Taylor Tankersley optioned to Triple-A

by craig on Mar 24, 2009 2:52 PM EDT in News Comment 8 comments

The Marlins optioned reliever Taylor Tankersley after the left-hander had another poor outing, allowing four earned runs while recording only one out against the Houston Astros.

"We've got to get him fixed," said manager Fredi Gonzalez.

Tankerlsey, who has given up 15 earned runs in 6 2/3 innings (20.25 ERA) this spring, was optioned to Triple A New Orleans.

Tankersley has skills but somewhere along the line has lost confidence in his abilities.

For my money, that probably means that Renyel Pinto and Dan Meyer will be the left-handers in the bullpen. While John Koronka's name is being mention, and if the Marlins go with three left-handers he could stick. However, should the Marlins go with two, Koronka has options whereas Meyer does not. Also you have to consider that in the past Meyer has the better starting stats of the two, in case a long left-handed reliever is needed.

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No shock about Tank

And i think they’ll just go with the 2 lefties in the bullpen, with Pinto and Meyer being the ones.

Tankersley has been pretty close to awful for a while now…getting him ‘fixed’ may not be as easy now as it wouldve been 18 months ago.

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by DolPhanDave on Mar 24, 2009 3:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

good riddance

"How can I blame you
When it's me I can't forgive?"

-From the Unforgiven III off of Death Magnetic

by Patssuck456 on Mar 24, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sure, he lost confidence.

Because his stuff isn’t major-league quality. Period. As much as I hate to admit a first-round pick is a bust, it’s a little tiring to keep hearing that Tank’s problems are only in his head. Last I checked, the brain is indeed part of the human body, and it’s kind of important that the brain works well enough to allow you to pitch in the majors.

(As a lefty myself, I regret never having learned to pitch. You could get run over by a train, but they’ll still prop your flat carcass up on the mound as long as you died clutching a ball in your left hand.)

by Fishcrazy on Mar 24, 2009 4:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Joe Girardi

used and abuse and ruined Taylor Tankersly’s arm IMO.

Giraridi didn’t have any middle relievers so Taylor comes up is all of a sudden lights out. So Girardi naturally doesn’t want to use anyone else. Problem is that he used him heavy 4 days in a row and burned his arm out. Taylor was never the same since. A real shame. Kind of managerial malpractice.

I thought Girardi was a complete bozo and an invention of the media. Freddi is low keyed but intense. Freddi is still learning for sure, but he has been a huge upgrade over Girardi. IMO (after watching almost every game that Girardi and Freddi have managed for the Marlins that is).

by jrhana on Mar 24, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Girardi was good for the bats

bad for the pitchers. I think Fredi has the potential to be a great all around, long term coach… I just want us to get rid of Bo Porter. That man, IMO, has cost us more games sending runners in bad situations and holding runners in golden situations. Just a recent example: Against the Orioles in 1 spring training game i went to he held somebody running from 1st at 3rd on a stand up double that easily could have been a triple…

by jrsyeagle on Mar 24, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

totally agree

i have always thought and felt this way. just thought i was the only one who noticed this. i found myself a couple times a week in frustration at him for either not sending the runner when he should have or sending the runner when the ball was clearly gonna beat him to the plate. im not sure if there is a way to measure this at all. But in Bo’s defense, i always see the guy talking with fans above the dugout and tossing the balls to kids

by FriedFish on Mar 25, 2009 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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and im just remembering, wasnt there a few times last year when players blatnetly ran through his stops signs and ended up scoring. i can remember Uggla on at least 1 occassion

by FriedFish on Mar 25, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bo Porter

has been much better than that old senile Cox we had before him. Bo is very conservative and generally errs on the side of caution . But he is observant and consistent. I think he has a lot of baseball smarts.

Old brain dead Cox was a complete negative indicator. If he said go, it was best to stop and if he said stop, it was the time to go. The players publicly stated they were ignoring him.

So Bo is much better than what came before but whether he is what we need for our next ring is unclear.

by jrhana on Mar 24, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs