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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
It's really important for our state to get one at least into the Series. Two would be ideal.
On the topic of Rosenthal, I love his arm and I'd strongly consider trading Holland even up for him if they'd do it. They have the financial muscle to extend Holland and we'd get a cost-controlled gun for the pen, ideally to close out 7 or 8 before Davis gets the call.
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As good as Holland is, IMO, you should never sign relievers to FA deals. They are too volatile and their velocity drops too precipitously to make it cost effective.
If you want something else scary, consider this: Rosenthal throws a league average number of strikes and the same percentage that he threw last year, yet he has walked more than twice as many players this year than last, and he has one of the worst walk rates in the majors. This happened despite batters swinging at pitches out of the zone at a 29% rate this year compared to 37% the year before, which means that he is actually throwing more pitches in the zone overall. His swinging strike percentage did drop by 1.9%, however.
Thus, the only explanation for his walk rate is that he just loses his ****ing mind.
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