Bucklion;2340212; said:
GOOOMMMEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I have to say, McAllister is our obvious #2, in reality. Ubaldo, Kluber, and Kazmair...ugh. Ubaldo I guess is a passable 4 because he has a few good starts interspersed with his terrible ones. Kazmair throws well but always gives up runs. Kluber doesn't seem to be able to do much. And Carrasco is a headhunter, Bauer can't throw strikes, and no one else is ready. So the SP is not in a great situation.
But man, can this team hit.
(and to Magua, I didn't want to multiquote to death)
Well, first, I certainly wasn't commenting on the consistency/quality or lack thereof of the rest of them.
As to Myers, I haven't written him off yet, I'm not convinced he's been the least bit healthy, since well, spring. Don't think you can count on him at this point either... on the other hand, we need innings, so, getting him healthy would be a good thing up to the point where you can make some decisions in the next 6 weeks.
I honestly was sort of hoping they could keep Bauer at AAA for while with a light workload and then if needed bring him up in August and give him a couple months with the big club. The good news is, its not a stuff problem with him... dunno. His k to BB ratio at Columbus is better than 2-1 and his WHIP is 1.17.... so.. much like Ubaldo, in his head.
Speakign of Ubaldo... To be honest, in spite of the last start, and there were some things going against the Tribe in that game early, not the least of which was an indecipherable strike zone for a couple innings... Ubaldo isn't the same guy the last month... at all... somehow, and I don't have any clue how, they've managed to simplify his delivery and for the most party he's more confidant in his fastball again.... sometimes... the problem is really that he's a basket case... its not like he doesn't have the movement and velocity to get it done, he still throws hard, but, I think we're gonna have to hope its a work in progress where we're gonna continue to see more good than bad.
Kluber, is Kluber, I mean, I think we got a few "not much tape on the kid" outings but, he's gonna get raked the more he gets sent out, I think.
And yeah, I mean, they need SP help, but, again, its a question of what's availalbe and what's in gonna cost (beyond money).
I don't really know what to think of Kazmir, but, its a bonus at this point... honestly, the talk with him needs to be to be aggressive as possible and that what we're looking for is 6 innigns and if he gives up 4 runs, not a big deal...
Because, yeah, these guys can score in bunches.
