Sutton was a Dodger in 1979 but he was on the staff starting the 81 strike season. He did not get to pitch against his former Dodgers in what was one of most painful series of my life losing last 3 straight to LA. All cured in 2017.
We traded a pitcher that will free up $9-12M so Crane could have more flexibility to re-sign JV next year. We really don’t need Odo remaining of the year with LMJ coming back.
Also a guy that is a career 4 ERA who’s only thrown 178 total innings since the start of 2020. He’s been vastly over valued in here for a journeyman who has made some good and some bad starts this season while missing time much like the last three seasons.
Chandler Rome on Twitter: "Jake Odorizzi: “Some ups, some downs, some things I would have liked to have done better … I wasn’t perfect, never pretended to be. You close the book, but at least my last start was one to remember.”" / Twitter yeah all it took was a AAA lineup where literally the mariners best players were out
Odorizzi fashions himself as a #3-4 starter in MLB... which in fairness is probably where he sits on most teams. On this Astros team, however, he is the #6 starter and moving to #7 with the return of McCullers. A trade simply made sense for both parties. Throw in the bad chemistry and it was time to move on.
lol jake is a crybaby. he wasnt a top 4 starter for us ... and he sounds like he wasnt open to coming out of the pen . too bad . if he could tick up a notch or 2 coming out of the pen coulda been a nice weapon for us . lets hope MiB can deliver vs lefties
I think that J.R. Richard was the scariest pitcher to ever wear an Astro uniform. Players didn't want to face him for fear of being injured. If he was a tad wild, batters would have 100mph fastballs buzzing by their heads. He was so tall, players said that it looked like the ball was half way to the plate before he released it.
Yes he is listed at 6'8". Ryan didn't have control most days either. Talk about a rough series for hitters.
Trading for a proven left-hand reliever who was just lights out in the playoffs last year does not move the needle?
I don’t remember Ryan being out of control with his years with the Astros. He would pitch inside like all the great pitchers of yesteryear, but I think it was more intentional than wild.
Great article on Ryan. Wild with purpose is how I would put it. https://www.mlb.com/news/two-unbreakable-records-of-nolan-ryan-c265897848
He somedays didn't have a good feel for it and he was propone to wild pitches. In 81' he lead the league in WP with 16 and had 18 the next year. He eventually gain much more control later after JR was gone. Ryan used to lead the league in walks regularly. ( 8 times in his career twice as an Astro.) He was scary with JR.
"Nobody came close to throwing as many wild pitches as Ryan. He threw 277 of them, 50 more than second-place Phil Niekro, just about double the total of active wild pitch leader Felix Hernandez. Again, Ryan was going for the strikeout, and if that meant planting the pitch in the dirt, he would absolutely do that."
I loved that type of pitcher. My favorite pitchers of all time in order: Bob Gibson, Nolan Ryan, JR. Hated Maddox, Glavin because of the umps more than them, but I’ll never forget how the umps handed them victories. Just think what Verlander could do if he got strikes consistently 4 inches off the plate.
