Yes how pitchers fare this year with perhaps some caps on total innings will be quite interesting
I still would like to see some sports medical personnel weigh in on what is the best technique to use in limiting innings. Would it be better to keep a guy stretched out and then shut him down when he gets to 125 innings or so, or is it best to let him pitch 3 or 4 innings per start, all year long? Will conditioning a starter to only go 3 or 4 innings for a full year have any negative effects when he goes back to the traditional starters role?
Not understanding Woody's logic here. Guzman has better stats for the most part on offense and defense is he is top notch. I would like to see Guzman get the nod being we are in a rebuild and he has shown improvement at the plate.
Not much logic, I don't think. It might be a JD decision.
And you can mix/match the 2 pitchers depending on how far you want one to go today, or by who started last time, or how far they went last time out. It should be interesting to see just exactly how they handle it, I mean it's a flexible system if you have enough bodies 4-5 should do the trick quite nicely...
Woody's logic translated:
Don't get it. We will never know what we have in Guzman because they just can't leave the guy alone for a substantial amount of time and let him be the everyday 1st baseman. A backup 1b/RF/LF. Are you kidding me?
You got that right.
Those two may be related. They could have worked out Lowe at 3B this spring. He has played some there in the minors, a few games anyway. That would have allowed both Guzman and Lowe to play for a few months, and then a much more educated decision could be made regarding who to keep at 1B in the longterm, or if both succeeded, one could have been traded. But alas, they needed a spot for Odor, because we certainly can't sit that contract or dump him.Woody's logic translated:
1). How much did we give up to get Lowe???
2). And Guzman has more flexibility to play more positions...
No brainer until one starts stinking it up and then something will change...
Now the $64K question is do they have the balls to cut Odor???
My guess is they keep Yang cause they want another LHed pitcher on the roster...
Honestly i don't think anyone knows...
Yea, let's keep another Odor bat in the lineup.
Yes, I doubt anyone knows, but I would imagine there are some theories.
Maybe it is just wishful thinking, but I think we will see a trade or two in the next few days. There are some things that don't make a lot of sense, that could be cleared up with a trade or two.
