Garland

[JohnU]

John Garland, the guy who gave up 4 runs to the Reds for the Rockies and then proceeded to look like a Cy Young candidate -- yeah, released.

 

[MHubbuch]

Jon Garland is a retread. I look for the Yankees to pick him up

 

[Redsfan1507]

He's been bad for a while. Amazing how some of these guys can hang on so long.

 

[JohnU]

He's been bad for a while. Amazing how some of these guys can hang on so long.

I am more amazed how some of them always seem to have a resurrection game against the Reds.

 

[HammerDown]

John Garland had nothing left before the Rockies picked him up. Expect him to sign with the Padres before the sun sets.

 

[JohnU]

Garland is the sort of pitcher I end up seeing in the independent leagues ... usually in their middle 20s ... reclamation projects on their shoulder injuries. Their fastball isn't bad, but it's straight and their off-speed stuff is easy to hit because a shoulder rehab pitcher tips his offspeed by changing his arm angle. If they can hit the corners in low counts, they can get 75 pitches before they lose it.

 

[Redsfan1507]

Weird how the fastball (or lack of) kills the older guys, but there is always so much optimism surrounding younger guys (like Leake) that never had one to begin with, isn't it ? It's all about hitability isn't it ? If "all" you have is a 100 mph fastball, or a good command 93 mph cutter, your only as good as long as you have that...and if all you have is an 88 mph fastball and an 80 mph curveball, is the margin for error any thinner ?