Willie Fraser: Verlander’s Struggles & More

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Great article explaining what's wrong with Verlander, Zito, and the Indian's closers. [link]

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  • DaveKingman DaveKingman
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    That might explain part of Verlander's problems.  You have to think, though, that he hass some sort of injury. He's just 24, and shouldn't be going from really good to really bad that quickly.

    Posted 5/19/2008 [reply] [flag]
  • Fred9964 Fred9964
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    Something's obviously wrong, but there's no way he can't recover from this.  It's just a matter of time until they figure out what's wrong and he can adjust.
    Posted 5/19/2008 [reply] [flag]
  • Fred9964 Fred9964
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    All I have to say is that he better not turn into Travis Hafner.  By all accounts Verlander is so talented that he'll be fine, but a measure of whether a player will be successful in the majors is his ability to make adjustments when people figure him out or something goes wrong.  This next year or two may tell us what will happen in his future.
    Posted 5/19/2008 [reply] [flag]
  • DaveKingman DaveKingman
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    I can see a scenario in which he doesn't recover: injury.
    Posted 5/19/2008 [reply] [flag]

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