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Beckett, Blister

Beckett's Blister Problem

Josh went down with a torn finger flap.  As great a talent as he is he just can't win, can he?  I bring it up here for two reasons:

The other day on Boog's show I heard Peter Gammons say that he was sad for the Marlins when he saw Beckett, Penny, and other former Marlins doing so well.  He was saying that we should have kept the Penny, Pavano, Beckett, AJ, and Willis (the big 5) all together for many more years.  I can't help but disagree a bit.  Of course it's ideal to keep your best players, but when I look around I see mostly very good decisions.  Penny is doing well again this year, but had some down times.  Pavano has been a joke, AJ not much better, and Beckett continues to be saddled with problems.  Other teams can afford these problems and mistakes, but the Marlins can't.  Not that our young pitchers aren't getting hurt as well, but at least they aren't getting paid tens of millions to do it.

The other reason I bring it up is a concern for Sergio.  I hope that he has this situation under control.  He looked great in his last start, and I hope he can become a consistent starter for us, and not fall prey to finger issues as well.

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Apparently Gammons seems to believe everybody has a $200 million dollar payroll.  It would have been great if the Marlins could have kept those guys as well as Lee and others, but the reality is the Marlins have to make tough decisions regarding payroll.

Good point about Sergio and it underscores the problem with the team this year--starting pitching.  The injuries have hurt quite a bit, but the team has seriously squandered some great hitting and, other than Julio, some pretty decent bullpen work.

by DoubleB on May 13, 2007 6:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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