Chewy said:
Prior to the Detroit outing he had 8 straight appearances with no runs.
After the Detroit outing he had 3 straight appearances with no runs.
He's had two appearances where he completed the inning but gave up 2 and 3 runs. While disappointing it's not like he just blew up and had to be replaced.
I don't get how you can just arbitrarily got back to the Detroit outing while ignoring the previous 8 appearances and say he's now a 50/50 closer.
That's being awful selective for a guy with a very proven track record.
I'll admit Pressly used to scare me until about August of last year. The dude had a legit claim to be the World Series MVP last year.
Partially because of that and partially because of his record this whole season I'm not just gonna knee jerk and mess with the guy's head. Like someone else mentioned being a closer in baseball is as much mental as it is physical. You kill their confidence and you just potentially burned an arm.
He's gonna have to do a lot worse to lose my trust.
Fair enough. You and I don't have to agree. I have a bit of a shorter leash in my mind because of where we are in the playoff race. If this were last year and we were up by 5+ at this point, I have no problem trotting him out there.
