German DFA'd
by Topgun22 on May 21, 2008 4:09 PM CDT
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PrintKam Loe recalled, per the DMN. This is really kind of an odd move. German had not been pitching poorly, other than a few control issues. And, to the best of my knowledge Kam hasn't exactly been lighting things up at triple A OKC. The team obviously needs a fresh arm in the pen for the rest of this sreies, but this move is a touch baffling to say the least. We have 10 days to trade or release German.
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sadly
that may be the accurate motive for this move.
by Apes and Androids on May 21, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
one other thing
in Kam’s last ten AAA outings, spanning 16.1 innings, he has 13 Ks and 1 BB. I think JD is just fed up with walks from our pitching staff, and justifiably so. To be honest, in a late game situation, I have about the same faith in Kam and German, which is to say, not much. And I guess this opens a spot on the 40, which is neat.
ugh
german has been solid.
but i guess he’s the pitcher they gotta dump if they absolutely HAVE to bring up kam loe.
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Huh...
I don’t get this at all. Yes German is erratic but he has been effective at times.
I like Kam and all but what the hell has he done to deserve a call up? Why not bring up the Pirate?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
As much as I despise wheelbarrel's inability to throw strikes
I don’t think this is the way to go (namely replacing him with Loe)
This is another move
that just makes you scratch your head. German isn’t much, but he has done well for the most part this year in the majors, while Loe has done poorly in the minors. I really wonder if the front office has any idea how to manage a 25- and 40-man roster.
It does get
Curioser and curioser.
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by Ed Coffin on May 21, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
No kidding.
He seemed pretty effective last night.
3.2 innings, two hits, one walk, and one strikeout.
That's been my knock on him all season
Looking here, as best as I can figure, he’s allowed 10 of 18 inherited runners to score. For comparison (from the same site), Benoit is 0/1, Fx2 is 2/5, Guardado is 0/2, Dusty Tits is 0/2, Rupe is 4/5 (not so good either), BGL is 1/1 and the Electrician is 2/17.
From looking at that, looks like the Electrician is the best fireman on the staff… he’s had one fewer inherited runner but allowed eight fewer to score.
That'd do it
At first I had no idea why the team did this, but allowing 10/18 makes it hard to keep him around when push comes to shove.
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David Murphy rocks, so Ellsbury can just go get himself a taco or something.
Dang
Who’s steering this thing? They may want to cut back on the 2 martini lunches.
Really, JD has been scewing up the 25/40 decisions massively.
...it's the weekend, so why the hell not?
See RangerMad's post below
How is this a screw up? I’d rather see them bring up Loe then yo-yo Murray right now.
...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.
Eh...I suppose
Yes, he hasn’t been great…I know the stats.
I suppose this decision also had something to do with coach/manager input. I know the numbers, I just think they may have seen something that we didn’t.
...it's the weekend, so why the hell not?
inherited runner scored
German has allowed 8 of 15 inherited runners to score this year. That is not good. You can’t judge relievers by their ERA. I think Loe was brought up solely because he hasn’t pitched since 5/18.
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that stat is ugly
and probably what got him on a one way ticket out of town. I do wonder if they’ll try and make a trade. Though who for what could be interesting.
WHIP: 1.431 for German in the majors
Loe’s is 1.71 at AAA.
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Loe
I doubt he’s going to be here for long. He’s basically a fresh arm, I think. I’m guessing he gets sent down to make room for A.J. Murray in a few days, and Mathis goes back to the pen.
by Adam J. Morris on May 21, 2008 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions
weird
i mean, ive complained about him, but in the I dont trust him kind of manner… not the DFA variety…
Gerald Laird is my hero.
German will probably go on
and pitch like Cy Young candidate at his next club.
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Well...
this does open up another spot on the 40.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Sweet mercy.
When I read the title I thought it was refering to German Duran at first.
You can imagine I was kind’ve upset for a moment.
odd move
german hasn’t been great, but he hasn’t been awful.
Though i really didnt think he should have been on the 25man after ST anyway
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Loe...
why not Wes Littleton instead of Kam?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Probably because...
...Wes pitched last night, and Kam hasn’t pitched since the 18th.
by Adam J. Morris on May 21, 2008 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Diamond
This opens a spot on the 40 man. Isn’t Diamond on the 60 day DL? He is about to come off that and be optioned to AA. You need a roster space in order to do that.
If Diamond is not on the 60 day then forget all this and imagine it never was written :)
Good point...
but I believe there is only 38 on the 40 now after tis move.
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German
Have any of you actually watched him pitch this year? He’s not been very good.
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Hey DShep
This gives you the opportunity to create a Rally Snake if Kam is pitching. Kam Loe’s got a boa constrictor named Angel. Maybe they can send it on this road trip for good luck.
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Really?
Kam has a boa?
I’ve never heard Lewin talk about that before. :P
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Kam
he is known as snake boy
has his own cheering section up near section 321 the guy wraps rubber snakes all around the guard railing. He can be seen sometimes waving a big Texas flag. I am surprised that yall did not know about Angel being as you all know everything about everything concerning the Rangers.
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
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i
still dont get why he is dfa’d german, he has the best era on the team the last time i checked
Because you cannot
judge a relievers performane by looking at ERA. He let too many inherited runners score. Those runs didn’t get reflected in his ERA. I wonder if there is a stat that credits the run to the pitcher that is on the mound at the time the run is scored regardless of who allowed him to get on base.
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Not his fault
he gets put in to clean up other peoples messes.
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What do you not understand?
A reliever with a 0.00 ERA that lets every inherited runner score is useless. He is not paid to have a low ERA, he is paid to not allow runners to score. He let a crap load of runners score, so he is now unemplyed.
But those
runners were not on base because of his pitchers, he cleans up messes left behind.
If a reliever with a 0 era was put in with a clean slate, he would still have a 0 era.
Its hard to pitch when you come into the game already with runners.
""I want George W. Bush to say, "All things equal, I screwed up this country far worse than I did the Texas Rangers."" - Chris Ballard
That's kind of the job description
of most relievers that aren’t the closer. A lot of time the reason a pitcher comes in is because the pitcher in front of them is running out of gas and putting runners on.
"Before I leave, I once again condemn the despicable buffoonery of D.J. Cahill." - Huck
Seemed
like he was used as the mop the most though…
In situations where the previous pitcher fails epically and he has to come in and take the blame.
""I want George W. Bush to say, "All things equal, I screwed up this country far worse than I did the Texas Rangers."" - Chris Ballard
Not if he gets the outs.
"Before I leave, I once again condemn the despicable buffoonery of D.J. Cahill." - Huck
So you think
CJ Wilson would do a good job if he was put in situations where there were multiple base runners?
German was set up to fail, even really good pitchers wouldn’t be able to handle those situations perfectly.
""I want George W. Bush to say, "All things equal, I screwed up this country far worse than I did the Texas Rangers."" - Chris Ballard
No one is saying German had to be perfect
but he was among the worst, if not the worst, in letting inherited runners score. If a reliever can only pitch in non-pressure situations, he is completely useless. German let too many runs score, plain and simple.
See my post above
He is one of the very worst at letting inherited runners score. Every reliever faces this, he handles it worse than most.
...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.
FX2
In 2007 Francisco allowed only 3 of 44 inherited runners to score. In 2004 it was 5 of 28. The kob of as reliever is to not allow ANY baserunners to score. It does not matter whose era those runner get attributed to.
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