Patrick Corbin Consternation Thread

[Slateman]

the simple short term answer is that kuhl and espino  are the current depth starters.

beyond the next couple weeks, the longer anser is the ability of Irvin to pitch adequately as an mlb starter, the health of Henry, and the growth of Rutledge and Bennett are some of the potential moves forward. I'm not giving up on Adon, either. beyond that, you are looking for fill in types, which include Kuhl, Espino, Abbott, and Tetreault.  there's also always other teams cuts who still have an arm attached.  i don't think "who is going to backfill for Williams?" factors in at all in the decisionmaking.

Henry, Rutledge, and Bennett all are on innings limits. Maybe if you bring Rutledge up in July, but thats only handful of innings.

If Rizzo legitmately dumps Corbin, you can sign whoever you want and pitch them. Or gonto Espono and Adon. Or Abbott. Honestly, Gore will be shut down so who cares

[welch]

Corbin should not have pitched that last inning, or certainly should have been pulled after the first hard contact. Erasmo bumped Corbin's ERA, but, otherwise last night was a decent start. Today's Post explains why Davey went to Erasmo...bullpen is worn down. We would add that Mason Thompson has looked off, and Machado will be "that guy" from the Padres series, at least for a long time.

Corbin seems to be pitching respectably. No reason to trade him off and to put MLB pressure on the young guys who are still learning, and, like Henry, recovering from injuries. Rutledge needs more innings without injury, and Bennett just got to Wilmington. Tetreault, if he is to be somebody, has just started pitching at Fredericksburg. Abbott and Adon are meandering at Rochester...I watched an inning of Adon, and it was painful before they pulled him.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

he is not getting traded in 2023.

dude tried to take one for the team by going out there in the 7th.  with 3 relievers  available and thompson as an emergency guy, i could possibly see wanting kuhl to be the last guy out of the pen, but with a 6 run lead, I would have tried to go kuhl at the start of the 7th  and hope i get 3 innings from him, or two and a mop up with edwards or ramirez. i think corbin's start was better than the numbers overall because you can't hold the 7th against him

[Slateman]

Yea, say what you want about Corbin, he has always answered the bell.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Yea, say what you want about Corbin, he has always answered the bell.

yes. there were a lot of times the past couple years davey left him out to when he was off to eat innings and save the pen