Email a copy of 'Francisco Cordero's 2012 Option' to a friend
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Email a copy of 'Francisco Cordero's 2012 Option' to a friend
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venn177
“Cordero’s strikeout rate has dipped each of the past four seasons, all the way down to a single-season career low of 5.69 K/9 in 2012. ”
Ladies and gentlemen, Dan Mennella can see the future.
TophersReds
Man, this guys good. What will his ERA be in 2012?
Dynasty22
Damn, I wanted to call that, but I was 20 minutes late.
Dan Mennella
I want to be annoyed, but this is well played.
MattCMoore
He fixxed it lol
Dan Mennella
Shouldn’t you be readying for your debut?
rfffr
Chapman should be closing now. He’ll probably last longer as a closer
Dan Mennella
Maybe. I remember Keith Law writing a couple months back that the scout types question his ability to throw on back-to-back days, though.
Ken
The Reds’ pitching coach has also recently said that he’d like for Chapman to start so that he can work with him more in off days. I trust his judgment.
imachainsaw
Who cares? he’d add more overall value as a starter. I think people forget or are in complete denial that a closer is NOTHING more than a glorified reliever that happens to accrue the most overrated stat in the sport. This whole converting to reliever because they will ‘last longer’ debacle is without basis. Nobody seems to remember that pitchers used to pitch over 300 innings per year. Most pitching injuries happen because of poor mechanics and poor conditioning, it has little to do with pitch counts and innings pitched. I mean sure, the longer you pitch with poor mechanics the more likely you are to break down, but that’s on the pitcher and pitching coaches for not correcting the problem. Not to mention that any strength and conditioning instructor should know that the only way to make muscles/tendons stronger and more durable is by working them out. Limiting by pitch counts and innings pitch is actually making pitchers WEAKER and MORE susceptible to injury.
Now, if you look at it in terms of WAR which is pretty in-discriminant of whether you are a reliever with a special title or not, you will see that the best relievers accumulate at the most around a 4 WAR, whereas the best starters will accumulate WARs in the 7-9 range. I am not a Reds fan, they’re actually a division rival, but if I was I would be screaming and even rioting for Chapman to ultimately be a starter because that is what is best for the team. The article points out that there is an abundance of closers, pick one of those and let this guy show you what he’s really capable of. Don’t be in favor of suppressing his abilities for the sake of him ‘lasting longer’.
Sorry for the paragraph, it’s not directed at you but everyone who thinks pitchers like Neftali Feliz and Chapman should be closers so they don’t get injured and will be just as valuable, because both arguments are nonsense. Pitchers with poor mechanics and conditioning WILL eventually get injured regardless of role. An ace starter will always be at least TWICE as valuable as an ace closer. There’s two potential number 1 starters just waiting for the opportunity to blossom, let them.
Leonard Washington
Cordero could still come back to Cinci provided he signs for a lot lower.
vtadave
Genius.
Leonard Washington
Do I sense some sarcasm? Seeing as half of the sites posts are reposts of insider articles trying to spin common knowledge I figured I would give it a shot. Are you saying I don’t deserve a blog at ESPN……dang.