@FindingBrent@Castellani2014 That was last year. Can’t say it enough. He is not stretched out and not currently conditioned to throw that many pitches. I find plenty of fault with AJ. Pulling Montero early, starting Jones and Vierling, PHing for Carpenter and Keith. Not pulling Drew Anderson too early.
@FindingBrent@Castellani2014 He’s not a starter. He is not prepared to throw 90 like Valdez or a healthy starter.
AJ does frustrate me pulling pitchers early often. But not when that pitcher is not a starter who has been stretched out for that kind of work.
@FindingBrent@Castellani2014 To be fair, 59 pitches over the course of less than 3 innings is a lot. And Drew Anderson isn’t stretched out like starter. Thats a lot of pitches for him.
@rscott6871@TigersJUK The point is that most teams weren’t likely to give him an opportunity because of the cheating scandal that he mishandled or was part of in Houston. The opportunity that he was given was with an untalented team in Detroit.
@rscott6871@TigersJUK I think the cheating comment was pertinent. He would not be here without it. Many better opportunities would have been available to him.
@deeptocenter He’s very good at picking bad throws out of the dirt and saving errors for his teammates. I understand he doesn’t have much range but I feel like the advanced metrics don’t take into account how he helps his teammates
@basedgodzilla@JeffPassan Huge difference in talent level and early production. But the bigger reason might be that this seems to be a small and midmarket team play. Mets, Dodgers, Yankees don’t need to worry about this since they can still compete once the player hits free agency.