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Schadenfreude
chesteraarthur
When was the last time he hit his hand? If this is from back in april, why has he been trying to pitch through this for a month?
jamesa-2
Miller and the team have been insisting all along there is nothing wrong with his hand. But then after his last start, where he posted one of his worst starts of the year, they changed the narrative and are now saying his hand never healed.
chesteraarthur
Yes, so my question is, did he aggravate it again? Has he actually been pitching with pain? Or is this just all some bs excuse to send him down to MiLB so he can figure out how to stop being the worst starting pitcher in baseball?
TheMichigan
He actually just scrapped it again in a follow through in his last start, that may have aggravated the injury.
ray_derek
LOL @ Tony Larussa, nice trade you and Stewart put together there.
markmc1235
Because he’s not hurt. It’s just an excuse to get him out of the rotation without demoting him. He can go “rehab” in triple a after he takes a little break and hopefully gets it together.
bigjonliljon
Exactly. Phantom DL
Deke
I wonder how Grienke feels about AZ. Do you think he is happy to get his money or do you think he’s annoyed that they aren’t fielding a competitive team. You gotta think he realizes that when you suck up so much salary it was going to limit the teams ability to do much else (FA wise?).
jamesa-2
Despite Greinke’s mega-contract, the team remained largely salary neutral versus last season. Greinke’s performance is part of the 4-headed problem the Diamondbacks have had so far.
They lost Pollock for the season 2 days before the first pitch
Paul Goldschmidt, while still good, is about 2/3 the player he has bee for the last 2 seasons
Greinke has been very mediocre
Miller has been the worst starter in baseball.
That’s the team’s 4 corners all failing to perform. Of course they are tanking.
chesteraarthur
Yeah, but Greinke is there for more than just this year. And they aren’t going to be able to bring in the help they need. They were maybe a fringy wild card team before injuries and people sucking. They are gonna need help to actually compete and it’s unclear (to me at least) whether they’ll have the money to add some more help to that team.
darenh
Are we looking at the Angels of the NL? The D’backs could become the 2nd garbage fire in the desert unless Shipley, Brito, Bradley, Drury become everyday impact players. Their farm system beneath those 4 looks bleak.
CursedRangers
They are a combo between the Padres and the Angels.
TBaggins
Put someone who can swing a bat in the lineup and goldy will be back to normal.
cards67
Shelby lives on the high fastball, if he is not getting that call or they are laying off it, he is in trouble.
petrie000
and in Arizona, when you catch up to that high fastball, it travels quite nicely in the opposite direction
jamesa-2
Bradley was scratched from last night’s start in Reno and is expected to be officially called up today.
hopper15
I still can’t believe they traded Swanson.
chesteraarthur
If it had only been swanson, they would have got a lot less flack imo.
BarrelMan
Chase Anderson is available.
jgb4287
Great trade by Tony LaRussa, baseball’s Prince Arrogant
Monkey’s Uncle
Indeed. Maybe he could spend a little less time yelling at opposing team’s broadcasters and more on fixing the mess he has helped make.
sk 73
How does Mr Kendrick fall in love with all the GM’s he hires? They are the downfall of this team.
chesteraarthur
Where is ScottAZ?
sedonared15
The most effed up thing concerning Shelby is the fact that he hit his hand more than a month ago. If they would’ve just placed him on the DL then, this wouldn’t have been an issue. Maybe he would’ve been back about 2 1/2 weeks ago with fixed mechanics. The Diamondbacks could’ve won 4=6 of his starts and could be in a way better place right now. They’re one more 10 game losing streak from having to trade off everyone to replenish the farm system. What a disaster this year has been.
chesteraarthur
You are assuming that this hand thing is all of why he blows and is also easily fixable
sedonared15
True, but the issue for Shelby in Atlanta was the fact that that team couldn’t score any runs for him. He had a fairly respectable whip and era last year with a terrible W-L record. He is a better pitcher than a 7+ ERA. He should be around 3.5-3.8. Something is wrong with the guy and I’m thinking it’s the finger doubled with a mechanics issue. There’s no reason his knuckle should get anywhere near the ground with his follow through.
chesteraarthur
Probably mechanics, probably that he’s stopped throwing his sinker as much
davidcoonce74
He’s not on the DL because of his hand. He’s on the DL because he’s no good right now and they’re trying to make him good, or at least passable, again. His mechanics are completely out of whack. This was a bad trade before he started stinking up the joint; it’s not going to look better anytime soon. No scout in baseball thinks Miller is even close to a number 2 starter.
zacadad
Not having Pollack and Peralta is a factor, but Goldschmidt has been no where near as productive as he was since the all-star game last season. That’s 4 months plus and counting. Greinke just wants to get paid, as he stated when he signed in Los Angeles. With that starting staff, no way they catch the Giants.
markmc1235
They are absolutely terrible, it’s really hard to watch. I hope they can turn it around.
dstuart
Wonder where all those idiot Diamondbacks fans went that thought they had a phenomenal offseason and that this team will win the division easily?
BoldyMinnesota
It didn’t help that their second best player won’t be playing a game all year
chesteraarthur
They’re 8 games under .500 and 9 back in the west.
TenaciousD
Guys lets get, Ji Man Choi into the allstar game # now
sfu13
What a stupid trade. I wish Stewart would have called up the White Sox and let us rape him for Quintana instead. Blair, Swanson, and Inciarte would look great in Sox Black!