I strongly question Quatraro's decision to pull Greinke after only 44 pitches. It worked out fine last night but if you keep changing pitchers like that it won't take long to find someone who will give up some runs. It was the exact opposite of his inexplicable decision to stick with Yarbrough for far too long the night before. I don't understand how being "in the middle of 16 games" means that Greinke can't throw more than 44 pitches.
I'll say it one more time just to emphasize the contrast. Tuesday night Yarbrough totally lost the strike zone, was getting bombed, and Quatraro let him throw 80 pitches. The very next night Greinke was hanging up zeros on the board and was only permitted to throw 44 pitches. What, exactly, is the overriding philosophy here?
I believe the philosophy is they’re trying to keep their 39 year old pitcher fresh and they’re wanting to limit his exposure to the third time through a very tough lineup. This wasn’t a spur of the moment decision. They mapped this out with the matchups in the bullpen and whatnot. It was good managing.
I guess you aren't buying the 3d time through the lineup theory. But maybe the 3d time theory, plus the fact that Greinke is 39 yrs old and probably should be given a break as often as possible (not like he's Phil niekro out there just tossing knuckleballs basically underhand), makes the decision a little more palatable. Plus, Grienke's too old to be working through anything -- let the young guys get beat up a little bit and figure out how to endure. Grienke doesn't need those lessons. Then again, I learned just about everything I know about baseball from Tim McCarver (RIP) while watching Mets games in the '80s on WOR, so possible things have evolved in the past 40 years.
😁 Every time I come across McCarver's name I'm reminded of my favorite quote of his: " As good as the Yankees were in the first half of the game, that's how as bad they were in the second half of the game."
Your points are well taken but if Zack needs a "break" after throwing just 44 pitches he has no business being in the starting rotation for any MLB team. He was on a roll Wednesday night like we haven't seen from him for quite a while and Q should have ridden that wave for all it was worth.
He's lucky it worked out well in that one instance. But as I said before, if you keep changing pitchers like that it won't take long before you find a guy who gives up some runs. Maybe a whole lot of them. And that move makes no sense in the context of what he did with Yarbrough the night before.
I strongly question Quatraro's decision to pull Greinke after only 44 pitches. It worked out fine last night but if you keep changing pitchers like that it won't take long to find someone who will give up some runs. It was the exact opposite of his inexplicable decision to stick with Yarbrough for far too long the night before. I don't understand how being "in the middle of 16 games" means that Greinke can't throw more than 44 pitches.
I'll say it one more time just to emphasize the contrast. Tuesday night Yarbrough totally lost the strike zone, was getting bombed, and Quatraro let him throw 80 pitches. The very next night Greinke was hanging up zeros on the board and was only permitted to throw 44 pitches. What, exactly, is the overriding philosophy here?
I believe the philosophy is they’re trying to keep their 39 year old pitcher fresh and they’re wanting to limit his exposure to the third time through a very tough lineup. This wasn’t a spur of the moment decision. They mapped this out with the matchups in the bullpen and whatnot. It was good managing.
I guess you aren't buying the 3d time through the lineup theory. But maybe the 3d time theory, plus the fact that Greinke is 39 yrs old and probably should be given a break as often as possible (not like he's Phil niekro out there just tossing knuckleballs basically underhand), makes the decision a little more palatable. Plus, Grienke's too old to be working through anything -- let the young guys get beat up a little bit and figure out how to endure. Grienke doesn't need those lessons. Then again, I learned just about everything I know about baseball from Tim McCarver (RIP) while watching Mets games in the '80s on WOR, so possible things have evolved in the past 40 years.
😁 Every time I come across McCarver's name I'm reminded of my favorite quote of his: " As good as the Yankees were in the first half of the game, that's how as bad they were in the second half of the game."
Your points are well taken but if Zack needs a "break" after throwing just 44 pitches he has no business being in the starting rotation for any MLB team. He was on a roll Wednesday night like we haven't seen from him for quite a while and Q should have ridden that wave for all it was worth.
He's lucky it worked out well in that one instance. But as I said before, if you keep changing pitchers like that it won't take long before you find a guy who gives up some runs. Maybe a whole lot of them. And that move makes no sense in the context of what he did with Yarbrough the night before.
The fact that it was the first time since 2017 we didnt strikeout in the whole game is CRAZY that stat is blowing my mind
Given they’re striking out a quarter of the time and just how the game is played these days…amazing.
Matt Quataro and his staff is bringing such a fresh perspective
way better than the stale,old,tradional voice the ned yost,mike matheny,dayton moore era brought
I will say every team is different. Yost certainly found his groove with his teams. But it was never going to happen for Matheny.
I remain incredibly optimistic about Quatraro and his staff.