I want our doctors to look at him back home. After they evaluate him, we'll make a decision. If they don't think he'll be able to pitch in another week, we'll probably have to DL him and call up a long reliever.
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What the e-mail referred to is that if you compare Vioxx to a traditional pain reliever, you'll see a difference in clotting events. What he meant was that a misinterpretation of that difference would kill the drug, ... That e-mail was speculating that people would misinterpret it (the trial) as being a problem with Vioxx.
It's not the way you'd like to set it up, where all of a sudden a guy who has pitched well as a starter, you make him a reliever,
I love relieving. The adrenaline you have as a starter has a chance to wear you out, but as a reliever it helps you.
It's a matter of commanding his fastball and being consistent. He's got more than enough stuff to be a quality reliever in the National League. It sets everything else up when he's throwing his fastball. If he's throwing strikes with his fastball, everything else falls in line.
Takashi Saito is a very versatile pitcher who has been a starter, reliever and closer. We believe his experience over 14 years in Japan will give him the opportunity to make the Dodgers in 2006.
Shinji Mori is a talented reliever who will add depth to our bullpen. He's had a successful career in Japan, and we look forward to his continued success with the Devil Rays. This is the organization's first agreement with a player from the Japanese leagues, and we hope this will lead to more opportunities in Asia.
It's not the way you'd like to set it up. All of a sudden you take a guy who has pitched well as a starter (Marquis) and make him a reliever. But you've got to do what you've got to do,
We have a good bullpen when our starters can go six or seven innings. I feel we have the best bullpen in the league. We took a chance letting (reliever) Joey Cole go, but right now, I feel it was a good decision.
Reliever Josh Fogg , the Pirates' representative with the MLB Players Association, applauded the union's offer yesterday to increase the penalty to first-time steroids policy offenders from 10 days to 20 games Everybody in baseball wants to clean it up. ... With Palmeiro, from what we've seen on TV, it doesn't look like it's working out very well for him. I think there are pretty much a lot of guys who have been scared off.
Indians reliever Arthur Rhodes has left the club because of a family illness and will miss the rest of Cleveland's season, a blow to baseball's best bullpen and the club's playoff chances. It's going to be tough without him, ... He has been huge for us all year. We're definitely going to miss him.
It's pretty amazing what Gagne has done. Now, someone has to decide Has a reliever accomplished something special enough to be considered You can have that argument all day long. This year is maybe one of those occasions.
I think Sean has shown he's a major league pitcher, ... The thing about Sean, over the winter, the decision has to be made about if he's a starter or long reliever.
For all these guys, whether you're getting eight to 10 days off before a start or haven't pitched in the last series as a reliever, it's not a bad thing. You're going to have that energy and (need to) control that energy. Don't be concerned that you didn't get the ball. Don't be concerned when you get the ball.
We'll see where he fits and how he performs. If you don't start him, it would be very difficult to get him to start later on. We can also make him a reliever. I haven't seen him enough as a starter to draw a conclusion. As a reliever, he has been very effective. What I have liked about him from Day 1 is that he has been able to throw a strike with his fastball at almost any time. If he gets behind a hitter, he can throw a fastball for a strike.
It's not the way you'd like to set it up, to all of a sudden take a guy who has pitched well as a starter and make him a reliever,