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Originally Posted by Tyrus
I'm curious why you say this. Fernando had a fine season in 2006, and once he healed up last year he picked it right back up.
If he's healthy, I have no problem relying on Rodney as the setup man. He'll blow a game here and there, but he'll also do the job way more often than not.
Of course, I'd rather have Rodney and Zoom...but that ain't gonna happen any time soon.
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Rodney is just inconsistent. He HAS to be able to locate his fastball in order to be effective with his change up. A lot of times he doesnt have great command. His walk numbers arent awful, but they arent great either. And frankly, Rodney is fairly injury prone as well.
Between us never knowing which of the three Todd Jones's are going to show up (1. the guy who gives up 6 straight hits to blow a game 2.) The guy who loads the bases and then gets a strikeout and a double play 3.) The guy who gets two easy outs and then a warning track flyout) and the inconsistent Rodney, I think we definitely have to go outside of the system and bring in at least one good setup man.
I only worry about Rodney because of what I perceive of him from having watched him over the years. He seems to lose focus, makes a dumb mistake here and there, and sometimes even appears to not care. Granted thats all going on my assumption, but I just think he just struggles a bit when the pressure is on more often than we need him to.