located. He threw all 4 to RHed hitters, and none of them were anywhere close.
The Cubs stacked the lineup with RHed hitters vs a LHer with only 2 pitches and below average command. They then proceeded to own him.
I'd love to see what your parents did to you as a child to screw you up in the head like this. Seriously, I don't think I've ever met an adult that is as emotionally stunted as you.
And right on queue, another post about me from someone obsessed with me haha.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
maybe he is just concerned. It could have been a real touching moment.
You insult a good portion of the board constantly then you wonder why you're the center of attention? LOL! Sometimes I wonder if you're not all there.
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