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I figured that this deserved its own thread, even though I already mentioned this in the season thread. Someone was freaked out enough to order this article written.
Gonzalez at loss for recent arm woes
He's being compared to Steve Avery now.
Please note, I don't believe this means Gonzalez is finished at all. This loss of velocity in this one instance may mean he has a hurt arm, but that's nothing surgery can't try to help. It is just one relief appearance too.
I tend to think that's outright paranoia. Check this out...
"But the fact that he hadn't pitched since Friday erased the thought that he was simply battling fatigue."
The flipside of the coin, of course, is that A) his complex mechanics require him (and any pitcher like him...Henry Owens, Jorge Sosa, Scott Kazmir, and Carlos Villanueva all come to mind) to throw often; perhaps he wasn't throwing enough during bullpen sessions and/or B) he's simply pitching THROUGH tendonitis. Certain pitchers (Aaron Heilman this year and Braden Looper with the Marlins and Mets are good examples, and I believe David Wells has thrown through tendonitis as well) CAN throw through mild tendonitis, but it lessens their velocity and effectiveness. Often, a sign of this is when a pitcher's breaking ball turns ineffective and/or he stops throwing it because it causes pain.
I severely doubt it's time to hit the panic button on Mike Gonzalez.
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i hope its nothing.. hes been stellar for us this year.. and for his sake, theres a lot of money to be made with that golden arm of his..
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So do I. I guess some Braves people (and fans) are convinced that the low-velocity means Gonzalez is damaged goods now and this would be a Chris Reitsma-style situation.Originally Posted by Dalkowski110
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I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for three-thousand dollars. That bothered my dad at the time because he didn't have that kind of dough. But he eventually scraped it up.~Bob Uecker
"While he had a total of forty home runs in his first two big-league seasons, it is unlikely that Aaron will break any records in this department." ~ Furman Bisher, Atlanta Journal and Constitution "journalist"
Figures. I'll bet he was trying to pitch through tendonitis. Seriously, I've really been pulling for Mike to succeed (ditto to John Smoltz, who I hope gets better...I'm not your typical Mets fan, and consider myself a baseball fan first, Mets fan second). He went from a nowhere team to a truly competitive one and seemed to be on his way to some well-deserved stardom.
"I guess some Braves people (and fans) are convinced that the low-velocity means Gonzalez is damaged goods now and this would be a Chris Reitsma-style situation."
Heh...reminds me of a lot of Mets fans screaming "We have to get rid of so-and-so via trade/DFA/release/reassignment to the Gulf Coast League as a peanut vendor because he's not having immediate incredible success!"
And I can already see Buster Olney (for those who don't read the New York Mets Rumor Mill, saying that I hate Buster is an understatement) inventing a trade rumor with the St. Louis Cardinals for a first base prospect stuck behind Albert Pujols.
"They put me in the Hall of Fame? They must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel!"
-Eppa Rixey, upon learning of his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Motafy (MO-ta-fy) vt. -fied, -fying 1. For a pitcher to melt down in a big game situation; to become like Guillermo Mota. 2. The transformation of a good pitcher into one of Guillermo Mota's caliber.
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Heh heh. The Braves are looking to have Thorman and Saltalamacchia at first base, so there should be no problem there. On the other hand, with Paronto's recent failure, would that mean an appearance of Mark Redman. lefty specialist?
"lefty specialist?"
Redman has only appeared in 12 games as a reliever thoughout his career. Stat line ain't pretty...
G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP
12 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 23.1 6.17 28 18 16 5 8 0 18 2
Hopefully he can somehow resurrect his career, but at this point, if it were me, I'd go with Macay McBride, who despite the disastrous outings has at least more upside than Mark Redman.
"They put me in the Hall of Fame? They must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel!"
-Eppa Rixey, upon learning of his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Motafy (MO-ta-fy) vt. -fied, -fying 1. For a pitcher to melt down in a big game situation; to become like Guillermo Mota. 2. The transformation of a good pitcher into one of Guillermo Mota's caliber.
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You forget, Dal, Cox has more faith in veterans than rookies sometimes. Why do you think that the Braves didn't release Todd Pratt and Brian Jordan? Cox is convinced that Redman has something left, I'm sure of it.
You have something there, and I doubt he'll hang up his spikes for a while, but I'd think Redman would be turned into a mopup guy or long reliever rather than a LOOGY.
"They put me in the Hall of Fame? They must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel!"
-Eppa Rixey, upon learning of his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Motafy (MO-ta-fy) vt. -fied, -fying 1. For a pitcher to melt down in a big game situation; to become like Guillermo Mota. 2. The transformation of a good pitcher into one of Guillermo Mota's caliber.
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If you look at his stats against Lefties this year in starts, it's really not that bad. He just can't pitch against righties AT ALL. He could be a LOOGY in my opinion, but really OO, not two...
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See, there we go.
left handers against Redman - 3-20, .150/.190/.190
right handers against Redman - 31-72, .431/.488/.708
Good point. I was looking at his career splits, which aren't as exaggerated.
"They put me in the Hall of Fame? They must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel!"
-Eppa Rixey, upon learning of his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Motafy (MO-ta-fy) vt. -fied, -fying 1. For a pitcher to melt down in a big game situation; to become like Guillermo Mota. 2. The transformation of a good pitcher into one of Guillermo Mota's caliber.
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