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Post by Rodneck on Apr 27, 2018 21:26:48 GMT -5
Boy this Friday night game. Was on suicide watch now we got a lead!
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Post by redsfan4life on Apr 27, 2018 21:30:19 GMT -5
2 bad baseball teams with 2 bad pitching staffs. They do have Berrios though. I had feeling we were going to be in for a let down with Castillo this year. I just hope he isn't hurt. I would look to send him down and get him straight. This crack pot coaching staff probably got him messed up.
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Post by redsfan4life on Apr 27, 2018 21:31:25 GMT -5
Even though we are beating up on bad pitching it is still fun to see us score some runs.
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Post by claycc on Apr 27, 2018 21:32:37 GMT -5
Yeah, Castillo is not fooling anyone right now. 49 pitches for 1 inning of work and he's gone.
Even our hitters wanted a shot at him so bad that they started hitting anyhow.
I thought a change might have to be made with Finnegan soon, but Castillo is struggling way more. I don't know, maybe put him in a mop up role out of the pen for a bit and move Garrett into the rotation for a few turns at least. Definitely change the dynamic though... because it just isn't working for Castillo right now.
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Post by brad on Apr 27, 2018 23:10:04 GMT -5
Yeah, Castillo is not fooling anyone right now. 49 pitches for 1 inning of work and he's gone. Even our hitters wanted a shot at him so bad that they started hitting anyhow. I thought a change might have to be made with Finnegan soon, but Castillo is struggling way more. I don't know, maybe put him in a mop up role out of the pen for a bit and move Garrett into the rotation for a few turns at least. Definitely change the dynamic though... because it just isn't working for Castillo right now. Yeah...I think I'd move Garrett out to the rotation now, especially since Hernandez and Hughes are back and healthy. Though I'd move Castillo down to AAA to keep him starting instead of moving him to mop up bullpen duty. Reminder that he never even pitched in AAA. |
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Post by claycc on Apr 27, 2018 23:27:05 GMT -5
Yeah, Castillo is not fooling anyone right now. 49 pitches for 1 inning of work and he's gone. Even our hitters wanted a shot at him so bad that they started hitting anyhow. I thought a change might have to be made with Finnegan soon, but Castillo is struggling way more. I don't know, maybe put him in a mop up role out of the pen for a bit and move Garrett into the rotation for a few turns at least. Definitely change the dynamic though... because it just isn't working for Castillo right now. Yeah...I think I'd move Garrett out to the rotation now, especially since Hernandez and Hughes are back and healthy. Though I'd move Castillo down to AAA to keep him starting instead of moving him to mop up bullpen duty. Reminder that he never even pitched in AAA. I was thinking that as I typed it out... that Castillo would be better off on a regular pitching schedule, but at AAA instead for a bit. But it just bothered me on who they would call up to fill the gap in the bullpen, after moving Garrett to the rotation. They probably need to make some sort of change after tonight's game though. 8 innings out of the bullpen tonight and we'll be lucky to see 6+ innings out of our starters in the remaining games of this series. The bullpen is just going to be worked to much more no matter what, unless a starter can come through with a gem. I'm not counting on that to happen. Either all of that or Darwin needs to get on Castillo's ass and work this shit out. |
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Post by brad on Apr 28, 2018 8:40:25 GMT -5
Yeah...I think I'd move Garrett out to the rotation now, especially since Hernandez and Hughes are back and healthy. Though I'd move Castillo down to AAA to keep him starting instead of moving him to mop up bullpen duty. Reminder that he never even pitched in AAA. I was thinking that as I typed it out... that Castillo would be better off on a regular pitching schedule, but at AAA instead for a bit. But it just bothered me on who they would call up to fill the gap in the bullpen, after moving Garrett to the rotation. They probably need to make some sort of change after tonight's game though. 8 innings out of the bullpen tonight and we'll be lucky to see 6+ innings out of our starters in the remaining games of this series. The bullpen is just going to be worked to much more no matter what, unless a starter can come through with a gem. I'm not counting on that to happen. Either all of that or Darwin needs to get on Castillo's ass and work this shit out. Even though they didn't have great initial showings, I still think Tanner Rainey, Zach Weiss, & Jimmy Herget are going to be very, very good bullpen pieces for years to come. I think if they'd get called up, the nerves and pressure wouldn't be as great, and we'll see better results. Riggleman should also use them much better than Price and make their first spot to be low pressure situations to build confidence. |
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Post by Rodneck on Apr 28, 2018 9:48:29 GMT -5
Even though we are beating up on bad pitching it is still fun to see us score some runs. They've had double digit hits in 4 of the last 5 games so I wouldn't ruin it for yourself by making this declaration! |
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Post by Rodneck on Apr 28, 2018 9:49:31 GMT -5
I was thinking that as I typed it out... that Castillo would be better off on a regular pitching schedule, but at AAA instead for a bit. But it just bothered me on who they would call up to fill the gap in the bullpen, after moving Garrett to the rotation. They probably need to make some sort of change after tonight's game though. 8 innings out of the bullpen tonight and we'll be lucky to see 6+ innings out of our starters in the remaining games of this series. The bullpen is just going to be worked to much more no matter what, unless a starter can come through with a gem. I'm not counting on that to happen. Either all of that or Darwin needs to get on Castillo's ass and work this shit out. Even though they didn't have great initial showings, I still think Tanner Rainey, Zach Weiss, & Jimmy Herget are going to be very, very good bullpen pieces for years to come. I think if they'd get called up, the nerves and pressure wouldn't be as great, and we'll see better results. Riggleman should also use them much better than Price and make their first spot to be low pressure situations to build confidence. Me too Brad. |
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Post by Rodneck on Apr 28, 2018 9:51:55 GMT -5
Yeah, Castillo is not fooling anyone right now. 49 pitches for 1 inning of work and he's gone. Even our hitters wanted a shot at him so bad that they started hitting anyhow. I thought a change might have to be made with Finnegan soon, but Castillo is struggling way more. I don't know, maybe put him in a mop up role out of the pen for a bit and move Garrett into the rotation for a few turns at least. Definitely change the dynamic though... because it just isn't working for Castillo right now. I let him work through it til the end of May. Whomever is getting torched still goes down. We have to let them work it out if possible. That's what years like this are for. |
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Post by claycc on Apr 29, 2018 23:15:07 GMT -5
Riggleman said they had watched video and noticed that Castillo's arm angle on his pitches is different from last year. They would like to skip him in the rotation at least one time and give him a couple of bullpen sessions to try to work it out, but they probably wouldn't be able to do that. They were also watching the videos closely to try to figure out if he was also tipping his pitches in some way as well, but said that it would be much harder to figure that out. So, maybe there is hope... they noticed something anyhow. Whether they can get it corrected or not, at this stage... well, we'll see.
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Post by Rodneck on Apr 30, 2018 5:27:17 GMT -5
Riggleman said they had watched video and noticed that Castillo's arm angle on his pitches is different from last year. They would like to skip him in the rotation at least one time and give him a couple of bullpen sessions to try to work it out, but they probably wouldn't be able to do that. They were also watching the videos closely to try to figure out if he was also tipping his pitches in some way as well, but said that it would be much harder to figure that out. So, maybe there is hope... they noticed something anyhow. Whether they can get it corrected or not, at this stage... well, we'll see. I heard something about velocity drop too. Last year they let him get to 100 and well over 100 pitches more than a few times. They baby college players but the Latino players they put in the meat grinder. It was enough to have me worried last season so if he is hurt it's their own fault. |
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