Ross Detweiler Called Up

by mrkupe on Sep 3, 2007 3:36 PM EDT

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=txnationalsmoves&prov=st&type=lgns

I'll be the first to say THEY'RE RUSHING HIM, HIS CAREER IS OVER!!! Or something.

I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of Detweiler, but I always find it interesting to see how the stuff of pitchers coming almost straight out of college plays against major league level competition.

Any reactions? Personally I often like the idea of getting a guy acclimated to the big leagues from a mental standpoint, but I'm not sure that Detweiler profiles as a good candidate for that kind of exposure. I would've rather they rest him a little and then send him to Hawaii or maybe the AFL after an AA spot-start.

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bad idea

what's the point of adding more innings to his arm this year.

by Bravesin07 on Sep 3, 2007 3:31 PM EDT reply actions

I have...

no problem with his innings load this year. Looking at The Baseball Cube, it looks like he only pitched 89 in college, and about 30 in the minors this year. Doesn't seem like an excessive amount.

But what concerns me is just that he doesn't seem ready. He was giving up 10.3 H/9, 2.95 BB/9, while only striking out 5.40/9 in High A. Those numbers don't scream "major league ready" in my book.

But maybe they just want to use him as a LOOGY for this last month. They were aggressive with Zimmerman and it looks like that has panned out pretty well. Maybe they want to see if they can catch lightning twice.

"Tim Lincecum will win 1 Cy Young and 11 Tim Lincecums." -uga007

by Boxkutter on Sep 3, 2007 4:04 PM EDT reply actions