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chop
Pressure didn’t seem to faze Shelby when he was involved in the Jason Heyward deal. Stewart is grasping at straws.
Acuña Matata
While I do agree with you that Stewart is trying his best to save face in this, I think there’s an element of truth to it. Miller probably is under pressure. He’s suppose to form a 1-2 punch with Greinke who is also under a lot of pressure. Neither are coming as advertised and I’m sure it has to get to him
chop
Agreed. There probably is some pressure, but I would think having Greinke in front of you would relieve pressure, as you’re no longer “the man” like he was with the Braves. Perhaps he is trying too hard though, but I doubt it. He never was an elite pitcher, though he has been traded twice like he is an elite pitcher. It’s weird!
TheAdrianBeltre
I feel like Miller was always a bit overrated anyway, and knowing that he was the main piece in the shortchanged half of a one sided deal(of course he knows, he has the internet like everybody else) no doubt put some pressure on him. Playing half the games in Arizona wasn’t going to make him better, and his walk rate had no room to get worse. Tough spot for Shelby and I know he will pitch better than he has, but seems like many aren’t surprised by his early struggles in Arizona. It was a gutsy move by Stewart, but I suspect he targeted the wrong guy, and could have gotten a much more quality pitcher for what he gave up than what he received.
davidcoonce74
Yeah, this was a bad trade from the get-go. Miller just isn’t great,, especially in Arizona; I can’t imagine how he will fare in Colorado…
chop
Could have easily been a good start for Jose Fernandez.
bucsfan
How Dave Stewart continues to be a GM is baffling. Not unlike LaRussa to have a fall guy however.
mike156
Seems Storen (and Giles) are both afflicted with the Curse of Papelbon.
chesteraarthur
After what some people had to say in defense of the dbacks and that trade, it’s quite satisfying to see this trade not only look as bad as many thought, but actually somehow manage to look even worse than it did at the time it happened.
While I think the pressure thing is total bs…is it really a good idea to say, “this pitcher we traded a ton for turns out to struggle when under pressure”?
steelerbravenation
Inciarte comes back this week hopefully he starts reestablishes his value and we can flip him. Use him to get even more and really make Stewart look bad.
On that note what kind of package could be put together involving Inciarte to the Gisnts in order to get Susac. Gonna need to be more from both teams but I think that may be a young catcher we can look to snatch up. Inciarte can take over for Pagan.
hammer57
I love that the cover photo for this article is Arrieta circling the based after his home run.
Kilter45
That’s tremendously stupid…”oh he’s really throwing garbage…well I’m just going to keep throwing him out there”…good thinking Gibbons…it’s REALLY worrying so far…bullpen is 0-9…worst since 2004!