I hear you. The team just hasn't been the same in a long while and I agree guys like Gomez can throw chemistry on a ball club off. People are thinking Gomez right now is a lesser of two evils between he and Jake but I believe it's the other way around. Gomez has way more negatives with him at this point. He's a head case.
Devenski had established his pattern as a "slow" starter. Often, with spotty control and his stuff looks like a shell of what he was throwing out of the bullpen. He's bounced back... in every single start.... to end up going a good amount of innings and giving up very little else, but he's got to find that perfect balance of control/stamina to start games.
I think McHugh's problems are that he often questions his feel of the off-speed stuff to start games... and his fastball/cutter simply aren't good enough without the good curveball. I wouldn't mind Devenski's slow starts... if we already didn't know he was a tremendous bullpen pitcher thus far. With the bullpen gassed, and everybody besides Harris has shown shaky moments, it may not be the best time to have a 6 man rotation (but if they're worried about LMJ's need for rest, I suppose its somewhat necessary).
Wow... Ashby called a fly ball off the bat right, for once. Can't simply go by the Valbuena bat-flip... he bat-flips for every solid contact, regardless whether its a single, double, HR, or an OUT.
Very quietly, this team is starting to crush the ball again routinely. Would absolutely be nothing wrong if this year mirrored last season... except in reverse.
Serious question ! Why is Tucker on this team? If big Bieber can't hit or field why is he not in the minors?
