BC867 said:
It was said that Edgar has completely re-done his pitching mechanics . . . and that he was brought up for long relief.
It's just hard to imagine that the D'backs would demote their new #2 starter Ortiz anytime soon, even if Edgar would fit into the starting rotation better.
Why are GM's more concerned with saving face than putting the best rotation out there?
I have this feeling that it was more than just coincendental that Gonzalez was promoted before Ortiz is scheduled to start today.... To me it signifies as a wake-up call for Ortiz to finally pitch consistently or else he will be immediately demoted to the BP in favor of Gonzalez.....
True.. the Dbacks obviously vested so much money in Ortiz, but some times a demotion to the BP would motivate a starter to try anything to regain their spot and in the process put more effort into never reliquinshing it again.....
Also... sending Ortiz to the BP wouldnt hurt either since it would help for a brief period to stabilize the Dbacks relief corp....
It's still early yet of course in Ortiz's deal, but let's hope and pray he doesnt turn out to be another Dessens... Ortiz at least has had some long-term success and is more servicable/proven than Dessens ever was... True though that Ortiz pitched in a pitchers park during his best years, but displayed some minimal success/talent on the road as well.....
To me it's more than mental with Ortiz... perhaps he's complacent now that he has a long-term deal.. or he's pressing to live up to such a lucrative contract.. let's hope he somehow manages to overcome it soon since it's still early yet and he can salvage everything when he does in fact finally wake-up...
