Daniel Cabrera Suitors

three homerun derby pitchers

Cabrera in the NL might be good for a 4.50 ERA.....might be.

I still say turn the kid into a Closer and let him loose to throw completely out-of-control for 1 inning.

Last year he was a mess trying to find the strikezone and pitch under-control so he could last deep into games.

Whats the worst that happens he flops as a closer and ends up in long-relief Mop up duty where he most likely belongs?

Think about it though; a guy that can throw 95+ MPH with little, if any control over it. Not many batters are excited about facing a pitcher like that. Toss in his 6'7" frame and he would be an intimidating guy at the end of a game.

Only problem I forsee is he would still have to find the strikezone and unless they make it bigger he might struggle.

i hope he signs with the wonderful PIRATES hahaha

blow me chant.....how did your Braves do?

you laugh about him coming to the pirates, but as a pirate fan i would gladly take him because it gets old watching soft throwing lefties with average stuff getting crushed year in and out. a hard throwing righty who can put one in the opponents ear on any pitch is entertaining enough for me

Wow... Make him a CLOSER?!?!? Was that sarcastic? It's so hard to tell when it's in print.

I've heard a lot of people say in posts that they should move him into relief.. That is such a bad idea on so many levels. When you are holding a tight lead or trying to keep a game close, you don't want a guy with major control issues.. I know he has "closer stuff", but if you can't control it, that means nothing. You don't want to be putting guys on base.

Secondly, a lot of people seem to think that maybe he is sharp at the start of the game and then he gets wild in the last few innings due to fatigue, so he'll be good for just an inning or two... Nope, he pretty much sucks all the time, but ESPECIALLY at the start of the game. His BAA for his first 15 pitches is .453... Ridiculous.

GoTribe,
Some people think stats tell the whole story, others watch an athlete compete and regardless of stats they are capable of making quality judgments on potential ability.

With Daniel Cabrera, his biggest flaw (IN MY OPINION) is he struggles because he tries so hard to pitch under control as a starter that he isn't able to just turn his arm loose.

Its probably a terrible analogy, but most golfers who can hit a ball really far have a terrible short game. The reason is they can't exert a full power swing into a shot and it causes them to have the yips.

When Cabrera is starting a game, (IT IS MY OPINION) that the reason he struggles the most in the first inning is he is trying to keep things under too much control in hopes of lasting deep into the games.

There are several great pitching coaches in the Majors who excel in handling projects like Cabrera and personally I wouldn't be suprised to see him have sucess someplace outside of Baltimore when a team stops focusing on his control and lets him pitch out-of control.

Stats pretty much are just that, numbers on paper that never tell the whole story; thats why the best teams in MLB have the best scouts too. They rely on opinions of experts more then just numbers on paper.