Comments on: Reds worried about Aroldis Chapman’s diminished velocity, “fatigued” shoulder

By: onbucky96

onbucky96 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:05:11 +0000

Dusty Baker, the legend continues…

By: yahmule

yahmule — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:46:11 +0000

Few people view Dusty Baker with more disdain than I do, but there’s no way to pin this on him.

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:30:01 +0000

But Dusty…sorry “dusty” must have put the bad touch on ‘Roldy’s arm. Just like he does to EVERY pitcher he manages EVER!!!!!! Don’t be clouding up the issue with your ‘facts’ and ‘numbers’, ‘lions. The mantra IS and always WILL BE: Dang you dusty baker!!!! Dang you to heck!!!!

By: cggarb

cggarb — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:26:17 +0000

Let him sit for a week. Whatever he needs. With Broxton and Marshall (plus Hoover, Arredondo, and LeCure), the Reds are pretty well set.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:38:31 +0000

Yeah, because young pitchers that regularly hit 98+ never have arm problems unless Baker is their manager….except for…you know…almost every relief pitcher that throws that hard (sooner or later, usually within 5 years of making it to the big leagues).

Chapman has thrown 67 inning this year, and hasn’t had a 2 inning outing or thrown > 30 pitches in a outing since May (when he was moved to the closer role). That is a perfectly reasonable workload.

By: jm91rs

jm91rs — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:33:29 +0000

If it’s fatigue, simply sit him down for awhile. Same thing happened to him before the All Star break and he came back and rattled off 20 something straight saves. Maybe this is just how he’s going to be, a few bad games followed by 25 great ones. I wouldn’t worry about it unless he comes back in 2 weeks and has the same problems.

By: ajcardsfan

ajcardsfan — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:05:16 +0000

If I’m Dusty, I give him the time off he needs, possibly taking a hit or two in the L column (which looks like it could happen anyway with Chapman’s loss of velocity), and have him rested and good to go for the Post-season

By: metalhead65

metalhead65 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:30:34 +0000

paging Dr. Andrews. wow a young flame throwing pitcher possibly coming down with arm problems under the watchful eye of dusty. who could of ever seen this coming? maybe it was not such a good idea to stretch him out as a starter this spring then decide to put him back in the pen then make him a closer. or maybe it was I don’t know using him everday this summer when the reds needed a save? but pitchers having arm problems under dusty is just a myth right?

By: stex52

stex52 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:26:22 +0000

I would have been worried about him on Friday when the ASTROS came back and won one with him pitching. Talk about your brighter than average warning sign.