With Hill ready to make his return, what do you think Penders should do and what you think he will do?Also, Aaron Hill took batting practice before the game.
With Hill ready to make his return, what do you think Penders should do and what you think he will do?
Great post. I have a slight preference for Moriarity, who has significantly higher potential, but we need to start getting on base more.
We won today, but did not play any better than we did last week. Quinnipiac got off to a nice start this year but has been dreadful for a while.
Chris Jones just announced PJ Poulin will start tomorrow. Suspect it will be a staff day with two days off after that.
I find it funny that of the 6 pitchers who were considered candidates to start at the beginning of the season, three of them are in the weekend rotation, while the other three (Domnarski, Nepiarsky, and Zapata) are not getting any starts during the midweek. Rossomando has clearly won one spot, and Poulin is getting a multi game trial as the second midweek starter.
In an ideal world, Nepiarsky would be entrenched as the second midweek guy. However, if we took him out of the weekend 'pen, we would have approximately two guys who can be trusted in high-leverage spots: Russell and Rajkowski. I would much rather have Nepiarsky able to pitch the seventh inning of close games no matter where they are in the weekend and hope Poulin can put together some consistent innings than deal with the alternative.
Radue is more trusted than Rajkowski....but I get your point we need more than 2 guys to take us home during conference games on the weekend.In an ideal world, Nepiarsky would be entrenched as the second midweek guy. However, if we took him out of the weekend 'pen, we would have approximately two guys who can be trusted in high-leverage spots: Russell and Rajkowski. I would much rather have Nepiarsky able to pitch the seventh inning of close games no matter where they are in the weekend and hope Poulin can put together some consistent innings than deal with the alternative.
I agree 100%. Kid doesn't go from having good stuff freshmen year to stinking. It is mental for him right now. And how do you get out of that funk when not given an opportunity and then when he finally does get thrown in doesn' t perform perfect and then never to be seen again. We have too many bullpen issues for him not be be given more opportunities to turn it around.I wish Zapata would get some run in blowout games (granted we never blow anyone out and hardly get blown out but still). I find it hard to believe that his stuff is that bad