Comments on: Blog: Ken Oberkfell over Rickey

By: Cactus

Cactus — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:47:20 +0000

An ex-Cardinal AND an ex-Brave. No thank you.

By: Slob

Slob — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:47:49 +0000

Yes.

By: Slob

Slob — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:33:19 +0000

2001 Brooklyn Cyclones pitching coach

By: gottabelieve07

gottabelieve07 — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:12:18 +0000

I think that’s a very solid plan, and somewhat reasonable, for the approach this winter. Silva has alot of talent, isn’t too old, and can be the inning eater people cry about when they mention things like bringing back Glavine or signing Livan.

And landing a top starter somehow, even if it costs a hefty toll from Pelfrey, Humber, Milledge, Gomez, F-Mart, Mulvey or Guerra, is really necessary if this team is going to take the next step and push for a title.

The only thing I’d add to your plan is going hard after a top pen arm as well. A strong back end of the pen, like the Reds had with the Nasty Boys, will save your team alot of lost games, and is really they key to winning in the playoffs.

Plans like this are always alot easier said than done, but the teams that find a way to make them happen are usually the ones playing in late October.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:51:54 +0000

Uh-oh . . . don’t let Orsulak read this!

LOL!!!!

By: VCarver

VCarver — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:47:23 +0000

Agee, to follow up on my point, the starters for SD, ATL, LA and the Nats all pitched fewer innings than the Mets. Yet all these teams had bullpens with better ERAs. Their bullpens were stressed even more, yet pitched better overall.

By: VCarver

VCarver — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:44:39 +0000

Ooops, that post belongs below.

By: VCarver

VCarver — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:43:39 +0000

To follow up on my point, the starters for SD, ATL, LA and the Nats all pitched fewer innings than the Mets. Yet all these teams had bullpens with better ERAs than the Mets.

By: ScottN

ScottN — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:38:43 +0000

I think this is a solid idea. Only problem is that I don’t think our tradeable talent is good enough to land a top starter. I think we should make a full court press for Oswalt. Even then, I think we’ll come up short because other teams have the young arms we lack to pull this off.

By: Constnza81V2.0

Constnza81V2.0 — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:12:39 +0000

Many of our more reliable arms had meltdowns down the stretch, Heilman, Feliciano and Wagner. If it’s not just because of workload reasons, probably also had a lot to do with having to work multiple high leverage, high pressure situations. If you dump Mota, and relegate Show strictly to LOOGY or garbage-time long-man, there’s probably not a ton of tinkering needed to be done. I wouldn’t mind a right specialist upgrade over Sosa either, but you figure you have that from within with either Smith, Kunz or Muniz.