The Brilliant Springtime of Victor Zambrano

[Edgy MD]

A foretaste of a summer of love, or a cruel and bitter tease?

[Willets Point]

Or a European film that sweeps at Cannes.

[Guest Rotblatt]

I'm gonna go with tease, but I have to admit, my hopes are rising.

[metirish]

Can he keep his concentration up for a whole game though, he seems to get side-traked a lot during games.

[Edgy MD]

Talk to Paul LoDuca about that.

Carlos Delgado, meanwhile, is hitting .588. And all I can think about is a strange discomfort with seeing him in 21. Strange, as he's a far more suitable inheritor of Cleon's digits than Mark Little or Gerald Williams or probably the two of them and all the rest of the 21s put together.

[nymr83]

Springtime for Victor and Willie
Metland is happy and gay!

[Frayed Knot]

Metland is happy and gay!

No, we allowed Piazza to sign elsewhere remember.

[Vic Sage]

This is a chapter of KILL BILL 3.

Or, as it will soon come to be known... "KILL WILLie"

[Frayed Knot]

It's good that Zambrano (and Heilman & Bannister) are having good springs because Trachsel isn't.
He's getting smacked around today by the Dodgers. 8 runs in a few innings including a 3R HR from opposing pitcher Brett Tomko

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Nymr83 wrote: Springtime for Victor and Willie Metland is happy and gay!

That works - lol

[Guest d'Kong76]

Anyone following Kazmir?

[Edgy MD]

The judge says I'm not allowed to anymore, but the paper says he's having a tough spring.

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
Kazmir	1	1	9.72	4	4	0	0	0	0	8.1	11	10	9	4	1	10	6

Trachselian.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Gammo suggested recently that his struggles this spring have to do with being "rushed to the majors" FWIW.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Kazmir's slated to be TB's Opening Day starter, although he's gotten knocked around this Spring: 9.72 ERA in 8.1 innings, with a 2.53 WHIP, and a 6/10 K/BB ratio. He's also given up 4 HR.

U-G-L-Y.

[Vic Sage]

if they want to call a "do over" and trade him back for Zambrano, i'd be okay with that.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I can't see Zambrano's name on the internet without thinking of Kazmir.

JD: >>>Gammo suggested recently that his struggles this spring have to do with being "rushed to the majors" FWIW.<<<

Well there is a small comedic value to that fwiw

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

It must be difficult for you to watch games where Zambano faces Zambrano, thinking "Kazmir, Kazmir, .Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, .Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, .Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, .Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, .Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, .Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, .Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, Kazmir, .Kazmir, Kazmir" the whole game.

[Gwreck]

Given that Victor went 8 innings, with 5 hits, 2 walks and one run they only time that's happened, I doubt it was much of a burden.

[nymr83]

ST stats are meaningless. Kazmir is going to have a good year.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I agree that for the most part that ST stats are meaningless, but weren't
there an awful lot of Mets fans licking their chops at Keppinger's .350 BA
not just a day or two ago and wanting him ordained pope?

[Elster88]

Probably the same assclowns who were pining for Cairo and then Anderson all last year.

[Edgy MD]

No reason to speculate. The alleged harlequins of the posterior make their cases throughout the "2nd base - 2006" thread.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

KC wrote: I agree that for the most part that ST stats are meaningless, but weren't there an awful lot of Mets fans licking their chops at Keppinger's .350 BA not just a day or two ago and wanting him ordained pope?

When ST stats agree with recent season's stats, it makes the most sense to cite them. It's only when they contradict larger recent samples that their meaning comes into question.

[Guest Rotblatt]

What Bret said.

So Bannister having a good spring training further reinforces the idea that he might be ready for the bigs, and Lima having a crappy spring reinforces the idea that he's done.

On the other hand, Wagner having a bad Spring doesn't necessarily mean anything.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I didn't really mean too much, except that it's easy for people to say the
stats don't mean anything when that works for you and easy to say what
are you crazy he's tearing the cover off the ball depending on what works
for the discussion du jour.

Du jour, that's French for "mean tigers should be kept in cages" ;-)

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

KC - Du jour, that's French for "mean tigers should be kept in cages"

No wonder my grades in French sucked in high school. You want to a laugh, imagine badly butchered French being spoken with a heavy southern accent.