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Wednesday, May 12, 2004 |
Ishii's Gift To Me
Who would you rather have on the mound, Ishii or Wilson Alvarez? Dodger fans will rejoice -- and Cub fans grimace -- to learn that Ishii has been moved in the rotation due to a minor injury.
Manager Jim Tracy said Ishii experienced soreness where the cartilage attaches to the sternum after his last start Thursday night in Miami. The injury affected his between-starts throwing.Ishii's really come into his own this year, albeit via the nervewracking conversion to an extreme flyball pitcher. His flyball/groundout rate is now .75, the lowest it's been in his career. If you're headed that direction, Dodger Stadium is one of the few places you can get away with it."He's feeling terrific now," said Tracy. "Rather than run him out there, we'll give him extra days and still have two left-handed starting pitchers against the Reds."
We'll be at the game tonight, so it should be a real treat to see Wilson in action. I make no secret that I love his comeback from the career grave of Tampa Bay and chronic injuries. He's a tough guy and a real trouper. But it's no knock on Ishii: I was lucky enough to attend Ishii's best game in the majors, me and my magic tickets. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Comments:
You're right -- and in fact the scary part is his peripheral stats have taken on an almost ghastly tone: K/BB of 0.76 (second to last on the team), and a career worst for him. There's been a lot of speculation that he might be tradebait, but at the moment, the Dodgers need every pitcher they can lay hands to. In better times -- say, if we'd kept Brown -- Ishii would be prime tradebait: a recovering guy who's got his head on straight after two years in the U.S. bigs. In any event, I see DePo moving him or failing to renew his contract. He's showing extreme signs of wear, and his fantastic game in April came at the expense of strikeouts.
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