The bullpen tonight
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 11, 2008 12:42 PM CDT
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PrintIn the stands last night, I was listening to people bitch about Ron Washington for leaving Scott Feldman in too long.
The problem, though, is that he didn't have much of a choice, and was trying to get as much out of Feldman as he could to try to keep from being backed into a corner today.
Feldman's inability to throw strikes, though, combined with the extra inning game, have created a problem, and the Rangers may have to make a move today to get a fresh arm up.
Wes Littleton won't be available today -- he threw 55 pitches yesterday.
Frankie Francisco probably won't be available today -- he's thrown two nights in a row, and the Rangers have avoided using him three days in a row.
Warner Madrigal and Josh Rupe are iffy -- they threw 48 and 40 pitches, respectively, on Wednesday, and aren't likely to be pushed more than an inning or so if they do come in.
Dustin Nippert is questionable -- he threw over 100 pitches on Monday.
Your pen is likely C.J. Wilson (who threw 30 pitches yesterday), Eddie Guardado (who pitched yesterday and isn't going to go more than an inning in any case), and Jamey Wright (who has gone the last two days).
Nippert, of course, had to throw over 100 pitches on Monday because Luis Mendoza, today's starter, was so awful on Monday. But if Mendoza has another early meltdown tonight, I don't know that the Rangers will be able to do much other than leave him out there and let him take a beating.
The only other option would seem to be to send Wes Littleton down and call up Derek Lee or Elizardo Ramirez or someone like that as an emergency long man.
Except, of course, Lee and Ramirez both pitched last night, meaning neither is available tonight.
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Nefitali Feliz!
You know you want to see it.
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lol wut
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by inactive lsb user on Jul 11, 2008 12:50 PM CDT reply actions
Be Careful!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
tonight
I got tickets again tonight on the first base side near the dugout about 20 rows up. My cousin’s boy could be signed for the day to work in the bull pen. He has a College World Series ring from his freshman year at UT Austin.
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
world series ring
his name is Tim McGough musta been 2002 as he was a team mate of the A’s Houston Street. He had TJ surgery after that and then transfered to TCU and finished his college career there at home. He pitched in the same league that the FT Cats are in last year. That is an independent league and Tim’s team was in Corpus Christi. He is out of baseball now and I think his mother, my cousin, is probably happy about that.
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
Tim McGough
I hung out with sister, Gretchen, the year that I went to school with her at Cameron University. I’m pretty sure that is the right family.
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by badradiorules on Jul 11, 2008 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Timmy
I don’t know of any sisters in the McGough family that I am related to just an older brother that attended Texas Tech. He is a non jock type guy.
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
I'm gonna say...
Kiko Calero or Kameron Loe.
by Boneless on Jul 11, 2008 1:09 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Probably not...
Kam is in on DL with a sore back and Kiko pitched an inning last night (so would probably only be good for a couple tonight)
http://www.mvn.com/milb-rangers
For old times sake...C'mon Kelly! :-)
Why is Luis Mendoza starting?
Seriously put the guy in the bullpen. He has nice change of pace, grounball-inducing stuff to come out of the bullpen. Have him pitch here and bring up someone else to fill innings (Loe or Calero).
At some point
they have to realize that Mendoza is not a starting pitcher and doesn’t have the stuff to ever be one. However, look how many chances they gave Loe before they pulled the plug on him starting. There may not be a better option for tonight, but they have to get him out of the rotation soon.
Im gonna copy paste
all the luis mendoza haters, store them for later tonight or tomorrow morning…
It’s easy to hate a guy when he’s down.
I don't hate him because he is down
I don’t hate him at all. I just don’t think that a guy with his lack of stuff, including no strikeout pitch and not that great of command or control, is capable of being a major league starter. Just like Loe isn’t a starter, Mathis isn’t a starter as well.
you're right
Loe was much better in the minors
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
A double is just as easy as a sac bunt ~ by nice hands on Jul 11, 2008 12:23 PM CDT
lol
Luis Mendoza only has one year in the minors you can look at, and truly get a grasp of who he is. Which was last year. When he added the 4 seamer.
And yet
Even in his best year as you say Kam Loes career minor league numbers are better than Mendozas best season.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
A double is just as easy as a sac bunt ~ by nice hands on Jul 11, 2008 12:23 PM CDT
I guess
that’s how you answer when facts prove you wrong.
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by Dirk Diggler on Jul 11, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I odn't hate him
and I hope he does well tonight obviously…I’m just saying he is a reliever not a starter.
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
I love me some Mendoza
But it is so much harder to love him when he pitches like monday, and doesn’t have his beautiful mane
It's gotta be Diamond
he’s on the 40. Hasn’t pitched in a while, i don’t think. Just call him up.
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
I thought he had surgery...
or some sort of setback.
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
How were those the two options lol
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
3 days rest
Pitch Millwood today, Nippert tomorrrow, Harrison on Sunday. Mendoza could be the long man tonight.
"An effortless 98" - Scott Gardner after Neftali Feliz's first AA pitch
shouldn't Millwood be pitching tonight anyway?
it’s his turn in the rotation…
...people-in-the-know say that he detests pitching with an extra-day of rest, or on three-days rest.
by oc on Jul 11, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I believe he asked for it
Maybe his shin or something
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
A double is just as easy as a sac bunt ~ by nice hands on Jul 11, 2008 12:23 PM CDT
Strained groin
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
Look guys
Right now we are just trying to get to the ASB and get back to normal. This is a situation you cannot plan for. Go find a GM in the league that could possibly be ready to have 6 or 7 starting pitchers injured and several bullpen guys gassed and be able to throw a guy out there. It sucks but you know what its only 3 days until the ASB. Hopefully Mendoza can get through tonight and we can make it. I am rooting for the guy but in all honesty he hasn’t shown anything AS A STARTER to make me think he won’t give up 6 or 7 runs in a few innings tonight. I am really not concerned about the results this weekend but just to not get anyone else injured and get everybody to the break so we can come back fresh ready for the last couple months of the season. If that means letting Mendoza stay out there and get shelled to save a Rupe or Wright or Nippert for later fine by me. It will do the team more good even though Mendoza may not like it.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
A double is just as easy as a sac bunt ~ by nice hands on Jul 11, 2008 12:23 PM CDT
You don't have a big enough sample on Mendoza...
I watched Mendoza last year, as well as Galarraga, and there is no doubt in my mind that Mendoza is better than Armando, as well as Kameron Loe.
Well
I want whatever binoculars you are viewing through. Because what I see is your run of the mill fringe #5 guy who will bounce from team to team trying to clinge to a rotation spot.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
A double is just as easy as a sac bunt ~ by nice hands on Jul 11, 2008 12:23 PM CDT
WTF are you?
His mom?
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
Ok
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
Ok
Now don’t forget about your fanpost if your boy Mendy gives up 2,000 feet of homers!
Warner Madrigal makes Ezequiel Astacio look downright handsome.
on 3 pitches
ouch!
"No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of."
by Walter Sobchak on Jul 11, 2008 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I think
it’s Steve Rowe’s turn in the rotation.
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For old times sake...C'mon Kelly! :-)
going to the game tonight...
it’s been a while, PLEASE don’t let Mendoza ruin it for us all…that’s all I’m asking
"No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of."
wow.
thank you for making my Mendoza experience a successful one. can you do that more often?
"No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of."
by Walter Sobchak on Jul 12, 2008 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions
per EG
Loe and Diaz are up, Littleton and Feldman (!) are down:
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
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"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08
Feldman
Smart move. He isn’t gonna start again before the break and in 10 days they can recall him and he should be right on schedule
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
A double is just as easy as a sac bunt ~ by nice hands on Jul 11, 2008 12:23 PM CDT
Diaz
Who is this guy? Im assuming he had to be added to the 40 man and will be dropped right afterwards
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
A double is just as easy as a sac bunt ~ by nice hands on Jul 11, 2008 12:23 PM CDT
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