The enigma.

Daniel Cabrera threw 5 and a third innings today, striking out 5 and walking 1. He was hitting his spots and his breaking ball seemed to be working. If you watched this game you may have noticed the same thing I did. The guy is HUGE. I don't know if new Pitching Coach Rick Kranitz has been coaching him to stand taller or not. He's huge. I wouldn't want to face a 94 - 97MPH fastball from the lochness monster, let alone a lochness monster who can't hit the strike zone very often. I don't know what I feel worse for, the maple bat or the plastic helmet.

I think I have figured this guy out. He either has a GREAT game or a terrible game. You have got to beat him in the first few innings or you will not beat him at all. If you get to him early, you mess with his head and he starts throwing the ball straight as an arrow with no movement to the right or the left. You just better hope when he gets wild that he hits you with a changeup and not his fastball. I'm with the majority who wishes and prays that he puts it together this year. Speaking of which, this has got to be his last shot. But is it all really his fault? How many pitching coaches has been coached by? Kranitz, Mazzone, Miller, and on and on and on. Do you see where I'm going with this? He may just need some stability. Different coaches have different ways of teaching, but at the same time these are/were very knowledgable instructors. Somewhere along the lines you have to learn something from someone. I just don't think he gets another shot after this. We have plenty of young guns in the system developing.

By the way it seemed that just about everyone had a good day at the plate. Birds WIN 11 - 3. Great game to watch. I'm glad I didn't miss it.