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numbers wrote:That isn't dumb! You don't need insurance until you do, it was wise to deepen that rotation. Was it really that much of a given that none of Lester, Lackey, Dempster, or Doubront would get hurt?

Isnt that what Bucholz was for?
Buchholz is not to be relied upon under any circumstance.
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numbers wrote:
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numbers wrote:That isn't dumb! You don't need insurance until you do, it was wise to deepen that rotation. Was it really that much of a given that none of Lester, Lackey, Dempster, or Doubront would get hurt?

Isnt that what Bucholz was for?
Buchholz is not to be relied upon under any circumstance.
Neither is Jake Peavy in the AL, to be honest.
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I have no comeback for that.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
numbers wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:
numbers wrote:That isn't dumb! You don't need insurance until you do, it was wise to deepen that rotation. Was it really that much of a given that none of Lester, Lackey, Dempster, or Doubront would get hurt?

Isnt that what Bucholz was for?
Buchholz is not to be relied upon under any circumstance.
Neither is Jake Peavy in the AL, post 2008 to be honest.
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@SkitchP wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
numbers wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:
numbers wrote:That isn't dumb! You don't need insurance until you do, it was wise to deepen that rotation. Was it really that much of a given that none of Lester, Lackey, Dempster, or Doubront would get hurt?

Isnt that what Bucholz was for?
Buchholz is not to be relied upon under any circumstance.
Neither is Jake Peavy in the AL, post 2008 to be honest.
And in 09 he moved to the AL so...
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Peavy pitched well for SF this year down the stretch. Why do you guys hate him so much?
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numbers wrote:Peavy pitched well for SF this year down the stretch. Why do you guys hate him so much?

I LOVE Jake Peavy.
The Tigers have always shelled him AND he got us an everyday Shortstop
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numbers wrote:Peavy pitched well for SF this year down the stretch. Why do you guys hate him so much?
Yeah, against the Padres, Rockies, and Cubs.
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That's who Kershaw pitches against too, no one is suggesting that's why he pitches well. Peavy is obviously not what he once was and belongs in the NL West, but he isn't completely useless.
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numbers wrote:That's who Kershaw pitches against too, no one is suggesting that's why he pitches well. Peavy is obviously not what he once was and belongs in the NL West, but he isn't completely useless.
But Kershaw doesn't shit the bed when he faces other teams the way Peavy does. That is unless it's October.
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@SkitchP wrote:I LOVE Jake Peavy.
The Tigers have always shelled him
Well, he did completely shut them down in October of 2009 when the White Sox came into Detroit and took two of three to knock the Tigers out of first and into a play-in game.
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Lament wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:I LOVE Jake Peavy.
The Tigers have always shelled him
Well, he did completely shut them down in October of 2009 when the White Sox came into Detroit and took two of three to knock the Tigers out of first and into a play-in game.

I was fearful you would bring up the exception that proves the rule.
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To be fair, it was probably the high point of his time as a member of the White Sox.
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I'm glad my question sparked some baseball chatter. That makes my heart happy.

Peavy had some good starts against the Dodgers. Brewers, Tigers, etc. I don't think anyone is arguing or insinuating Peavy is a front line of the rotation guy. A 3-4 on an NL team? Sure. Peavy makes a lot of sense for the Cubs, Braves, Cards, Pirates, even Giants ( why keep him though?), etc.
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Lament wrote:To be fair, it was probably the high point of his time as a member of the White Sox.
Wait, he shut out Detroit twice at the very end of 2009. I think those might have even been his only two starts for the Sox that year after he finally got off the DL. Those starts led most of us Sox fans to (mistakenly) believe acquiring him was a great move. Man, was he nowhere near what we thought he'd be.
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Lament wrote:
Lament wrote:To be fair, it was probably the high point of his time as a member of the White Sox.
Wait, he shut out Detroit twice at the very end of 2009. I think those might have even been his only two starts for the Sox that year after he finally got off the DL. Those starts led most of us Sox fans to (mistakenly) believe acquiring him was a great move. Man, was he nowhere near what we thought he'd be.

Yeah, but did anything you guys gave up amount to anything?
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Hey guys, let's talk about AL vs. NL pitchers some more!
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@SkitchP wrote:Yeah, but did anything you guys gave up amount to anything?
Clayton Richard ended up putting up more or less identical numbers to what Peavy put up in Chicago.
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Lament wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:Yeah, but did anything you guys gave up amount to anything?
Clayton Richard ended up putting up more or less identical numbers to what Peavy put up in Chicago.
Aaron Poreda was in the Rangers pen this year. Got off to a decent start and then down hill after that.
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