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Truth. And if the pen was better they wouldn't have pushed him so hard.
I would rest him a start and see what happens after that.
You're averaging it out over the season. It's not the same. Pitch several nine inning games, get dead arm, then go four for the next three, and you're at the same average number of innings as if you pitched your usual 6-7 innings each game.Most likely, we are just seeing what almost every other team sees when they sign a guy to a huge contract - a really bad first year.
3 of those games were potential, or actual, no-hitters. He's not getting pulled in those regardless...
What was he doing up at 114 pitches with that kind of lead? Facing Stanton?
I know it's not politically correct to comment on, but I do wonder if Matt Scherzer's limited by his condition
This is the greatest disappointment I have in management. Leaders are supposed to put you into situations that allow you to succeed, assuming they know your strengths and weakness. Mattie is OJT and a rigid student at that.
This is the greatest disappointment I have in management. Leaders are supposed to put you into situations that allow you to succeed, assuming they know your strengths and weakness. Mattie is OJT and a rigid student at that. The consequence of his ineptitude is that we have fans turning on players who are trying as hard as they can. I will challenge everyone to follow the 14June- 12July sequence and compare to any other month in his previous 2 years. What we may now be seeing is a dead arm that compares, ironically, to that of Johan Santana.
I don't like williams, but expecting six innings out of your supposed ace when you're bullpen is garbage isn't asking to much. If Williams had pulled scherzer, do you really think the results would be different? One of our spectacular pinch hitters would have struck out and the bull pen would have blown it in the sixth instead of Scherzer. This is what happens when the only reliable reliever you have is a one inning closer- the manager has to pick between a bunch of terrible options
See I just don't think this is true-as someone else posted at the time, leaving Scherzer in took the air out of the tires, he just didn't have it and everyone but Williams saw it, it WAS too much to expect him to go another inning. I feel like our relievers play better with the lead but I may be mindfacting but regardless, Rivero has been mainly good, Treinen has bee much better as of late, then Storen and Pap I mean, I just think that was the better route than throwing a pitcher out there who has shown you for 5 innings he didn't have it
Rivero and Treinen both gave up runs. I can't think of a combination of relievers on this team that I'd trust to pitch the three innings between pulling Scherzer after the 5th and Paplebon in the 9th
Rivero isn't better, he's just the best bad option, but even if you think he gets you an inning, you still have another two before you get to Paplebon- are you putting in Jansen, Fister, Treinen? Maybe let Storen blow it in the 8th?
Rivero is freaking nails. Easily the 3rd best guy in the bullpen. However, he pitches a lot. You can't count on him every day, especially when he goes 2 sometimes.
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