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socalblake
Meanwhile….Cotton makes an excellent debut…
Cam
Tough loss, like the kid a lot. But Hill has been good, and Cotton wasn’t going to start over De Leon anyway.
theroyal19
Great debut but you have to look at the team he pitched against. Angels only had 3 major league starters in their lineup for the game (Cron, Calhoun, and Simmons).
Deke
Hey Steve. There’s a typo in here. “Early” is spelt “earlu”. While most of us can substitute a U for a Y. You know there’s gonna be that troll we all hate who’s gonna ask you if you’re speaking Klingon (which I hear is the fastest growing language in the world)…. At least that’s what I heard on a “Frasier” rerun.
mack22 2
Kasmir’s season has been less than stellar keeping him out of the rotation is a good thing
BlueSkyLA
Master of the understatement. Kazmir has been pretty awful really, and the less we see of him down the stretch the better. Stripling, Stewart and DeLeon are all better options at this point.
bradthebluefish
Just looked Stewart and De Leon up. Wow are they good!
BlueSkyLA
Both are works in progress at the MLB level but they show promise as starters. I’d take them over any of the alternatives at the 4-5 spots. Norris should probably be in the pen.
Vinny Time
Nothing personal against Kazmir, but glad he’s gone. Last year with Astros he faded badly down the stretch after posting good first half numbers. LA would do just as well with younger guys who would have cost them less from the outset. Now they’re stuck with Kazmir for 2 more years.
Gaetan Dugas
Is Ryu ever going to pitch again? He’s basically lost 2 entire seasons so far. Still has 2 years left on contract, but who know if Dodgers will even see double digit innings from him in that time
BlueSkyLA
All we could see is his velocity was down, especially after a few innings of work. Whether that’s an injury or something else, we sure don’t know.
arcadia Ldogg
Ryu is the Darren Dreifort of this century.
differentbears
Jeff Samardzija is the Darren Dreifort of this century.
arcadia Ldogg
At least Samardzija’s pitching. Dreifort barely pitched after signing a new contract.
stymeedone
Gee, what excellent reporting. What exactly is thoracic spine inflammation and what does it mean for the future of Kazmir. Please don’t expect your followers to “just know” what it entails. Its not exactly Tommy John surgery. Just another reason I hate twitter.
BlueSkyLA
According to Dr. Google, it’s a spinal inflammation condition with any number of possible causes and treatments that may respond to rest, bracing or medication, could require a surgical procedure, and in a small percentage of patients, even hip replacement. I would say in fairness nobody, even the doctors, know what Kazmir’s case requires at this point.
Cam
As above, google is your friend.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
So I guess this means Kazmir isn’t opting out
BlueSkyLA
We knew that already.