09-04-2019, 01:07 AM
(09-03-2019, 11:41 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Oh I get it, but they need to just pull the plug on Wandy. For whatever reasons he's just lost it. Get the guys out there that there's still hope for.
Things change once games become meaningless. Sometimes a pitcher actually needs innings to work out his problem, but Wandy has just lost the confidence he needs to pitch in the major leagues. Better to just shut him down and start fresh next year.
Young minor league pitchers who are still developing their game aren't demoralized by getting roughed up in the majors. They just write it off as "growing pains" or "learning on the job". But when you are in your fourth major league season and throwing batting practice to the other team it is best to close it down for a while.
Wandy had a decent season in '17 (3.79 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 65 innings), but since the start of the '18 season he has a 5.51 ERA, and a 1.72 WHIP. In just 78 innings he has given up 90 hits and barely has more strikeouts (57) than walk (45).
And that doesn't count the beating he took today.
