Kawakami

[19braves77]

Kawakami - Just unlucky ?

 

[blitzerlover]

Yep. Extremely unlucky.

 

[BluesBroSJ]

I'm sick of hearing that about kawakami. If he was "unlucky" he wouldn't be 0-9. Greinke is unlucky. Kenshin sucks. The fact there is even a debate on if he should stay in the rotation or not when jurrjens comes back is an absolute farce. I didn't realize the braves were that cash strapped that they wont send him to the pen.

 

[pujolsjunkie]

His peripheral numbers do suggest that his record is a bit of a fluke, which is why W/L is a poor judge of performance. That said, he has been pretty mediocre and should likely head to the pen when Jair is back.

 

[miguelcabrera]

His peripheral numbers do suggest that his record is a bit of a fluke, which is why W/L is a poor judge of performance. That said, he has been pretty mediocre and should likely head to the pen when Jair is back.

wats w/ lidges i's in ur sigg

 

[sdsportsfan1214]

Medlen gets the starting spot. Have fun in the pen Kenshin

 

[jgro85]

His record is definitely unlucky, but he definitely shouldn't be in the rotation when JJ gets back.

 

[chippernate]

Medlen has earned his stay in the rotation, when JAir comes back, kawakami I'd heading to the pen like he did at the end of last season

 

[cgilmo]

previously, he had been unlucky

last night he was missing spots and leaving the ball up

 

[casmith12]

I think he is just unlucky for the most part. I just looked through his stats and compared to Derek Lowe whose record is 8-5. Kawakami's ERA is 4.42, while Lowe's ERA is 4.81. Also Kawakami has had more strikeouts and less hits allowed on him. I think Kawakami is not bad at all, he just gets very little run support.

 

[ffgameman]

For the record, the winner of the 2K Sports $1 million perfect game pitched with Kawakami.

 

[braves2235]

I would say Kawakami is a little of both. Whenever he pitches it seems like he gets matched against the other teams ace or top of the line rotation starter which makes it more difficult for him to relax. On the other hand whenever he does give up hits and runs, they are big hits or extra base hits...most of the Rays damage last night was doubles and a homer. That should all be on him. Once Jair is back, Kawakami should go straight to the pen. Medlen gives us the better chance to stay in and win the game.

 

[bmc398]

He's been up in the zone like the last 4 games he pitched. Even my girlfriend admitted that she could probably hit the cheese he was throwing.

He's not unlucky....more like ungood. Problem with him is that he NEVER has that stellar outing where he shuts down the other team. He's always got baserunners and he never really gives up less than 3 an outing. That puts YOUR team on its heels every night when you pitch knowing that they have to go out and make great plays in the field to even be in the game. Then, the pressure of them knowing they have to score 4+ runs to win doesn't help either.

I said it 2 starts in, that they paid too much money to this guy for what he is. They need to cut their losses now. Or at least, shove this guy in the back of the pen until they can get rid of him.

 

[jgro85]

Well, he is definitely not that good, but his record is unlucky in the fact he hasn't pitched that bad enough to win 0 games. I don't understand how people aren't grasping this.

 

[James52411]

previously, he had been unlucky

last night he was missing spots and leaving the ball up

Exactly, he was throwing 87 mph BP for much of the night and got what he deserved.