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Post by Evil Yoda on Jul 2, 2015 20:30:12 GMT -5
... to satisfy me. A complete bust. He's only useful to get lefties out, and his ability to do that is questionable.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 0:04:30 GMT -5
I see Matusz being a non-tender next year. His salary as a reliever--coupled with the fact that he has a chronic problem getting righthanders out--doesn't make him a very attractive option going forward.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Jul 3, 2015 9:28:41 GMT -5
He'll land somewhere, though. There's always demand for a left-handed pitcher, and maybe someone else can fix whatever's wrong with him (assuming the problem isn't that he's reached the limits of his ability).
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Post by Evil Yoda on Jul 8, 2015 14:21:46 GMT -5
Let's just add Bud Norris to this club while we're signing up members.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Jul 26, 2015 15:01:59 GMT -5
Nolan Reimold, here's your membership card.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 9, 2015 19:31:48 GMT -5
Matusz is utterly without value. I hope he put some of the money aside, and/or has a post-baseball plan.
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Post by mmmbeer on Aug 9, 2015 21:28:11 GMT -5
I'm baffled by the move to keep Garcia over Givens after Hunter was traded. The pen needs help.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 9, 2015 22:02:50 GMT -5
I'm baffled by the move to keep Garcia over Givens after Hunter was traded. The pen needs help. Garcia is a Rule 5 acquisition. He has to stay on the roster all season or the team they took him from can grab him back for $25K - half the $50K the Orioles paid for him. If they liked him enough to grab him, I suspect they'd rather keep him. Personally, I don't see the point of grabbing a guy who hasn't panned out enough to join his teams 40 man roster after three or four years in the minors, even if he's dirt cheap, but when you're trying to compete for chump change like Duquette is, I guess you grab guys where you can and hope a few of them pan out. Or something. Please sell, Scroogelos.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2015 0:41:19 GMT -5
The lack of an effective lefthander out of the bullpen was very telling today.
Still, the game was lost when Gonzalez gave up that 3-run homer to David Murphy on what might have been the worst 0-2 pitch I have ever seen.
In other depressing news, Jake Arietta pitched 7 2/3 shutout innings for the Cubs today to run his record to 13-6. In his last 10 starts, Arietta's ERA is a miniscule 1.23. That guy's going to get some Cy Young consideration at this rate. |
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Post by mmmbeer on Aug 10, 2015 8:08:07 GMT -5
The lack of an effective lefthander out of the bullpen was very telling today.
Still, the game was lost when Gonzalez gave up that 3-run homer to David Murphy on what might have been the worst 0-2 pitch I have ever seen.
In other depressing news, Jake Arietta pitched 7 2/3 shutout innings for the Cubs today to run his record to 13-6. In his last 10 starts, Arietta's ERA is a miniscule 1.23. That guy's going to get some Cy Young consideration at this rate. that is a real head scratcher. Jake was 100% done when he left Balt. He's a different pitcher since he left town. I wonder if the change was mechanical or mental. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 10, 2015 9:25:00 GMT -5
Jake Arietta is one of the data points that has led me to hypothesize that there is something intrinsically wrong with the way this organization trains pitchers. Others include Matusz, Hobgood, Britton, Bundy (looking a lot like a bust) and maybe Harvey. It also seems like guys get hurt badly down there too often. There's probably some other guys I'm not thinking of.
But... it might also being that Jake had a "wake up" call that if he didn't fix himself his career wasn't going to last. It could also be more prosaic: some pitchers need big stadiums because they're fly out pitchers. I don't know what Chicago's stadium is like, but Camden Yards is a smaller stadium and therefore the Orioles need popup and ground out pitchers. It could be Arietta was just a poor fit here. I'm sure it's also the case that, no matter how good a manager or coach, there are some men he just can't reach that another man with a different approach can reach.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 20, 2015 12:50:03 GMT -5
Arietta is having a very good year. It will be interesting to see if next year is similar, or if he reverts to the mean (has a worse year because he's playing better than his talent).
Maybe a change of venue will help Matusz. Something better, and I'm tired of watching him come out and be almost completely ineffective.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2015 23:19:17 GMT -5
Matusz has actually done pretty well of late. Miguel Gonzalez, on the other hand, has been atrocious. In his last five starts, totaling just 25 innings, he's surrendered 22 earned runs. It's getting to the point where you wonder how many more times the Orioles can keep running him out there.
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Post by mmmbeer on Aug 21, 2015 7:27:03 GMT -5
the starting pitching since the break hasn't been consistent enough for them to make up ground. It's 5 steps forward, 4 steps back.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 21, 2015 19:13:42 GMT -5
Matusz has actually done pretty well of late. Miguel Gonzalez, on the other hand, has been atrocious. In his last five starts, totaling just 25 innings, he's surrendered 22 earned runs. It's getting to the point where you wonder how many more times the Orioles can keep running him out there. I wonder if Gonzo is (1) a pitcher who has half a season in him, or (2) concealing an injury. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2015 22:52:28 GMT -5
Matusz has actually done pretty well of late. Miguel Gonzalez, on the other hand, has been atrocious. In his last five starts, totaling just 25 innings, he's surrendered 22 earned runs. It's getting to the point where you wonder how many more times the Orioles can keep running him out there. I wonder if Gonzo is (1) a pitcher who has half a season in him, or (2) concealing an injury. He went on the DL on June 6 or thereabouts with a groin injury, and has struggled ever since. I can't say if there's any correlation, but I don't think I've seen more 0-2 hits than when Gonzalez pitches. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2015 23:15:47 GMT -5
Terrible loss tonight, much worse than the 15-2 fandango the night before. Not one hard-hit ball in that three-run Minnesota eighth, but that outfield blunder by Parra proved to be huge. There's no reason to try and get the runner going from second to third in that instance. There's virtually no chance of getting him, and now instead of one runner in scoring position, there are two. Just stupid baseball, and that play proved to be the difference.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 22, 2015 15:39:22 GMT -5
Giving up hits to 0-2 players, giving up hits to players with poor batting averages, and letting lead-off hitters (in an inning) get on base are killing this club's chances. No mistake, even if they somehow win a wild card berth they aren't good enough to go farther. They could have been better this year, but instead Duquette let them fall apart. That's probably not his fault, even if one believes the rumors that the Jays wanted him and he wanted them, and concludes that he took his eye off the prize. It's probably the fault of ownership - the empirical data strongly suggests winning doesn't matter to them.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 23, 2015 17:55:58 GMT -5
After a few losses in KC, they'll slide into fourth place, and a sub .500 season.
The owner does not care whether they win or not. Everything else follows from that.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Sept 7, 2015 17:59:52 GMT -5
One thing you can count on Matusz for: allowing inherited runners to score. Sometimes in spectacular fashion. Why Buck doesn't superglue him (metaphorically) to the bullpen bench is a mystery. Cut him - it won't cost any more than keeping him will - and let him start his ascendance for whoever chooses to take a chance on him. Perhaps he'll follow Arrieta! |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Sept 12, 2015 17:02:27 GMT -5
Why Buck would EVER bring in Matusz is a complete mystery. Complete. I guess he's been told he can't cut him. Perhaps they're trying to show he's not worth a big salary. They they can make a low offer and bring him in as a replacement for Chen. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2015 21:04:59 GMT -5
Matusz has actually pitched well of late. The problem has largely been the starting pitching. Tillman, who was supposed to be the ace this season, has been atrocious overall. The starters simply seem incapable of pitching into the sixth or seventh inning.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Sept 13, 2015 14:18:14 GMT -5
Matusz has actually pitched well of late. The problem has largely been the starting pitching. Tillman, who was supposed to be the ace this season, has been atrocious overall. The starters simply seem incapable of pitching into the sixth or seventh inning. Seems like every time I'm listening, Matusz is allowing inherited runners to score, like he did yesterday. A reliever should come to the mound with a fire extinguisher, not a can of lighter fluid. I'll grant you the starting pitching hasn't been good. Tillman and Gonzo have been worse, we know what happened to Norris, Jimenez started strong and faded. And Gausman's inconsistent. That's not a rotation, it's a circus. But the bullpen has also degraded from last year. The players seem to love Wallace, but there's something seriously wrong with this team's ability to develop and coach pitching. It's like they don't care about that aspect of the game. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Sept 14, 2015 17:36:03 GMT -5
Matusz nominated for the Clemente Award, which recognizes players who make contributions on and off the field.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Sept 14, 2015 21:20:39 GMT -5
He came in today and, amazingly, did not allow inherited runners to score.
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