Towers having a tough time putting a bullpen together
by jbox on Mar 10, 2009 4:32 PM PDT
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XX Sports Radio: Kevin Towers Interview (MP3)
- It's tough with the WBC going on to evaluate talent, but it's given them a chance to see some of the lower level guys.
- Correia has thrown the ball very well. Josh Geer's velocity is not where it was last year. Correia and Geer are the front runners for the 4 and 5 spot.
- There are 4 to 5 spots open in the bullpen.
- There might be 2 or 3 guys who end up in the bullpen that aren't even in Padres camp. Towers is scouring the waiver wire.
- The bonding between Hundley and the pitching staff is important, that's why the WBC is really hurting.
- Towers tells a funny story about his experience pitching to Garvey's head when he was in Spring Training.
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by wiggins4ever on Mar 10, 2009 5:23 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
You're out!
Brady Hoke, Al Borges, and Rocky Long. Aztec football is back!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 10, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wiggins!
"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG
by TheGrandHatching on Mar 11, 2009 6:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This can't be good.
"We're not going to be as bad as you think."
by Drama on Mar 11, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trying to stay off of "the list", I see.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Mar 11, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
KT is insane
The bullpen is FINE. We have literally 30 bullpen possibilities in camp. Nova, Burke, Patterson, Britton, Ryu, Thatcher, Hampson, Reineke, Ekstrom, Adams, Buschman, DeHoyos, Inman, Lopez, Moreno, Silva, Perez, the list goes on and on. I’m pretty sure they can construct a decent bullpen out of that and Heath and the rest. The problem is the ROTATION!!!! How does he not see that. Other than Peavy and CY, we don’t have one starter than would crack the rotation on any of the other teams. NOT ONE! Not Baek, not Correria, not…who else is there? We seriously have no starters. At all. Zero. Ramos and Carillo will NEVER be major league starters. Leblanc and Geer are fringe starters. How on earth does he feel good about the rotation???? This baffles the f@ck out of me.
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 10, 2009 9:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you that the rotation is a bigger problem
but i can see where having one more vet in the pen would be good
so many unproven guys, it would be NICE to have someone more experienced down in there.
But then again, relievers are just unpredictable, usually the experienced guys just get blown out anyway.
Might as well just have the AAA carousel ready and keep bringing an assortment of guys in to take care of business.
Did I just point / counterpoint myself? I need to just shut up.
We need SP
by TJB on Mar 10, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
its not like
either should is something to be happy about, both are below average at best bottom 2 or 3 teams at worst except peavy
Bud Black, if nothing else, he's even keel.
by JelloArm on Mar 10, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe
They should consider trading Peavy for 3-4 decent players?
by schwing and a miss on Mar 11, 2009 9:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Duaner Sanchez was recently released
Just sayin…
"If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself." - Bob Dylan
by JollyWaffle on Mar 11, 2009 10:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
was just
thinking the same thing….but spending any $ seems to be against the rules
by icaughthundleys#4 on Mar 11, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He doesn't sounds particularly thrilling.
Manuel and Minaya disagreed on the long-term prospects for Sanchez, who struggled through a comeback year last season and had trouble getting his fastball above 87 mph this spring.
“He showed some improvement, but the location was not what we felt,” Minaya said. “I asked the question: ‘Where is he compared to last year?’ And we didn’t see that much of an improvement.”
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03112009/sports/mets/mets_cut_sanchez__manuel_blindsided_by_m_159031.htm
by Dalton on Mar 11, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blanco
just went yard in the WBC. YAY!!!???
by schwing and a miss on Mar 11, 2009 4:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Saw it too
that was quite a nice swing. Liked his aggressive approach
by sixpakfrombelgium on Mar 11, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And a double.
Good thing he knows Lilly well enough to hit him!
If only he knew our pitchers now….
by Dalton on Mar 11, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry
his mentor rating is so high that he doesn’t even need to know our pitchers
by sixpakfrombelgium on Mar 12, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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