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Post by m240 on May 13, 2018 9:21:23 GMT -6
So far this year he has pitched 14 2/3 innings has 20ks and an era of 0.61. Oh and his baa is .170, not to shabby. All very good lines and yet he is on pace to pitch only 58 2/3 innings this year. He is supposed to be insurance against a starter getting hurt or have to go on the dl for a rest. So what is the goal here, he is not getting multiple innings to keep his arm stretched out so they must not be planning on using him for a spot start or two. They are not giving him meaningful innings to see if he can be an above average reliever. So what the heck are they doing here, it is kind of confusing.
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Post by Saint on May 13, 2018 9:53:16 GMT -6
Good question.
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Post by blcoach8 on May 13, 2018 10:01:45 GMT -6
I think he's being wasted
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Post by unionstation82 on May 13, 2018 10:02:02 GMT -6
No one knows. All I can say is that they want him around mainly because of next season. Keuchel is probably a goner, and Morton might not return.
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Post by astrosdoug on May 13, 2018 10:35:54 GMT -6
They would probably like to give him more multi-inning appearances, but the starters going deep means there are so few innings to spread around among the relievers. It's a challenge just for Hinch to make sure each guy gets at least 2 innings in per week.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2018 11:06:26 GMT -6
I know he wouldn't want this and he doesn't deserve it, but maybe send him to AAA for a while so he can start every 5th day? Then he would be available to come up if and when a starter goes on the DL.
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Post by blcoach8 on May 13, 2018 11:19:09 GMT -6
I would be tempted to try McHugh as the closer.
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Post by m240 on May 14, 2018 8:07:09 GMT -6
If you have an era under 1.00 and have been in 13 games that means you are having some level of success and our late innings guys have not been lock down so why not try him as closer. It definitely would not be the first time that a team took a successful starter and turned him into a closer.
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Post by Saint on May 14, 2018 8:36:02 GMT -6
To me, he should be ready to pitch every 4th/5th game for 2-3 innings. If a starter comes out in the 6th and he hasn't pitched in a couple/few days, let him finish the game. Maybe sort of a long-relief closer. Keeps his stamina up to be a starter if (WHEN) we need him to start some games.
They seem to be wanting to limit Devo and Harris to one inning appearances this year, so let McHugh and Peacock be the multi-inning guys.
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Post by astrosdoug on Jun 1, 2018 1:18:07 GMT -6
It's probably time to start considering when McHugh will enter the rotation and let the core starters get some rest.
Keuchel has had the roughest time of it of the Core 5, with an OPS against of right round .700 (virtually the same as Smith and Peacock). Since Keuchel is known to be fragile, could be a good idea to give McHugh a couple of Keuchel's upcoming starts. McHugh's OPS against as a reliever has been .534 and while he probably could not maintain that as a starter, he'd probably do no worse than Keuchel. Come playoff time, Keuchel would likely be in better shape and we've seen he can pitch well in the postseason.
The main disadvantage to this arrangement is that the bullpen loses a multi-inning reliever. However, that could be remedied by bringing up Cionel Perez to gauge his suitability for the major league level.
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