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<blockquote data-quote="Lee" data-source="post: 657107" data-attributes="member: 786"><p>I can respond to the Nolan Ryan part. The example of losing his job because he gave up a homerun is not realistic. What is more realistic would be if he showed up to spring training and could not throw strikes or get out of an inning in camp. He would definitely lose his starting job At that point because the manager would not feel comfortable putting him in a game. Now this isn’t to say he wouldn’t get it back when he was ready. What would happen in this situation is that he would be kept in extended spring training to work out whatever is going on. Once he was able to command his pitches again, he would then be sent to A/AA/AAA to work his pitch count up before being brought back up to join the big league club. Or if he never figured it out, he could become an Allstar hitter instead (see Rick Ankiel).</p><p></p><p>Most here have insinuated that Wells lost the job because of his performance in practice. For me this doesn’t mean that King slightly outperformed him. It means that he showed serious signs of regression to the point that the staff didn’t trust him to make kicks when it counted. This in the same way as the above example doesn’t preclude him from getting the job back, but he does have to prove he deserves it. </p><p></p><p>Hope that extension of your analogy is helpful in at least explaining what I (and I believe most others) believe happened with Wells coming into the year. </p><p></p><p>This could prove not to be the case and the coaches just thought King was better than Wells based on them competing. I feel the other scenario is more likely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee, post: 657107, member: 786"] I can respond to the Nolan Ryan part. The example of losing his job because he gave up a homerun is not realistic. What is more realistic would be if he showed up to spring training and could not throw strikes or get out of an inning in camp. He would definitely lose his starting job At that point because the manager would not feel comfortable putting him in a game. Now this isn’t to say he wouldn’t get it back when he was ready. What would happen in this situation is that he would be kept in extended spring training to work out whatever is going on. Once he was able to command his pitches again, he would then be sent to A/AA/AAA to work his pitch count up before being brought back up to join the big league club. Or if he never figured it out, he could become an Allstar hitter instead (see Rick Ankiel). Most here have insinuated that Wells lost the job because of his performance in practice. For me this doesn’t mean that King slightly outperformed him. It means that he showed serious signs of regression to the point that the staff didn’t trust him to make kicks when it counted. This in the same way as the above example doesn’t preclude him from getting the job back, but he does have to prove he deserves it. Hope that extension of your analogy is helpful in at least explaining what I (and I believe most others) believe happened with Wells coming into the year. This could prove not to be the case and the coaches just thought King was better than Wells based on them competing. I feel the other scenario is more likely. [/QUOTE]
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