Paulino struggling early again

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 2m

 

#SFGiants off to quick start w/ 3 straight hits off Felipe Paulino for 2-0 lead. Two were bloopers but Mike Morse smoked a 2B. #WhiteSox

Paulino struggling early again

 

Ooh, gonna have to crank back up my old Rienzo thread

He's coming back from major surgery (well, surgeries) so its likely going to take him a while to get back to form after not pitching for close to 2 years.

 

Didn't the Sox say when they signed him that he likely wouldn't start the season in the rotation and they were "hoping he'd be ready by May"? Maybe I'm mistaken (as I often am).

Lincecum, 3 pitches, 3 groundouts.

 

#FIRESTEVERSON

Paulino is only owed $1.5M this year and the 2015 buyout is just $250K so if the velocity doesn't return by late May/early June you just outright release him and use Rienzo until Beck is ready. The old Paulino is worth throwing out there because if he does well he'll bring back a spect, but a lesser Paulino is only fodder & no reason to run out veteran fodder when you have Rienzo and Surkamp around who are at least young and controllable.

Paulino is only owed $1.5M this year and the 2015 buyout is just $250K so if the velocity doesn't return by late May/early June you just outright release him and use Rienzo until Beck is ready. The old Paulino is worth throwing out there because if he does well he'll bring back a spect, but a lesser Paulino is only fodder & no reason to run out veteran fodder when you have Rienzo and Surkamp around who are at least young and controllable.

 

Paulino is the finance equivalent of a pump and dump. You try and build his value and sell him to anyone who will listen. If not, it was a million dollars (really you are paying anyone half a million to be on the roster, so you can't even really count that).

Paulino is the finance equivalent of a pump and dump. You try and build his value and sell him to anyone who will listen. If not, it was a million dollars (really you are paying anyone half a million to be on the roster, so you can't even really count that).

They're trying to buy a spect which is a good thing for them to be doing. And going back to my mantra re: the dumping of Dunn which I believe bears repeating, in theory if another team would give up even a decent RP prospect for the guy then might as well do the same thing there and use Viciedo/DeAza (if the org is really down on both) similarly as Paulino. Pump and dump, sounds inviting, sounds like something you'd do with a hooker and maybe Gordon Beckham as well.

How does Luery Garcia go up there swinging after two 1 pitch at bats. I know it's ST but you practice good habits. You'd get benched on my high school team for that type of stuff.

Were they fastballs? If so, good job. Swing at those or try to bunt, assuming the Sox feel he's just a bench guy. And given the way Hahn spoke of him during his interview on the Score over Soxfest, I think they view him as a bench guy/PR only.

 

I mean really, you're a Major League pitcher and you're facing Leury Garcia. Are you going to throw him *anything* outside of the zone at all? Why would you? Go right after him, the last thing you want to do is walk or give a hitters count to one of the weakest hitters on the 40-man roster.

Paulino sounds like he has gotten better as the game has gone on.

 

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 2m

 

Felipe Paulino still looks a little rough but has retired 8 of 11, including 5 strikeouts. Got Morse, Pence, Sandoval in 3rd. #WhiteSox

Not too horrible for FP. 3 IP, 5H/1XBH 5K/0BB, 2ER

None of this matters. Did you play baseball? Part of the game is working the pitcher. Allowing your teammates to get looks at his secondary offerings. Let your pitcher get some rest period. If you're Leury Garcia, and the first two guys get out in two pitches, you don't go to the plate thinking about what Rick Hahn said about you at SoxFest. You go up there and plan on taking the first pitch and working the pitcher.

 

In the regular season, yes. In Spring Training, who cares. It is all about getting your work in.

Paulino's line through three is interesting.

 

3 IP, 2H, 2ER, 0 BB, 5K.

 

26 pitches, 3 Balls. Wildly efficient in his pitch count considering the Ks.

Typically, high strikeout guys throw alot of pitches. The ground ball type pitchers are the ones who are usually efficient.

In the regular season, yes. In Spring Training, who cares. It is all about getting your work in.

 

 

In Garcia's defense, the pitch was a BP fastball down the middle. Which, apparantly, is overpowering for him.

Typically, high strikeout guys throw alot of pitches. The ground ball type pitchers are the ones who are usually efficient.

I think that was his point...

I disagree. He was on this team last year. The poor fundamentals should be a thing of the past. Practicing good habits is exactly what the team should be focusing on.

 

Pitchers on the other hand, should use ST to work on whatever they feel necessary.

 

If the pitchers are throwing fastballs to get into shape, why wait to get down 0-2 before swinging?

Paulino is the finance equivalent of a pump and dump. You try and build his value and sell him to anyone who will listen. If not, it was a million dollars (really you are paying anyone half a million to be on the roster, so you can't even really count that).

 

He's a waste of time.

He's a waste of time.

A productive, detailed, solidly argued contribution as usual that in no way reflects poorly upon you for posting it.

A productive, detailed, solidly argued contribution as usual that in no way reflects poorly upon you for posting it.

 

I'm sure I could have bolstered my point by using some statistic, but I did not feel it necessary.

He's a waste of time.

 

No

Conor Gillaspie is an avid storm chaser, ala Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt in Twister.

 

Grew up in Omaha. Didn't know that.

 

Surprised they didn't write something into his contract to prevent him from engaging in what is pretty risky behavior.

 

 

 

Edited March 12, 201412 yr by caulfield12

None of this matters. Did you play baseball? Part of the game is working the pitcher. Allowing your teammates to get looks at his secondary offerings. Let your pitcher get some rest period. If you're Leury Garcia, and the first two guys get out in two pitches, you don't go to the plate thinking about what Rick Hahn said about you at SoxFest. You go up there and plan on taking the first pitch and working the pitcher.

To (somewhat) paraphrase the Hawkaroo, you find out what your hitters can't do and then you don't ask them to do it.

 

Asking Leury Garcia to take pitches and "work" the pitcher is like asking Leury Garcia to hit 20 HRs. Any pitcher on the mound who wouldn't look to start Garcia off 0-1 with the fastball immediately doesn't belong in the Major Leagues. And you can tell that to your Little League coaching staff too.

 

Aggression within the strikezone and hitters knowing their strengths, such is the philosophy of Master Stevenson and in He I trust.

Conor Gillaspie is an avid storm chaser, ala Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt in Twister.

 

Grew up in Omaha. Didn't know that.

 

Surprised they didn't write something into his contract to prevent him from engaging in what is pretty risky behavior.

If you grow up in Nebraska tornadoes are like angry racist drunken uncles and cars in your front lawn, it makes sense you'd know lots about them and should you ever escape such a place that knowledge and interest could lead to the prevention of such things reoccurring in the future.

This post is a waste of time.

 

Where was Semien this game? He has been milky and smooth this Spring!