http://motorcitybengals.com/2010/02/15/dissecting-the-glut-of-lefty-relievers/ A Detroit Tigers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://motorcitybengals.com/2010/02/15/dissecting-the-glut-of-lefty-relievers/comment-page-1/#comment-571 John Parent Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:14:57 +0000 http://motorcitybengals.com/?p=925#comment-571 I see your point Chris. You can never have too much pitching, but as you said, that only works if you can store some of the extras in the minor leagues. If we assume all the pitchers make it through camp with no injuries, a big assumption I know, that's when you have the problem of deciding who to keep and who to let go. There aren't many minor league option available to use on this staff, and aside from Galarraga, no one who has an option left (Perry, Ni) are guys you would want to send down. There's the rub. Do you keep a guy like Robertson ahead of a guy like Ni or Galarraga based solely on contract status? Because it it were based on merit, the answer would be no. I see your point Chris. You can never have too much pitching, but as you said, that only works if you can store some of the extras in the minor leagues. If we assume all the pitchers make it through camp with no injuries, a big assumption I know, that’s when you have the problem of deciding who to keep and who to let go. There aren’t many minor league option available to use on this staff, and aside from Galarraga, no one who has an option left (Perry, Ni) are guys you would want to send down. There’s the rub. Do you keep a guy like Robertson ahead of a guy like Ni or Galarraga based solely on contract status? Because it it were based on merit, the answer would be no.

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]]> http://motorcitybengals.com/2010/02/15/dissecting-the-glut-of-lefty-relievers/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Chris Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:33:26 +0000 http://motorcitybengals.com/?p=925#comment-569 That's just what I was thinking, Bob. Henning must figure if he writes everything once, he'll never be wrong. You get about as much insight out of him as you do from the chumps at Yahoo! who write that maybe a sober Cabrera will have a comeback year and take the load off Austin Jackson. There are a lot of bright baseball analysts out there, why is it that the major news outlets pay guys like him? That’s just what I was thinking, Bob. Henning must figure if he writes everything once, he’ll never be wrong. You get about as much insight out of him as you do from the chumps at Yahoo! who write that maybe a sober Cabrera will have a comeback year and take the load off Austin Jackson. There are a lot of bright baseball analysts out there, why is it that the major news outlets pay guys like him?

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