Woody Williams

[Mr. Happy]

For his first three outings, has he pitched (a) better than you thought he would, (b) exactly how you thought he would or (c) worse than you thought he would?

[drew corleone]

B... or at least pretty much how I thought he would.

[Mr. Happy]

B... or at least pretty much how I thought he would.

(b) is my answer as well. I think that he'll improve as the season goes on. My concern when we signed him was the effective commitment of the bullpen to about four innings every fifth day on his part.

[JimR]

For his first three outings, has he pitched (a) better than you thought he would, (b) exactly how you thought he would or (c) worse than you thought he would?

you have to throw out the Phillies game unless you also are going to say that Oswalt has pitched worse than you expected.

[Mr. Happy]

you have to throw out the Phillies game unless you also are going to say that Oswalt has pitched worse than you expected.

I agree. The Phillies start was under difficult circs. Ozwalt has pitched as well as I expected. That complete game gem was outstanding.

[David in Jackson]

For his first three outings, has he pitched (a) better than you thought he would, (b) exactly how you thought he would or (c) worse than you thought he would?

B - which is to say he's really a 4th starter and 5-6 inning pitcher at this point in his career, and a team that slots him #2 is in trouble.

[JimR]

he has had three starts. why don't we wait awhile before undertaking all of these post mortems.

[Froback]

aw, come on Jim.  Some people want to dogpile all the time.  And you want to take away their "fun"...

[pravata]

he has had three starts. why don't we wait awhile before undertaking all of these post mortems.

Because more facts aren't going to have any influence on pre-conceived opinions. 

[Froback]

Because more facts aren't going to have any influence on pre-conceived opinions. 

Well said... err thought.... errr typed.... crap I give up!

[utastro]

Woody is who we thought he was.

signed Dennis Green

[drew corleone]

aw, come on Jim.  Some people want to dogpile all the time.  And you want to take away their "fun"...

I don't think anyone is dogpiling.

Woody has pitched pretty well in my opinion.

[Fredia]

b also. in that game againt Phillie he did have one three up three down inning. be nice if he could do that more often

[Duke]

I think he has pitched ok for the most part.  Just too many mistakes up.  I'm hoping he'll get on track and eat up a couple hundred innings.

[Mr. Happy]

I think he has pitched ok for the most part.  Just too many mistakes up.  I'm hoping he'll get on track and eat up a couple hundred innings.

He has missed up in the zone. His stuff isn't good enough to do that. I think that if we get 150-175 innings out of Woody, that'll be acceptable.