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No doubt, I could have held-off acquiring Schmidt. Last night's pitching line was ugly - 6 hits and 3 BB.
However, as I now have vested interest in defending my decision to aquire him, and I do not want to accept the objective conclussion that I made a bad move (google Cognitive Dissonance), I can point to a couple indicators that he has turned the corner.
1st, he struck out 7. This may not mean much as any pitcher can catch any team on a bad day, but he did do it.
Next, the SF Chronicle reports his velocity was up. Again, any pitcher can have a good stretch were his velocity is up after previously having been down, but up it was.
And finally, Jason Ellison misplayed a ball that was ruled a double. If he did not misplay it or it was ruled an error, then Schmidt's line would have been different 0- not necessarily improved but certainly different.
He bears watching, and I will definitely be reading the People's Republic of San Francisco papers.
You're kidding, right? It doesn't matter how his velocity is, if by the time he finishes the 4th inning he's thrown 85+ pitches - you'll never get production with those kind of numbers. I mean I understand how you want your trade to work - but giving up 6 runs in 5 innings to the Indians - who had to fire Hall of Famer Eddie Murray as hitting coach - which has been one of the worst hitting teams this season is definately not good.
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