I can not begin to explain how mad I am this evening...give up a HR with a 2 run lead fine, but walk people to make a HR a game winner...oh man am i mad...pitch it low in the zone and let them hit it. The Offense came through...so disapointing
Michael wrote:Are all his problems control? Is his stuff and\or velocity off?
I think its control....his stuff seems fine but if you look at all the big hits he's given up this season off the top of my head it starts with walks. Then he falls behind a batter or runs the count full and is forced to pipe a fastball. I still maintain you walk Griffey there and this isn't hindsight talking.
I am frustrated with Izzy like everyone else, but what really chaps my A** is the fact that we cannot lose games like this with albert out of the lineup. We score 7 freakin runs and even get an insurance run to go to the ninth. The homerun isn't my concern. It is the walks. And though Rolen does make the error the other night, the cards aren't in the jam if izzy isn't out there walking people again. As a closer his walks per inning are ridiculous right now. He has been living that way all season, and tonight he got burned.