Comments on: Would Wang have been so bad in the bullpen?

By: What Went Wrong: Chien-Ming Wang | River Avenue Blues

What Went Wrong: Chien-Ming Wang | River Avenue Blues — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:31:48 +0000

[...] After working with the organization’s pitching instructors down in Tampa, Wang made a pair of better than good rehab starts (13 IP, 6 H, 0 R) with Triple-A Scranton before being hastily activated. His return from the disabled list was a clear panic move made after Joba was feared injured when he took a liner to the leg and left a start early. Working initially in relief, Wang was uncomfortable and his results were a mixed bag – just two runs in eight innings, but a .300 AVG against. Soon enough, the Yankees inserted Wanger back into the rotation, a rather questionable move. [...]

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A-Rod dating Kate Hudson? | The Voice of Yankees Universe — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:33:31 +0000

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By: gxpanos

gxpanos — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:00:21 +0000

I know, I said that. I didn’t really word the rest of it well, though. All I meant was, the doctors and Yankees seem to be implying that Wang’s foot is structurally OK. If that’s the case, he just needs to trust it when he plants and get his mechanics back. And that takes innings. It’s mental, and also about repetition and feel.

As a result of it being mental, I think there’s a decent chance he can regain his old velocity and movement. If it were an arm thing, and he physically could not ever regain the power sinker, the Yanks would obviously have a bigger problem (though it’d be easier to solve–Phil would be a big leaguer for good).

By: gxpanos

gxpanos — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:55:25 +0000

I absolutely grant you most of this. Hence why I said, “that’s not the question.” The question under discussion is, “IF the Yanks have 6 effective big league pitchers, what should they do?” OBVIOUSLY, if Wang is as bad as he was early on, Phil slides back in.

We all know that if Wang isnt any good, Phil fills out the rotation, and Wang goes to the bp or on the fake DL.

By: TomG

TomG — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:31:38 +0000

Yeah, I guess you can question whether any pitcher will return to form following an injury, but I still think he’s more of a known quantity at this point than you’re giving him credit for. The guy pitched six dismal innings in April when he clearly was not finished his rehab. The five effective relief innings outweigh those six in April because they’re more in line with his career numbers.

By: Sweet Lou

Sweet Lou — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:30:36 +0000

Dusty Baker, along with Billy Martin and Dallas Green might be the three worst managers to handle young starting pitching the last 40 years. I was a Billy Martin fan but what he did to those A’s pitchers in the early 80′s and Al Leiter was criminal.

By: mustang

mustang — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:29:05 +0000

LMAO… Leave it up to RAB to try and find away to keep Hughes in the rotation even at cost of putting a 29-year-old 2 times 19 game winner in the pen.
At least you put a few rational escape clauses in thread.
Nice try.

Caution- regardless what argument your using your coming close to the B-Jobber and B-Hughesers of the world.

By: e mills

e mills — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:16:15 +0000

Can’t he help him regardless of where he is sitting during the games?

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:14:24 +0000

the downside of incentives based contracts …

By: Nick L.

Nick L. — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:06:07 +0000

The one good thing about Hughes going to the bullpen is that Mariano can help him with his still develpoing cutter.