Monday Morning QB
I'm going to take a stab at a few of the burning questions from Sunday's game.
Should they have kept Hamels in for one more inning? In my opinion, yes. I know he was just about at his pitch limit, but I have three reasons to consider pitching the sixth not a big concern:
1) His injury was tendinitis, plain and simple. They took an MRI and said there was no structural issues. He took the anti-inflammatory DosePak and the problem went away. Based on those facts, I feel that it comes down to stamina, and the guy showed no signs of tiring.
2) Hamels wanted to go back out there. I'm not putting him out there if his "body language" tells me he isn't sure about it. But if my ace says he wants to go one more inning in the final week of a pennant race, his butt is going back out there.
3) He was gaining momentum. Hamels got better as the game progressed. The team was gaining momentum, taking the lead. If Hamels mows through the Nats in the sixth, it gives the offense a chance to go in for the kill in the seventh. Instead, the only thing the Phils got from the bottom of the sixth was a little taste of vomit in the back of its throat after watching Alfonseca blow it.
Should Kyle Lohse have pitched the sixth and seventh if he was going to come into the game in relief? No. Lohse was throwing one inning, and one inning only. That
represented his "bullpen" workout, and normally they are throwing 35-45 pitches in the 'pen between starts. However, in order to get ready for his inning Lohse had to throw at least 15 full-bore warmup pitches. He only had one inning if you want him to make Wednesday's start ... or you could have this guy on the right and his 1-2, 11.20 ERA vs. Braves stay on his day. How does that sound?
Why was Kane Davis pitching in the eighth inning of a one-run game? Beats the heck out of me. Charlie likes hard throwers, so when Scott Mathieson's comeback from Tommy John surgery was railroaded by a nerve problem in his elbow, the hard-thrower became Kane Davis. The problem is that he has been pretty lousy lately; in fact --and I can't believe I'm saying this because I think this guy's a nightmare -- Francisco Rosario has been much better of late when it comes to a hard-throwing reliever.
At least this day off will allow the Romero-Gordon-Myers triumverate to be available for any and all of the last six games.
Should they have kept Hamels in for one more inning? In my opinion, yes. I know he was just about at his pitch limit, but I have three reasons to consider pitching the sixth not a big concern:
1) His injury was tendinitis, plain and simple. They took an MRI and said there was no structural issues. He took the anti-inflammatory DosePak and the problem went away. Based on those facts, I feel that it comes down to stamina, and the guy showed no signs of tiring.
2) Hamels wanted to go back out there. I'm not putting him out there if his "body language" tells me he isn't sure about it. But if my ace says he wants to go one more inning in the final week of a pennant race, his butt is going back out there.
3) He was gaining momentum. Hamels got better as the game progressed. The team was gaining momentum, taking the lead. If Hamels mows through the Nats in the sixth, it gives the offense a chance to go in for the kill in the seventh. Instead, the only thing the Phils got from the bottom of the sixth was a little taste of vomit in the back of its throat after watching Alfonseca blow it.
Should Kyle Lohse have pitched the sixth and seventh if he was going to come into the game in relief? No. Lohse was throwing one inning, and one inning only. That
represented his "bullpen" workout, and normally they are throwing 35-45 pitches in the 'pen between starts. However, in order to get ready for his inning Lohse had to throw at least 15 full-bore warmup pitches. He only had one inning if you want him to make Wednesday's start ... or you could have this guy on the right and his 1-2, 11.20 ERA vs. Braves stay on his day. How does that sound?Why was Kane Davis pitching in the eighth inning of a one-run game? Beats the heck out of me. Charlie likes hard throwers, so when Scott Mathieson's comeback from Tommy John surgery was railroaded by a nerve problem in his elbow, the hard-thrower became Kane Davis. The problem is that he has been pretty lousy lately; in fact --and I can't believe I'm saying this because I think this guy's a nightmare -- Francisco Rosario has been much better of late when it comes to a hard-throwing reliever.
At least this day off will allow the Romero-Gordon-Myers triumverate to be available for any and all of the last six games.
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