Author Topic: 2018 bullpen (Read 44751 times)

Madson is a vet. He'll close if he has too.

Ideally, Holland gets some confidence and returns to form, and he becomes the closer. Ideally Doolittle and Herrera come back and we end up with the best bullpen in baseball for the playoffs.

imref · « **Reply #585 on:** August 08, 2018, 01:02:47 pm »

Quote from: Slateman on August 08, 2018, 01:01:47 pm

Madson is a vet. He'll close if he has too.

Ideally, Holland gets some confidence and returns to form, and he becomes the closer. Ideally Doolittle and Herrera come back and we end up with the best bullpen in baseball for the playoffs.

I can't tell whether or not that's sarcasm.

I wonder if Rizzo is looking into Sergio Romo or Tyler Clippard today. There are lots of good relievers who should be available now.

Elvir Ovcina · « **Reply #586 on:** August 08, 2018, 01:38:40 pm »

Quote from: imref on August 08, 2018, 01:00:49 pm

Bartleby, the Pitcher?

Hopefully it ends better for Madson!

imref · « **Reply #587 on:** August 08, 2018, 01:40:56 pm »

Quote from: Elvir Ovcina on August 08, 2018, 01:38:40 pm

Hopefully it ends better for Madson!

BigMeech · « **Reply #588 on:** August 08, 2018, 01:48:00 pm »

Bring back our boy Clippard.

Slateman · « **Reply #589 on:** August 08, 2018, 01:50:36 pm »

Quote from: BigMeech on August 08, 2018, 01:48:00 pm

Bring back our boy Clippard.

Yea. We don't see enough home runs against the Nationals. Need to pump up those numbers.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #590 on:** August 08, 2018, 01:58:16 pm »

Quote from: imref on August 08, 2018, 01:00:49 pm

Bartleby, the Pitcher?

reading Kafka in 11th grade is why I don't read novels.

spidernat · « **Reply #591 on:** August 08, 2018, 01:58:24 pm »

Quote from: imref on August 08, 2018, 01:02:47 pm

I can't tell whether or not that's sarcasm.

I wonder if Rizzo is looking into Sergio Romo or Tyler Clippard today. There are lots of good relievers who should be available now.

after the crap that punk pulled in our last game against the rays

NatsAllThe Way · « **Reply #592 on:** August 08, 2018, 02:00:22 pm »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on August 08, 2018, 12:58:09 pm

Of course. I'm sure Doolittle and Herrera would have prefered not to get hurt, too.

Yeah, but when relievers say they don't want to close it usually means they can't handle the pressure. So it's probably win-win not to have them close.

NatsAllThe Way · « **Reply #593 on:** August 08, 2018, 02:01:21 pm »

Quote from: Slateman on August 08, 2018, 01:01:47 pm

Madson is a vet. He'll close if he has too.

Ideally, Holland gets some confidence and returns to form, and he becomes the closer. Ideally Doolittle and Herrera come back and we end up with the best bullpen in baseball for the playoffs.

I don't think Herrera is around next season.

Expos · « **Reply #594 on:** August 08, 2018, 02:03:25 pm »

Quote from: KnorrForYourMoney on August 08, 2018, 06:29:56 am

Seriously, every time I think I've read the dumbest crap ever on this board, someone has to go and one-up it.

We lost with those guys did we not?

Why not keep all our young prospects and just lose a little more?

Does it really matter at the end of the day?

Slateman · « **Reply #595 on:** August 08, 2018, 02:05:39 pm »

Quote from: NatsAllThe Way on August 08, 2018, 02:01:21 pm

I don't think Herrera is around next season.

I was talking about "ideally" in which this team magically makes the playoffs.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #596 on:** August 08, 2018, 02:17:45 pm »

Quote from: varoadking on August 08, 2018, 01:01:05 pm

Not sure I see even a glimmer of a correlation there...

Things often don't go according to plan. There are and will be times where you have to step into non-preferred roles and/or activities.

Jeff in Gaithersburg · « **Reply #597 on:** August 08, 2018, 02:55:26 pm »

Quote from: imref on August 08, 2018, 01:02:47 pm

I can't tell whether or not that's sarcasm.

I wonder if Rizzo is looking into Sergio Romo or Tyler Clippard today. There are lots of good relievers who should be available now.

He should have been looking for another arm at the deadline. I get he couldn't foresee the Kelley situation or Herrera injury, but in deciding to trade off Kintzler plus Kelley being injury prone anyway, Madson turning 38 this month, and the "we're all-in" declaration from Mike and Mark, it would have been prudent. Cheap relievers are always available.

bluestreak · « **Reply #598 on:** August 08, 2018, 02:57:29 pm »

Herrera to 10 day DL with rotator cuff inflammation. Koda Glover up.

vernon337 · « **Reply #599 on:** August 08, 2018, 04:11:47 pm »

At this point, I'd rather have Doolittle back than Strasburg.

The aggravating thing is, by September this bullpen could be very good, but it would be too late. Solis, Grace, Miller, Madson and Suero all have done their jobs for the most part in recent weeks. Glover and Holland are wild cards. And there's the possibility that Ross could be available.