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Originally Posted by VAChief
Just in time for some fresh meat to arrive. Alcantara called up.
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He has to finish off Bowman first. Then I figure he'll set his sights on Lyons.
But don't worry - he'll get to Alcantara soon enough. The only hope for a relief pitcher on this team is that we dump enough old, overpaid starting pitchers to hide them in the rotation.
Martinez would've been put out to pasture last year had we not traded away Shelby Miller. God, can you imagine how badly Matheny would've tortured that guy in relief? He'd come out amped up and throwing 100 mph with movement and Matheny would have him throwing 4 times/week. I'm guessing he'd have hit 80-85 appearances and at least a couple dozen of them on zero days rest. By September he'd have finally broken down after throwing for the 10th time in 12 days (this actually happened with Jordan Walden; Duke was thrown 10 times in 13 days before he broke down last September).
Matheny finds 3 guys, they're the only 3 guys he uses, then he destroys their careers. He'd have absolutely done that to Martinez when Rosenthal was struggling last year.