What's the general consensus on Jered Weaver?

[DJ]

He's having the worst season of his career and he's 32, almost 33. Is he having a down year or is he on the decline?

 

[Fountain City Blues]

He's having the worst season of his career and he's 32, almost 33. Is he having a down year or is he on the decline?

His velocity keeps nosediving. So, eventually, yeah, it's decline.

 

[williewilliejuan]

He can barely throw the ball harder than my four year old daughter. Decline is the nicest thing you can say about it.

 

[DJ]

So now he needs to be a crafty pitcher......got it.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

So now he needs to be a crafty pitcher......got it.

He's remarkably good at it.

 

[DJ]

He's remarkably good at it.

Good at it? IDK about that, his ERA is 4.69.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Good at it? IDK about that, his ERA is 4.69.

Decline would have happened years ago for most pitchers, imo.

 

[DJ]

He's only signed through 2016.....hope he takes the hometown discount to be a back of the rotation starter and finish his career here.

 

[DJ]

Impeccable timing.....Weaver has a one-hitter through 4 innings.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

He's had a great career to this point.

As others have said his velocity keeps rapidly dropping but if he keeps making adjustments he's got some years left.

Guy knows how to pitch. Not gonna use just this year to write him off. He was hurt for a bit too.

 

[navamind]

I'd be shocked if he's ever an above average pitcher again.

 

[navamind]

I'd be shocked if he's ever an above average pitcher again.

Then again, I said the same thing about Kazmir back in like 2011 and he's made me look like a complete idiot.

 

[romeo212000]

He's been on the decline for years. He's a #3 quickly approaching #4 status.

 

[romeo212000]

Then again, I said the same thing about Kazmir back in like 2011 and he's made me look like a complete idiot.

Those steroids in Oakland work wonders.

 

[navamind]

Those steroids in Oakland work wonders.

In all seriousness, his velocity returned when he broke camp with the Indians. He had pretty good peripherals in 2013, but the Indians defense hurt him.

 

[navamind]

He's been on the decline for years. He's a #3 quickly approaching #4 status.

An extreme flyball pitcher with a strikeout rate nearly three full strikeouts below the league average.

His numbers have been aided by Angel Stadium for a while now, suppressing plenty of balls that would go out in other ballparks. He's had a nice career, but he was a bit overrated.