McHugh

I would have rather had McHugh than Nerris

 

Neris was a good setup man. Not so good closing. This fits our need. We already have too many situational pitchers. But GOOD lefty would be nice.

I don't think we'll ever see a Lidge, Dotel, Wagner pen again.

 

What about a Maton-Stanek-Graveman-Pressly?

 

Probably not as Graveman signed with the Chi Sox

 

It was as close as we've come, but there was absolute confidence after the seventh with a lead with Lidge, Dotel and Wagner. Part of the difference is confidence rather than talent.

They couldn't possibly have been as good as I remember, but I just don't remember them blowing a lead, even a 1 run lead.

 

The only year that they were all together in 2003...
Wagner 1-4, 44 SV, 1.78 ERA, 0.872 WHIP
Dotel 6-4, 4 SV, 2.48 ERA, 0.966 WHIP
Lidge 6-3, 1 SV, 3.60 ERA, 1.200 WHIP

The rotation though was... weak.... not good when Jeriome Robertson and Tim Redding made more starts than Roy Oswalt.

 

Olney ranked the Lidge-Dotel-Wagner combo #3 all-time: https://www.espn.com/blog/buster-olney/insider/post/_/id/16 behind Rivera Yankees and Nasty Boy Reds

 

That was the six pitcher no-hitter against the Yankees season. The question the whole season was whether they could get a lead going into the 7th inning.

 

Happy trails sweet prince.
We will always remember you asking wtf Carlos Gomez was doing.

 

" I don't want to spend any more mental effort thinking about Carlos Gomez" One of my favorite all time sports quotes courtesy of Mr. McHugh. I use that same line referring to people I think are silly.

I will always appreciate his time here, I consider him one of the key players in our transition into a contender. He stepped up big and pitched is butt off in the 2015 ALDS.

 

McHugh was awesome. Next to Morton, probably my favorite pitcher personality on the team over the last 10 years. Just seems like a really cool person who happened to be good at throwing baseballs.

 

Thank you McHugh and thank you Mr Luhnow!!

 

Future with MLB in management as an assistant then to GM, or a manager.

 

You may be right... just curious as to what makes you say that?

Correa did show a lot of knowledge/depth in terms of both advanced analytics as well as what GM's/front offices value when deciding to pay players certain amounts... but he had a showcase/venue to show that off (when he was part of the TBS studio crew during the 2022 playoffs).

 

One plate of crow please

 

haha your post is the first thing you see when you bump.....

 

He is very cool and very humble. Loved listening to his podcast with Strom

 

I will always LOVE him and Morton.

...and Stanek and Maton and whoever else

 

His wife went hard on twitter in defense of the Astros post scandal. Respect to them both.