Nova has been making far too many bad pitches and he was
bailed today by the offense. He has been
allowing far too many base runners and far too many HR’s to pitch
effectively. His ERA is 5.44, but he has
been fortunate as he has not done a good job pitching this year. I am a fan of Nova and I think he has
excellent stuff, but he has not been “pitching” well, meaning he has not been
hitting spots consistently enough. I would
keep trotting him out there, but if he doesn’t turn it around in the next 4
starts, Phelps may steal his spot. The
OPS against on Nova is now at 1.005
(.326/.381/.624). This would be the best hitter on our team
right now for perspective and this is what the other team is doing against
Nova. I expect him to get it
straightened out but don’t let the 4-1 record fool you, the guy has been bad
this year so far.
We had a Teixeira sighting finally as he brought his OPS
above .400! He still has a bad .690 OPS,
but maybe he can get going now.
I thought it was very interesting that Soriano closed out
the game and not Robertson. Not sure how
Girardi will be handling the closer role, but I would imagine he is going to
try and keep both guys fresh and if one is tired the other will take over, but
something will shake out over the next month to give a more definitive
role. I don’t care about Soriano’s value
if he decides to opt out, I would focus on what we have to do to win games and
I would use the pitcher that maximizes those chances. I surely have not lost any faith in Robertson
and I believe he is the better closer, but Soriano has proven capable in that
role and maybe he relishes it?
(UPDATE - one of our readers, Tom Parente, was nice enough to let me know that Robertson had sore ribs and this is why he didn't pitch).
(UPDATE - one of our readers, Tom Parente, was nice enough to let me know that Robertson had sore ribs and this is why he didn't pitch).
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