For awhile it looked as if the Dodgers were trying everything in their power not to bring him to the Majors this year with their signing of more old guys, etc. But the easy to project breakdowns and DFAs occurred and, well, S. Tolleson got his chance.
I thought when this guys starts blowing away major leaguers who are the Dodgers going to get rid of to make room for him. You know, more drama.
Crisis averted. Tolleson isn't ready.
Sabre kids will look at the minor league stats and say well this is a small sample size and he didn't walk people in the minors. I prefer to judge by what I see.
He had no control over his pitches. He got rattled. His stuff is really good but it's not Jansen/Belisario good. He can't just throw his pet pitches down the middle and say try to hit it like those two can. No doubt he can be a fantastic relief pitcher, just not yet.
The other thing that bothered me about Tolleson was his motion. It's very violent. He's had significant arm troubles before so it could easily happen again.
Just a good reminder about the minor leagues, statistics and prospects.
In a related matter people are jumping off the Josh Lindblom bandwagon. He's got the stuff that can dominate if he gets it near the plate. But at no time did I think he was the 8th inning guy for this year. He just doesn't have the command. Plus if the Dodgers can keep Belisario upright, out of jail, and in this country, he's the perfect 8th inning guy.
New Feature
I'm starting a new feature called Tragedy Of The Day after Mike Scoscias Tragic Illness blog. I find the dumbest sabre rattling comments there when people who seem to know little about baseball try to impress with their knowledge of reading statistics which are imperfect at best and a total friggin lie at worst. It's where all baseball logic goes to die.
Oddly enough the first award goes to someone in the mostly reasonable Dodger Thoughts chatroom. Take a look at this exchange. Thank you TiensyGohan. Congratulations on being the first winner.
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