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The Man Most Pissed About Morrow?

Good news, Chad Cordero threw a bullpen session yesterday and came away from it saying he felt that he finally had full range of motion in his shoulder.

“Did I know that doing a couple of small things would get him full extension? After all the years of working with pitchers, I’ve picked up a few things,” Adair said, smiling. “Chad’s doing the work, and he’s surprised us. He’s going to be ready sooner than we’d hoped.”

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“I threw about 40 pitches, all fastballs, and my velocity was up. I don’t throw hard, anyway – 88-89 mph, and sometimes up to 90-91. I’d say I was throwing anywhere from 82 to 84 mph today.

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“When I first signed here, I was thinking I’d pitch in June, maybe July. I’m way ahead of that now,” Cordero said. “Now I’m looking at mid- to late-May.”

Reading through that story though sparked a memory, that of why Cordero signed here in the first place:

"This was definitely not the best offer," said [Cordero's Agent]. "It's strictly an opportunity move. He put most of his emphasis on the best chance of closing. He thought this was a good opportunity for that."

Think Cordero has a chip on his shoulder now? I cannot believe the beat writers haven't jumped on this yet as a source of future bad chemistry.

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Give it time...

Things are bound to get boring over the next two days….

the offseason sucks

by section331 on Apr 2, 2009 3:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmm...

When they find out that the “bad” chemistry is what caused him to heal so quickly in the first place, they’ll be right on it…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Apr 2, 2009 3:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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Your place for steroid speculation!

by Graham on Apr 2, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Steroids?

I thought “bad chemistry” was what was done in my neighbors trailer…

the offseason sucks

by section331 on Apr 2, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn, check that....

It was late, and I’ve never watched that show – I just now got that joke.

the offseason sucks

by section331 on Apr 3, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

On Branyan:

“Given the chance to win a starting job for he first time in his career, the 33-year-old journeyman has shown he can play first base. He’ll get the chance to play against righties and lefties, although against tough left-handed pitchers the team might use Mike Sweeney at first.”
How concerned should we be about this? How likely is this to be from Wak’s mouth, or just Larue’s conjecture? I’m not familiar enough with Larue to tell for myself.

by Terminator X on Apr 2, 2009 3:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I was under the impression Branyan was rather worthless vs. LHP

And the plan was to go with a firm Branyan vs RHP and Sweeney vs LHP platoon. My mistake apparently if that was never the case.

by Terminator X on Apr 2, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's why I asked about the likelihood of that being LaRue's personal conjecture

as opposed to something he had overheard at camp but didn’t have a direct quote on. That’s what I meant by “from Wak’s mouth” – something LaRue overheard from him, not a direct quote from Wak himself.

by Terminator X on Apr 2, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oops

is that Branyan’s .731 OPS v. LHP lifetime could better than what Sweeney offers once you factor in defense.

by JI on Apr 2, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What a dick
I don’t throw hard, anyway – 88-89 mph

He was totally saying that because Washburn was standing right next to him. Anyway… yeah closer might be taken, but hey, LOOGY is wide open for the moment!

by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 2, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Isn't Cordero a righty?

or were you referring to Washburn?

by Ezzra on Apr 2, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holy shit

I thought he was a lefty. Why the fuck would we let a 88mph fast ball only righty close?

by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 3, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He was an okay reliever

he was never an ace. But whatever, we’ve had this discussion before. I think there are much better candidates to close in the organization than Cordero.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 3, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If Cordero is back to old form, i might prefer him to Morrow.. who even when he's on his game

has questionable command. My recollection of Morrow closing from last yr isn’t pleasant. Didn’t he blow like 3 straight games or something when Putz was out?

by Rudy4three on Apr 2, 2009 8:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Morrow has shutdown stuff

I want him to be used in high leverage situations and then use Cordero in the closers role so we can pump up his value and unload him for something nifty.

by Robert on Apr 2, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Nobody said he sucks, just that he hasn't proven he could close yet. With his stuff of course he should

be able to be a stud there, but I agree with Robert in that I like him better in that relief ace role where he can come in during the 7th and 8th and shutdown rallies. If Cordero has his stuff and command back then I’d rather use Morrow in the relief ace role, and let Cordero pitch the 9th.

I just feel that Morrow coming out of that pen every day in high leverage spots is a real weapon, as opposed to waiting around for save opportunities, especially if a guy like Cordero is back at 100% and has shown he’s capable of working in that role

by Rudy4three on Apr 3, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The 11 highest gmLI figures last year all belonged to closers

the 9th inning tends to have the highest leverage anyway. And I imagine the team won’t have a problem with bringing him in to destroy a rally in the 8th and then letting him finish.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 3, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, Morrow is a good reliever though even with his spotty control

If Cordero recovers his old stuff he’s probably just ~average, maybe a little above, but not as good as Morrow. I was crazier about the idea of Cordero closing eventually when I thought Morrow was slated to start, now he’s just a bullpen arm who can get both lefties and righties out with decent efficiency or a nice trade option we picked up for nothing.

by OlSalty on Apr 2, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

best plan B in baseball?

larue says
“If Morrow stumbles, Cordero is as good a Plan B as there is in the big leagues.”

I thought the Mets had Putz as a plan B?

by Lantern on Apr 3, 2009 12:13 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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