"And I thought, 'I really wonder how he would be as a starter? The way he makes his innings so easy.' And then about 10 seconds later, I'm thinking, 'Well, hold on. To have a guy that can just dominate the ninth inning -- in a way, it's more valuable to have that. It's more important to have a guy nailing down games than maybe a starter winning 13 to 14 games.'"
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Well i screwed that up
Anyway, i noticed this nugget in the Soria article on Royals.com. I found it a little surprising (and depressing) that a starting pitcher of all people doesn’t grasp the importance of good starting pitching over a padded and useless stat. Oh well.
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I think it’s a sign of courteousness and respect to Soria, and nothing more. Just team-mate speak. Maybe Gil feels this way, although if he had to choose between starting and closing, would he ultimately seriously choose the 9th inning? I think he would prefer starting. Ah, who knows?
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I’m not going to blame Meche for not figuring it out. It’s not his job.
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by Matt Klaassen on Mar 30, 2009 12:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm sure selfishly, Gil wants him closing....
he might personally lose a couple of Ws if someone else less effective is out there…
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by billybeingbilly on Mar 30, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Gil's funny
Gil talking about the big, looping curveball and sitting in the dugout waiting for it so they can laugh at opposing hitters… that’s funny.
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Overly simplistic analysis which has been disproven over and over again. The numbers are clear. Mechanical issues and injury risk are potentially good reasons to not make Soria a starter. The argument that a shutdown closer is worth more to his team than a good starter is not. That’s just plain ignorance.
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