It's shocking to me how much buzz has surrounded the Rockies pitching staff, from Freeland to Senzatela and Chatwood, and the latest name in Colorado to perk up ears is German Marquez, who took care of the Cubs inside of Coors ala 8.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 Hits, 1 BBs, 8 Ks. Holy Wade Boggs' Mustache that is a gorgeous line. Now, Rizzo, Russell, Zobrist, and Contreras were out of the lineup, but still, pretty stuff here. But that's all this really is, unfortunately. I don't see Marquez is being ownable in a 12-teamer as he just doesn't have the repertoire that screams high upside, nor is he consistently solid with his command. Keep in mind, Marquez allowed 13 ER across his previous three starts, and that included another shutout performance. That kind of volatility isn't for me, especially when Coors will do him few favors in the long run. I'm not getting pulled into the sirens' call and not rolling with Marquez on Shabbos, or any day for that matter.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
FYI The List article always seems to revert to the March 13 version
Super weird, I can’t reproduce it here.
Maybe it’s a cache issue? What browser are you using?
Chrome. I’m talking about if you click SP List under the Articles tab.
I had no idea that we linked it like that. Thanks a ton for the heads up!
If you remove the first 3 batters of the game. Triggs went 6.0 – 3 Hits – 0 ER – 4 Ks – 0 BB. Obviously it’s silly to remove the bad stuff but it shows that he was totally fine once he found the plate. Also nice to see someone make quick adjustments on the fly when the shit totally hits the fan like that, i.e. 13 of his first 15 pitches were balls.
Came here to point this out. He’s showing great pitchability to go along with some pretty good stuff, so color me intrigued. I really like this guy.
Great point, should have brought that up.
I’m enjoying the ride with Triggs and I’m curious to see how far the train goes.
This is easily your best article title ever.
Ha, thanks!
I battled with Marquez Zero, Mar-quet Zero, etc. Think the final one works best.
I think I’ve seen you express a ‘meh’ attitude towards Joe Biagini. Was thinking about streaming his next start although Seattle has been mashing so I’m leaning no. Still, they’re stretching him out and he’s pitched well over past season and a half so I’m intrigued. He’s also just a cool guy, check out some of his interviews! Looking into his repertoire I see a 94mph fastball with good movement, 91mph slider and 80mph curve with decent outcomes (13%swinging strike on curve this year), about 20% soft and hard contact which I think are fine(?), although I don’t really know as well as you. I also haven’t really seen him pitch. Thoughts?
The reason for my hesitancy is based more that it’s tough to expect him to go deep at all given he hasn’t been stretched out. I’d imagine by the time he is really for it, Happ and Sanchez will be back and there’s no more room for him.
I’ll be watching though and he’s worth a flier in deep leagues – maybe someone else gets injured, they like him more than Lawrence, etc.