Rangers vs O's

[darrylgann]

Pitch count high and it's not a bad inning.

 

[jta4437]

Found it

 

[romeo212000]

We'll be lucky to get 5 out of Lindy at this rate

They're working him to death. Give him credit for not giving in.

 

[RevSader]

HAven't read that anywhere... link?

Texas Rangers Yu Darvish: ?The American media tells me what to do? | Texas Rangers Blog

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I am just going to trust Wolf to come in and do the job. He has definitely exceeded our expectations of him.

 

[RevSader]

Because of the timing, Yu won't miss more than one start.

 

[romeo212000]

Texas Rangers Yu Darvish: ?The American media tells me what to do? | Texas Rangers Blog

No, the results aren't the same. You're giving up homers at an alarming rate, you're still walking too many, and you should be improving. Not just staying the same.

 

[Jbear]

Orioles are just drooling to get Lindbomb

 

[bennie]

Yu hasn't consistently been himself ever since that 130 pitch outing. This development should mean the end of Wash as manager here. You don't fool around with your ace like that. It was a very foolish thing to do.

 

[jta4437]

When did he complain? I heard him say he wanted to shut people up about his fastballs.



What really irritated me was after his last start he said something to the effect that he feels like he may have thrown too many fastballs and he feels like he's a breaking ball pitcher. That really pissed me off for a guy who can run his fastball up to 97. This isn't Japan. You have to pitch off your fastballs to be an elite pitcher here. Quit being a bitch and learn to locate it, because your breaking balls are getting crushed when you don't.

I agree to an extent, it should be coaches telling him this and not the media

So him telling the media to piss off is fine by me

That said, he should throw more fastballs

 

[RevSader]

When did he complain? I heard him say he wanted to shut people up about his fastballs.



What really irritated me was after his last start he said something to the effect that he feels like he may have thrown too many fastballs and he feels like he's a breaking ball pitcher. That really pissed me off for a guy who can run his fastball up to 97. This isn't Japan. You have to pitch off your fastballs to be an elite pitcher here. Quit being a bitch and learn to locate it, because your breaking balls are getting crushed when you don't.

I think it's ridiculous for him to claim that just because his ERA is down it's not a big deal. All the bullshit homers to 7-8-9 hole hitters are not acceptable. The only pitch they can hit is his looping curve and he throws it right in there to be crushed.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

How do you guys feel about Yu complaining about the American media? I think he needs to get over it and throw fastballs.

It also includes Nolan Ryan, Steve Busby, and Eric Nadel. I know the last 2 are media but not how we think of media. All I can say is the truth hurts.

 

[romeo212000]

Because of the timing, Yu won't miss more than one start.

Looks like he'll be back for the Yankees series.

 

[RevSader]

I agree to an extent, it should be coaches telling him this and not the media

So him telling the media to piss off is fine by me

That said, he should throw more fastballs

Let's hope the coaches do it...I don't trust Washington to figure it out.

 

[romeo212000]

I think it's ridiculous for him to claim that just because his ERA is down it's not a big deal. All the bullshit homers to 7-8-9 hole hitters are not acceptable. The only pitch they can hit is his looping curve and he throws it right in there to be crushed.

Exactly. This is American baseball. They hold players accountable here. If you wanted to take the easy road where you can dominate and never be question you should've stayed in Japan.

 

[Jbear]

31 pitches first inning. Maybe we get 4 innings from him tonight.

 

[romeo212000]

Yu hasn't consistently been himself ever since that 130 pitch outing. This development should mean the end of Wash as manager here. You don't fool around with your ace like that. It was a very foolish thing to do.

That had nothing to do with anything. He's had good games since then.

 

[Swangin]

Texas Rangers Yu Darvish: ?The American media tells me what to do? | Texas Rangers Blog

Like a lot of times the media write articles or quote people out of context to make it more than it actually is. the specific question asked for that response was, what is the difference between the American media and Japanese media. He didn't just bring it up, he answered a specific question asked.

 

[romeo212000]

Darvish is leading people to believe that he is not coachable. If that's true he needs to get real. Even the best pitchers work with pitching coaches to improve and adjust. He's no different.

 

[romeo212000]

Like a lot of times the media write articles or quote people out of context to make it more than it actually is. the specific question asked for that response was, what is the difference between the American media and Japanese media. He didn't just bring it up, he answered a specific question asked.

Yes, but he was clearly defensive about it.