All I'm saying is Mr. Paxton has perhaps been hexed, cursed, or a specialist in bad timing.
No question he's got super stuff ... at times.
But, he cannot string together for whatever reason.
His meek explanation of his miserable last outing did not sound like a woo woo explanation. It was direct. He said he sucked.
But tossing this in with injuries, ailments, and star crossed incidents of the past few years just suggests he is nearing wits (and physical) ends. He is entering a danger year as he is nearing the edge of his personal cliff, and no one wants to see him lemming over it into the sea.
This guy was a top prospect, but his career has wallowed.
It's put up or shut up time, and, I believe this staff can help get him to his potential.
They want him to be a starting pitcher for thiss team, eventually, and not groom him for a career as a reliever.
Yeah, he could transition to relief withe the big club, then brought back to start ...
....but I'm betting my nickel that they want to know, now, whether or not he is a starting pitcher.
And the best way to do that is with him pitching in a starting rotation.
And that will happen in Tacoma.
Really, is he that different than Zunino in terms of reaching full potential by putting the training wheels back on and then letting the bike roll down the hill and checking his sense of accomplishment is a smile, rather than a crash?
My response is nebulous because: I Do Not Know If A Relief Role Will Help Him Or Harm Him.
I am sure a spot in the rotation in Tacoma will offer Mr. Paxton a better chance to avoid a permanent funk.
You have had a lot of "bad luck" PaxMan ... shake it off.
I'm guessing this staff will do more than put him in front of an hour glass and say, "OK, what's happening. When you fill up in Tacoma you will have turned your career over in a different direction."
He hasn't been named the loser in the fifth starter role yet.
Maybe when Servais called him out it started the pitcher's journey flowing again.
This "if it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all" has got to stop.
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