Mulder 8/11 Rehab Start in Memphis

by whopperman on Aug 12, 2006 12:23 AM EDT

He pretty much sucked. No command.

His stuff looked ok, but he couldn't throw his fastball by anybody and if they know an 80's fastball is coming, they'll eventually start launching it. Seemed like he was throwing a little harder than he had been earlier in the year, but still not enough to actually get it by someone sitting on fastball.

I'll have a deeper, almost pitch-by-pitch breakdown later tonight or sometime tomorrow.

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I concur

I went to the game tonite and the first inning he looked like vintage mulder with the exception for the walk to their third hitter. The second inning he started to lose his command as he walked the second batter but still got out of the inning. The second inning is when he started to leave the ball up as his last two outs of the inning where fly ball outs. The third was not a good inning for him, granted there was a passed ball that molina would have blocked but he had a chance to get out of the inning but was not able to finish them off. After the homer the next guy doubled and dyar miller visited him on the mound after that he got a ground ball out. His next inning was tolerable as he got 2 flyouts and walked one. It wasnt his greateset performance considering he was facing triple a players but maybe thats due to rust. His velocity did seem to be there though, the Memphis gun said 83 to 86 but the gun said earlier in the year that reyes was at 87 and 88. So mulder was probably within the 86 to 90 range which was encouraging. I think it would be best if he had one more rehab start in memphis to work off rust or whatever but even after tonite i think i would rather have mulder taking the ball every fifth day over marquis.

by truemun12 on Aug 12, 2006 12:40 AM EDT reply actions

Agree

He needs another rehab start.

That double was a fun display of ballpark oddity. If it's 5 feet right it's in the bullpen, if it's 5 feet left it's on the walkway in front of the Bluff.

My pitch by pitch is going to be tomorrow...but I'll give a quick synopsis -- it was about 80% fastballs from what I could tell, and he only got a first-pitch strike on nine of 20 batters.

They didn't do much with his curveball, he just never used it.

by whopperman on Aug 12, 2006 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Hmmm....

so Mulder didn't exactly impress in his second rehab start. What to we do now? Give him another rehab start? Bring him back to start against the Reds?

I'd say give him another rehab start. I don't want him pitching here until he is completely ready. Eventhough he might be better than Marquis either way.

"The right-hander is throwing up in the bullpen." -Mike Shannon

by DJ87 on Aug 12, 2006 12:59 AM EDT reply actions

I'm Scared

His fastball never broke 90 Mphs. He did look sharp in the first two innings but again the long ball reared his ugly head again. overall: not great.

by mass on Aug 12, 2006 1:14 AM EDT reply actions

Two things

His fastball has never broken 90 in a Cardinals uniform.
The AutoZone Park radar gun is a worthless piece of crap. If you're going by it, there was the one random 94-mph fastball that was probably really more like 87-88. Trust me, I'm down there just about every night...

by whopperman on Aug 12, 2006 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions

You could see this coming...

a mile away... His arm is screwed and has been for longer than they're admitting... The idea he'll neutralize Delgado in October is absurd...

He can't even handle Dominguez or MacGhee for Christ's sakes!!

by guayzimi on Aug 12, 2006 1:20 AM EDT reply actions

Here's the more detailed post.

First off -- I can't guarantee that I'm 100% accurate on these, but I think I'm pretty close. There were some pitches I couldn't really see. Anything marked fastball/slider or fastball/sinker could probably be any of the three, I don't know Mulder's exact repertoire.

Felix Pie
Fastball Ball
Fastball Popped out to first

Luis Montanez
Fastball Ball
Fastball Foul
Curve Swing and miss
Curve Took strike three

Mike Restovich
Fastball Swing and miss
Fastball Ball
Fastball Ball
Fastball Ball
Fastball/slider Swing and miss
Fastball Ball Four

Micah Hoffpauir
Fastball Foul
Fastball Blocked ball in dirt
Fastball/slider Foul
Fastball Soft groundout to short

Casey McGehee
Fastball/Slider Foul
?? Soft groundout to second

Geovany Soto
Fastball/Slider Foul
Fastball/Sinker Ball
Curve Ball
Fastball Ball
Fastball Ball Four

Buck Coats
Fastball Ball
Fastball Foul
?? Flew out to left

Augie Ojeda
?? Ball
?? Foul
Fastball Flew out to left

Ryan O'Malley
Fastball Ball
Fastball Ball
Fastball Ball
Fastball Ball Four...to the friggin pitcher

Felix Pie
Fastball Ball
Fastball/Slider Taken Strike
Fastball Felix Pie
Fastball Liner to center, single

Luis Montanez
Fastball Taken Strike
Curve High flyout to short right

Mike Restovich
Curve Foul
Fastball Blocked ball in dirt
Fastball? Foul
Fastball Blocked ball in dirt
Fastball/?? Lined out fairly hard to first

Micah Hoffpauir
Fastball Ball
Fastball Ball
Fastball (passed ball, catcher appeared to think curve low-away, threw fasbtall up and in) Ball
Fastball Liner to right for two-run single

Casey McGehee
Fastball Ball
Fastball Ball
Fastball BOMB to left-center -- 400ish -- if you've been to Memphis, back wall of the bullpen

Geovany Soto
Curve Foul
Fastball BOMB to left-center, double off the wall -- 5 feet left or right it's a homer

Buck Coats
Fastball Swing and miss
Curve Soft groundout to second

Augie Ojeda
Fastball/Slider Taken Strike
Fastball/Slider Lined out to center

Ryan O'Malley (who apparently had to interrupt a bathroom break to come bat)
Fastball Ball
Fastball Taken Strike
Fastball Ball
Fastball Foul
Fastball Foul
?? Foul
Curve Swing and miss, strike three

Felix Pie
?? Ball
Fastball Ball
Fastball Ball
?? Ball Four

Luis Montanez
Curve Ball
Fastball Taken Strike
Curve Flew out to medium center

by whopperman on Aug 12, 2006 4:17 PM EDT reply actions