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Well yeah she probably would stay in DC if he went to Rochester. Maybe Rizzo can drive her to chemo. Do you think mental health wise she would prefer to have her husband around? Who cares if the Nats win 67 games instead of 65. Plus it would be every six days if a 6-man rotation. Like I said before if we put up with Corbin from 2020-22 we can put up with Kuhl for some of this year. If he continues to suck after a few more starts then they can make a decision. You guys are acting like we are in the playoff race and this is some major stumbling block. Or that he is blocking some prospect.
I'm all for empathy but they can just as easily put him on a phantom IL like they already have and it has the same effect. Just tell him we're either going to send you down, or you can go on the IL, get a full paycheck and be in DC, and we'll bring you back if we need an arm. But if he gets sent to AAA he's not going to Siberia.
Only 38 of those 75 pitches were strikes. Irvin started and ended the outing with a total lack of command. He issued a four-pitch walk in the first and third. He faced 18 batters in all, 11 of whom reached base via hit, walk or error, five of whom reached base in the first alone.Irvin’s first-inning error came right after McKinstry smacked his solo homer to left-center. Luis García’s error in the third, the second baseman’s first of the season, came when he threw way wide of Dominic Smith, failing to turn an inning-ending double play. Instead, Irvin threw 18 more pitches — including the change-up Baddoo launched for his homer — and didn’t make it out of the frame. And as far as defense went, Keibert Ruiz wasn’t particularly sharp for Irvin behind the plate.“From the first batter, the home run, he had the guy struck out,” Martinez said of Irvin, implying his final line was misleading because of a missed call in that matchup with McKinstry and the shoddy defense. “I mean, I don’t like … but that ball is pretty much right down the middle of the plate. He gives up a home run, and he could have gotten out of that inning with just one run. A ball back to him, and he just couldn’t make the play. And then the double play ball [to García], that cost him another three runs. That’s a difference in the ballgame.”
Bullpen cratering and Irvin isn’t ready for the majors. Just no other options at this point.
eh. If Irvin is exposed and needs to work on stuff, that's what rochester is for. no need for him to go through the beating Adon took. we can put kuhl back in the rotation or call up espino. maybe kuhl to the rotation happens when doo or a reliever is ready.
espino or abbott can fill in for irvin if it is better for irvin to be pitching in the minors. if there's a reliever ready, then kuhl or even ward can be moved to the rotation.
I just wonder if it would be better for Irvin to be in the bullpen
I dunno, five innings and four runs against the Dodgers doesnt sound too terrible to me
