is a good idea. I completely forgot about him.

maybe after the All-Star break. We’re going to want to be watchful w/ his innings anyway. The only thing is - if he’s brought up, I’d like to see him given the chance to get lefties and righties out - as Villone was last night.

As for his splits this year, it’s far too small a sample size to be concerned about. As a lefty, he’ll be tougher on lefties than he is on righties. The guys w/ reverse splits over their careers are very few in number. I think that right now, he’d be better than either lefty we have in the pen but he’s gotta get his innings in at Memphis also. Maybe call him up in a month. Won’t he be as good as Grabow or Burnett?

n/t

I assume he was talking about 15K/Per 9 IP

...Mulder is throwing in the 90s with movement, then he is definitely a great starting rotation option.

I don’t know if you caught Goold’s post on the Mulder-Clement doubleheader in Springfield, but it was interesting, and heartening.

Mulder was impressive, which he has been in some rehab starts before, and displayed not only a new delivery but renewed and unexpected velocity….

Still, consider this: In the last start of his halted rehab assignment Mulder hit 89 mph twice, and that was it. That was as fast as he got.

On Saturday, 40 of his 73 pitches were at least 90 mph.

He’ll have to do it again in his next start to confirm that his new, freer, easier delivery will consistently fire at that velocity with the same natural sink he showed regularly at 91 mph on Saturday.

I highly suggest reading the whole post because it features some recount of pitches thrown in various innings.

Stamina could be an issue, but they are going to milk his rehab for all its worth and if he is all right to throw 73 pitches, one would assume that 90 is not in the too distant future.

Mulder may have to give up on being a starter anyway if he can’t get any stamina back, having him in the pen at least lets you see if he can get ML hitters out anymore.

that’s my vote.

is first choice although it’d be a tricky trade probably.

I’d say MIF. When AP comes back, LOOGY.

now THAT would be a feat. Shoot for the stars, Mo!

I know he has some location problems with it, but a good overhand curve can always get lefties out, no matter what hand you use th throw them.

that only have one lefty in the pen. Really, what is the use of having a lefty that can’t get people out? I couldnt’t agree more with you HC about McClellan and Perez

Lee leading Pujols is ridiculous, even if Pujols likely won’t play due to injury. But, Berkman should start the Mid-Summer Classic. That man is murdering baseballs on a nightly basis. Tejada ahead of Hanley Ramirez is absurd. Soriano leading all OFers is bizarre (doesn’t Cubdom hate Soriano?). Fukudome is not at all surprising since his fans from Japan can vote. Theriot boggles the mind. Soto is good. Derosa and Matsui over Uggla is stupid.

I mean, really? I used to vote straight ticket Cardinals when I was in the first grade, but have realized how misguided that was—especially since home field now rests on the exhibition’s outcome. It’s like Cubbie fans are trying to sabotage their team’s shot at home field (if they actually believe this year is the year).

How many votes has Oswalt gotten? :)

The cards’ votes sunk when they were on that last road trip, while Houston’s rose when we were playing them at home. I think the Cubs are benefiting both from the home games, and from having a second team in Chicago. It’s clear that many people are just voting for cubs.

The Cubs have the best record in baseball. They also have a huge, nationwide fan base. I don’t see how you can be surprised by those vote totals.

Agreed – on the album and the reference. And it was brilliant to use that album reference to tie in an arcane word orgin (sinister/sinistral) to the LOOGY focus. As a left-hander, I appreciate that Baron!

I would imagine that the Venn diagram of baseball fans and B&S fans would show very little overlap, but perhaps I am wrong. B&S themselves seem to have at least a passing interest: “Piazza New York Catcher”

that in the situations that I would be going to K-Mac and Perez (not saying I’m an expert), Tony seems to go to Flores and it is getting very irritating.

I am all for getting a LOOGY to replace Flores. I think the biggest turning point was against the Phillies and Utley and Howard were due up, and Flores walks BOTH of them. That is what is disappointing. Anyone can go in and walk two guys. If you are the specialist, the AB should at least be a battle. I believe he threw just 2 strikes between the two AB’s. IMO, the LOOGY should be able to throw an offspeed pitch for a strike, and then force the batter to battle and foul off those pitches until the batter either hits the ball softly somewhere or k’s. Is it wrong to say I miss the days of Ray King and Steve Kline? Or dare I say Jeff Fassero? j/k on the last one.

is villone’s control. that was a bp location “fastball” and it didn’t take a future all star to smoke it. this after many walks the time before makes me agree with those that say at his age, he is overused and won’t last the season at this rate.

i think you meant… RK & SK were virtually talent-free‘

Where’d you hear that?

than I am fully healthy. And I played in high school (and could have played D-III if I really wanted to)!

but man are they good. saw them at the pageant a few years ago, definitely the best concert i’ve ever been to.

I wish others would also do the same thing and post the sample size instead of just saying “small sample size”. Not all small samples are the same.

On another note, I wish someone would store variance/variability stats instead of just averages and rates. The same average could result from a pitcher consistently being bad every inning or from a few blow ups (e.g. 20 run Phil’s game).

Does this mean that Perez and Springer should just pitch from the stretch with bases empty? I think there is a current pitcher who does that, but I forgot who.

Fuentes will likely be a type A free agent, so it makes more sense to keep him than a guy like marte, who probably won’t be.

Damaso seems like the logical choice right now. Probably wouldn’t take much more than a B prospect.

That I am about to agree with glamboomer after 2 straight days of disagreeing with him?

After looking at that (assuming those numbers are correct), LOOGY isn’t a problem. Instead it’s simply Left handed reliever who can get anyone out, ala Brian Fuentes or a better use of matchups.

While it is useful to have a LHP who can get a LHB out, they tend to face significantly more RHB’s. And while their ISO is only .088, they are still batting .304 off our guys in 102 AB’s. (Compare that with our rightys, who as a whole have basically identical numbers vs both types of hitters.)

Villone vs LHB 53 PA .167 .288 .262 62 sOPS+
Villone vs RHB 75 PA .339 .453 .452 138 sOPS+

Flores vs LHB 41 PA .250 .366 .469 140 sOPS+
Flores vs RHB 48 PA .250 .375 .300 80 sOPS+

(sOPS+ is split ops+ basically what the ops+ would be using league average is for that split)

Villone is a damn good LOOGY it seems…..not so good vs RHB

the only thing that comes close is Ruth in his early Yankee days. Not saying Woods is the greatest athlete but his level of talent is THAT much more above everyone else in his sport in relation to other sports.

between rounds of the British Open. So, he’s been playing this awesome golf on one leg.

n/t

If this is the case I hope whoever they are working with was informed because this is gonna trash his remaining trade value.

who didn’t see this coming??? I can’t believe has lasted this long with that violent delivery.