Lorenzen getting stretched out, up to 89 pitches. Probably needs another outing to sharpen up more based on the stats. This is basically his spring training.

Michael Lorenzen pitched 4.2 innings tonight for Round Rock, let up four runs on six hits and five walks. He struck out six.

He walked four batters in his last two innings of work. More importantly: he threw 89 pitches, and his fastball sat 94 and reached 96.

— Shawn McFarland (@McFarland_Shawn) April 10, 2024

No thank you still on Yerry.

KT 90 said:

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Lorenzen getting stretched out, up to 89 pitches. Probably needs another outing to sharpen up more based on the stats. This is basically his spring training.

Michael Lorenzen pitched 4.2 innings tonight for Round Rock, let up four runs on six hits and five walks. He struck out six.

He walked four batters in his last two innings of work. More importantly: he threw 89 pitches, and his fastball sat 94 and reached 96.

— Shawn McFarland (@McFarland_Shawn) April 10, 2024

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Wilson says he may be in the rotation next week:

Michael Lorenzen allowed four runs on six hits and five walks in 4 2/3 innings this afternoon for @RRExpress in his final rehab start. He reached 89 pitches, and #Rangers are expected to drop him into the rotation next week.

— Jeff Wilson (@JeffWilsonTXR) April 10, 2024

Why does it seem like Bascik is always yelling?

CowtownAg06 said:

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We are in the middle of 17 straight days without an off day. Go 6 man rotation once or twice and figure out who heads to the pen in a few weeks.

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Pretty sure that's the plan with Lorenzen joining the staff his next start, which should be early next week.

What a great outing by Bradford:

6.2 IP, 5H, 0ER, 1BB, 7SO (94-62)
1 Unearned Run.


Lorenzen pitched for RR, today:
4.2 IP, 6H, 4ER, 5BB, 6K (89PC-53ST)

Nadel said that Lorenzen's next stop is with the Rangers. He said Eovaldi will get the Start in Houston.

He said Lorenzen would get slotted into the Detroit series and looking at the projected SPs...

4/11 v A's: Gray
4/12 @ Houston: Dunning
4/13 @ Houston: Heaney
4/14 @ Houston: Eovaldi
4/15 @ Detroit: <Empty>
4/16 @ Detroit: Gray
4/17 @ Detroit: Dunning
4/18 @ Detroit: Heaney

This would suggest Lorenzen bumps Bradford on the 15th.

Honestly, Bradford may not be the big name SP... but he has been our best SP this season.

That's a hard sell, to me:
3GS, 1.40 ERA, 19.1 IP, 10H, 17 SO, 2BB, 0.62 WHIP.

The prices of replica trophy on eBay… holy ****e!

True. I'm not a big stats guy but I wonder how that could affect the average injury rate. I mean having a 6th man with say a ~5.00 ERA (?) give or take that keeps you from losing McLanahan, Bieber, Cole, deGrom etc. for a year plus and consistently getting 20 starts a year has to be worth something.

All the talk of the mounting issue this year makes me wonder what teams are going to come up with cause how it is just isn't sustainable. Pitchers won't get long term deals anymore and something will have to give. Fun part is figuring out what and imo makes for a pretty cool convo

If anything Lorenzen takes spot of Heaney or Gray in rotation.

Doesn't sound like he's taking anyone's spot for now. Sounds like they'll go to a 6 man for a bit and make a decision when needed.

Sounds good.

Saw that, pretty awesome interview! Never put 2 and 2 together of the Dunning, Bradford type that don't over power you, most certainly by design and maybe we're catching on. The rest of our healthy starters aren't really flame throwers either..and the ones we do have that are out are Scherzer and deGrom who throw gas (or at least Scherzer used to)

gigem1223 said:

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Would be ideal but how many teams have 6 viable MLB starting pitchers? Most teams struggle to even have 4 that give you a chance to win most nights. Also gotta factor in performance based contracts and guys like Cole Hamels who threw a fit at the thought of it.

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I think with the way injuries have been going you talk to the performance based guys about how they're going to hit any of those criteria while they're out for the year recovering from TJ.

And Max's injury right now is a herniated disk. At 40'ish, you're going to see those types of things, which are different than the elbow type issues. Granted he finished 2023's regular season with a shoulder muscle issue.

If I were Chris Young... I'd have a video compilation for pitchers I'm looking at signing for FA and saying, "Mechanic-wise, what are concerns?!" I'd do that before I'd even talk to an agent or getting health info.

I hadn't thought about having an Orthopedic consulting on pitching mechanics. I had wanted to be an Orthopedic from 6th grade until my 2nd year of college when I realized it took 13 years of college/med school. I had a great arm, played 3B and CF mostly. Never much of a pitcher. However, I've always looked at P from an engineering and physics perspective, not a health perspective.

When criminals get asked why they committed the crime, a common response is they never thought they'd get caught.

I GMs are starting to bake in a TJ surgery as a cost of doing business, but I think SPs believe it won't happen to them.

I think when you look at a guy like Hamels, you're looking at a guy who pitched over 183 IP for 11 seasons in a 15 year career. He hung them up in 2020 and AFAIK, never had TJ surgery. He was a model of being durable.

Japan uses a 6-man rotation, which I believe is because because they have 6 game weeks. I believe the Minors have adopted a similar scheme based mostly around limiting travel and costs.