8 hours ago
(Yesterday, 11:32 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: A few weeks ago I was all for sending Burns back down to work on developing a 3rd pitch. But as some suggested, perhaps he's best served staying with the big club for when he's needed and working on 3rd pitch here?
Ashcraft is IMHO a candidate to send down. He just has no consistency! Good for a game or two, one inning of relief of course. Then gets rocked for his next two appearances. He just seems to be knocking on being a lost causes door.
One of Earl Weaver's 10 rules of managing . . . the best place for a rookie pitcher is long relief.
I can't say that I disagree about Ashcraft, but he does have a fearless approach that you need in the bullpen. It's just that you also need to be able to throw a fastball for a strike and he can't seem to be able to do that.
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