Comments on: Derek Holland Can’t Command Secondary Pitches, And Texas Rangers Are Back In Second Place

By: The Beer Guy

The Beer Guy — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:25:44 +0000

I think the pitcher who comes in fresh-faced and blows everyone away right from the get go is a very rare creature. It’s his first year, he’s young, give him a chance to develop like 99% of MLB pitchers have needed before we make a final pronouncement on whether he’s super, great, good, so-so, or bad. (Probably in a year or two, I’d say)

By: JustSaying

JustSaying — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:26:27 +0000

the kid needs to go back to the bullpen before they totally use him up in flameout fashion…….

By: caleb

caleb — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:18:09 +0000

I agree, its not like he was getting tattoed. 8 strikeouts means he is missing bats. No home runs means they aren’t hitting his stuff hard. He could pitch the same next start and give up no runs. Good effort, don’t give up on this kid.

By: badspellr

badspellr — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:40:59 +0000

1. Keep the ball in the park: Check
2. Don’t walk anybody: Check
3. Strike out some hitters: Check

These are the things pitchers can control. There is a reason why teams don’t get 13 hits in six innings without home runs very often and it has nothing to do with secondary stuff. Its because they were off-the-scale lucky in finding holes. Holland needs to keep his chin up and keep doing what he his doing.

By: Sunday morning Rangers things

Sunday morning Rangers things — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:43:14 +0000

[...] Ron Washington says that his secondary stuff was better in San Francisco, and because he could throw his secondary pitches for strikes, the Giants couldn’t sit on his fastball, like the Padres did. [...]

By: Bobby in Bryan

Bobby in Bryan — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:34:14 +0000

Maybe Holland is auditionaing to be a one-inning or one batter reliever!