Comments on: Report from the minor league complex

By: UtilityMan

UtilityMan — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:35:31 +0000

Iwas there today….saw Pete…and I was one of thoose getting Mo’s autograph at the fence.Hi Pete!!

By: nyyfaninlaaland

nyyfaninlaaland — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:34:21 +0000

Perhaps we could all cut Karstens a little slack. We’re so eager to promote guys with no majors track record at the expense of guys who’ve at least had some success. Don’t forget Karstens biggest slice in the majors in ’06, where he did fine. Not dominant, fine. And his minors performances in ’06 and in limited ’07 IP where also very good. As was his work for USA baseball in the offseason. Perhaps we can excuse last year after the pulled hammy and the broken leg.

Personally I’d be fine if he went to Scranton and continued to start in case we had an immediate need due to injury, and another reliever was carried instead. With the innings limits on the 3 and the likelihood of some injury time lost, it’s likely some starts are going to fall to guys beyond the top 6. Heck, last year we used 14 starters. Frankly we’re pretty lucky IPK and Joba pulled off the meteoric rises they did last year – imagine where we’d be otherwise. The others we’re hoping for good things from in the near future – Horne, Marquez, McCutcheon, etc. – don’t have the same upside as those 2. Having all these guys for depth is a nice feeling. Be nice if Igawa could somehow translate a pretty fair minors performance to the majors too – but all things are not gonna go the way we’d hope.

Geez, I sound like the Resident Optimist!

By: rover

rover — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:55:14 +0000

I will take that performance from moose each and every time.

By: Bob Backlund

Bob Backlund — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:38:04 +0000

Has Mo broke out his change-up this spring yet? Is it still something he’s considering?

By: Clay Bellinger

Clay Bellinger — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:38:46 +0000

I am going to Modells after work to see ifg I can get my hands on one of these Yankee/VT hats. They are sweet.

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:37:51 +0000

William –

I agree. Karstens and Rasner simply haven’t proven they can consistently get major league hitters out or stay healthy.

By: eric

eric — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:33:24 +0000

Pete- is Mo wearing the socks high in that pic? Did he do socks high for the game? That’d be awesome

By: William Buckner

William Buckner — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:29:20 +0000

I hope they don’t carry Karstens and do keep Strickland. Im not a big fan of his, Rasners or Henns. I know Joe wants a long man and I think Strickland can give 3-4 innings.

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:28:03 +0000

That’s probably what we can expect from Moose this year. 6IP, 3-4ER. Hopefully he simply keeps the team in the game and lets the offense win him some games.

By: Say it ain't so

Say it ain't so — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:26:32 +0000

The thing about Karstens is that you can’t tell if he’s throwing some cookies up there for the college kids, or if he’s just pitching like he usually does