Reds won't be pushed around by Chapman

Why would any pitcher want to be a closer instead of a starter?

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 08:22 AM ET  03.18 by Kenny_Powers

Why would any pitcher want to be a closer instead of a starter?

The Yanks tried Rivera as a starter, and it's a good thing for them it didn't wreck his confidence.
Some guys are just better suited for closing and I would imagine a lot of them enjoy it. It's probably fun to BS around in the pen for most of the game.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 08:26 AM ET  03.18 by Jeff Boomhauer

The Yanks tried Rivera as a starter, and it's a good thing for them it didn't wreck his confidence.Some guys are just better suited for closing and I would imagine a lot of them enjoy it. It's probably fun to BS around in the pen for most of the game.

Yeah, but if the owner wants you to start and you get paid much better money to start, why wouldn't you want to give it a go? Fighting to go to the bullpen doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.

Now it he starts for a year and sucks, then I understand his sentiment.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 08:26 AM ET  03.18 by Jeff Boomhauer

The Yanks tried Rivera as a starter, and it's a good thing for them it didn't wreck his confidence.Some guys are just better suited for closing and I would imagine a lot of them enjoy it. It's probably fun to BS around in the pen for most of the game.

Or, maybe Chapman has a better feel for his limitations than the GM does.

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 08:35 AM ET  03.18 by Kenny_Powers

Or, maybe Chapman has a better feel for his limitations than the GM does.

His velocity drops off considerably after 1 inning. I would agree with your statement here.

One word: Joba

QUOTE(#5):

Originally posted 09:31 AM ET  03.18 by The Moose

His velocity drops off considerably after 1 inning. I would agree with your statement here.

I didn't realize that. Thanks.

QUOTE(#5):

Originally posted 09:31 AM ET  03.18 by The Moose

His velocity drops off considerably after 1 inning. I would agree with your statement here.

Yea....but how many starters throw 100mph, mosy are in the upper 80's low 90's.

Chapman will need a couple more pitch's and need to learn to throw more off-speed stuff accuratly.

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 08:22 AM ET  03.18 by Kenny_Powers

Why would any pitcher want to be a closer instead of a starter?

chapman would like to get easy job, along with easy money,,,

Chapman refusal for been a starter has to have a strong reason WHY he doesn't want to play as a starter won;t you all think that??

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Originally posted 11:11 AM ET  03.18 by HILLBILLY

Yea....but how many starters throw 100mph, mosy are in the upper 80's low 90's.Chapman will need a couple more pitch's and need to learn to throw more off-speed stuff accuratly.

Chapman would and should minize his speed in pitching the first 5 innings, can't overthrow and keep throwing at 100 miles for more than a inning or two,,, experience its better than the power!!

you tell him walt, because you signed him as a starter he must be one whether he is the best closer in the game now or not. better to mess up his arm and screw the team in the process than listen to the man himself and the results of his work in the pen. between signing washed up ex-cards and this along with trading away half the farm system I am beginning to wonder how jocketty became so well thought of as a gm.

wiseup: Chapman knows he can be a closer after last years success. Right now Chapman has to learn and master his secondary pitches. Once he does that and has success he won't want to go back to closing. Beside the fact that the Reds signed Broxton to close. Last year the Reds aqired Sean Marshall to close. The Reds remember how that worked out. If Broxton has problem closing it may necessitate Chapman back to closing. The Reds hope that doesn't happen since broxton was signed for 7 mil for 2years

wiseup: Chapman is confident he can close and is comfortable doing that. Chapman needs to give starting a chance. Once he has some success he will feel more confident and will not want to go back to closing

If Chapman can convert to a top starter, then a triumvrate of Chapman-Cueto-Latos could result in a World Series ring. If Homer Bailey is your No. 4 guy, you're pretty damn good.

Walt better make Chapman happy now before he becomes eligible for free agency, if he does not he will walk to another team.

This guy is an outstanding closer, leave him alone!!!

He was the best starter in camp last year, and there is little doubt forcing him to use the sickest slider in the game is a bad thing. His velocity can easily stay in the upper 90's, and along with the slider he can develop the splitter and circle change, who wants to face that every 5th day. You never let a guy that could potentially win 18-20 games as a starter rot in the bullpen...closers, as we have seen more and more lately, can be found almost anywhere.

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