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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It's even more of a dick move considering the Mariners had no intention of ever letting Morrow start for them
and forced him to the bullpen all the while making him lie to the press in order to cover the teams own collective asses.
For a team so devious
they sure lose a metric fuckton of baseball games
by JI on Apr 2, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
We're just waiting for them to let their guard down
Then we strike!
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…
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Your place for steroid speculation!
by Graham MacAree on Apr 2, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
lookout landing is on steroids now?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Apr 2, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn, check that....
It was late, and I’ve never watched that show – I just now got that joke.
the offseason sucks
I would argue that steroids and other performance enhancers are examples of exceptionally good chemistry
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 2, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Pfft. Chemist. You probably think isolating a bacon-flavored chemical is a good thing.
Next thing you know, there’s bacon salt, bacon chocolate, bacon soda pop, bacon air freshners.
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.
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.
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.
If he's really already back to 82-84 that's great news
Maybe our bullpen won’t suck after all.
4 or 5 more and he's back to his old velocity
Here’s hoping the movement and control are still there
I would argue that a man that advocated taking another and thus far much more successful pitcher would be the most pissed.
Truely a shame we didn't draft him
It’s like we had success right in front of us and we mistepped. Before we knew ,it had gone right behind us and all hope was lost.
It was like we punted our best chance
and in doing so helped a rival team reach it’s goal.
by JI on Apr 2, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
In my mind I have this little grainy video of us circling the podium and bungling the pick at the last second that plays in a endless loop.
The only thing that lets me sleep at night is the fact that nobody could possibly ever capture this at multiple angles.
The one effing hometown guy that could really become a hero...
But NOOoooooo
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by PositivePaul on Apr 2, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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
Because he's was a reasonably good player before he got injured?
by Graham MacAree on Apr 3, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
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
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?
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
Kind of like
How Nelson was used in tough situation and then Sasaki cruised through the ninth in 2001.
Nelson couldn't retire lefties with any consistency
by JI on Apr 3, 2009 1:47 AM PDT up reply actions
And why they had Rhodes as their LOOGY.
Now if there was only someone now who could step up as a LOOGY, then we would be set.
Morrow is so so so much better than Cordero
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 2, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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
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.
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?

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