West Extends Scoreless Streak

[Miamarlin21]

Sean West missed the first two months of the 2010 season with the lingering back injury but since he's been activated from the 7-day disabled list and joined the New Orleans Zephyrs' rotation, he has been spectacular.
The left hander started tonight against Round Rock and once again dominated, notching his second win of the season in a blowout win over the Astros' Triple-A Affiliate. Despite only throwing five innings, the 2005 first-round pick struck out 5 and only walked one while holding the Express batters hitless.
In three starts, West is 2-0 and has not allowed a single run, extending his scoreless streak tonight to 11 2/3 innings. West has struck out 13 and only walked three.
With Nate Robertson, the lone lefty in the Marlins' rotation, struggling, West may only be a few starts away from being recalled back to Miami.

[Mainge]

Awesome.

[mbitcronod12]

Andrew Miller, take note.

[Fishfan79]

if he throws strikes bring him up for the 7th

[Sashimi]

Still think he has a good chance of being the best of 2005 first rounders.

[nny]

It's not like that would be hard to accomplish. :p

[Swifty]

Still think he has a good chance of being the best of 2005 first rounders.

I can get on board with this.

[mbitcronod12]

I don't but I'm sure you all knew that. :p

I think he has a chance to be a good major league starter but I still think Volstad will be better.

[Swifty]

West has a legitimate shot to be a true strikeout pitcher in the bigs. Even if both guys are low to mid 4's I'd rather the strikeout guy.

At the moment, you side with Volstad. He's here and doing it at this level. There is little doubt that West has a higher ceiling, and he had the highest ceiling in '05 as well. Give credit to Chris for making it first, but he's pretty much a finished product now. West is still a work in progress, and given historical precedent with lefty strikeout guys, the book is still open until he's 25/26 since thats when it "comes together."

[mbitcronod12]

His scoreless streak ended in the second inning of the first game of today's double header when Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a solo homer. Here's West's line from today;

6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K. He's now 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA.

[jay576]

Liking the facts the walks are still low

[Bobbob1313]

Yeah, the K to BB is sexy so far. It'd be awesome if it's legit.

[Miamarlin21]

West got shelled today :(

3 1/3 IP 11H 10R, 7ER 0BB 2K

[mbitcronod12]

Yuck. Looks like an Andrew Miller line minus the walks.

[Big Z]

West with another good outing today. 6 IP 2 ER 7 K 2 BB

[LocoMarlinFan]

West outing today 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 4 K's ( 10 GB - 6 FB, 61 of 97 pitches of strikes)

[LocoMarlinFan]

Left-hander Sean West could join Florida Marlins rotation soon


by Joe Capozzi
Left-hander Sean West allowed one run in seven innings today for Class AAA New Orleans in the latest of a series of impressive starts.

West is doing well enough that Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez mentioned him by name today when discussing options for Florida’s rotation after the All Star break.

West had been out with back problems until last month, and six of West’s last eight starts have been for five or more innnings. He has gone at least six innings in four starts. He is 3-2 with a 3.38 ERA, with 11 walks and 35 strikeouts in 40 innings.

“That’s pretty much what he has been doing lately and his tempo is pretty quick,” Rodriguez said about West’s line score today.

“He’s throwing strikes, holding runners. We need West to show that has confidence in his pitches again and confidence in being out there and competing and he has been showing that lately.”

Rodriguez said it’s looking like Alex Sanabia will start Sunday, in place of demoted right-hander Chris Volstad. “I think he deserves a chance to see what he can do,” Rodriguez said.

The only thing that could knock Sanabia out is if he is needed to pitch in relief over the next three days.

Rodriguez also said he’d like to keep the Marlins rotation in its current order once the second half of the season starts July 16. But he said that could depend on how many innings Josh Johnson pitches Tuesday in the All Star Game.

http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/marlins/2010/07/07/left-hander-sean-west-could-join-florida-marlins-rotation-soon/

[mbitcronod12]

Not a very good outing for West today. 3.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K. 85 pitches, 50 strikes. The wheels fell off in the 4th. A hard lineout, walk, a sac bunt by the pitcher and two more walks (the second on four straight pitches) to load the bases before he was pulled.

[LocoMarlinFan]

Complete game shut out today

9 IP, 5 H, 3 BB, 0 ER, 4 K's (83 of 119 pitches for strikes)

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2010_07_27_mrbaaa_nozaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milb

[FishFF]

noyceee

[Ramp]

this is all for me

[marlins_virus.exe]

he's pissed volstad got another shot

[Ramp]

....we all are

[mbitcronod12]

Not all of us. :proud:

[Ramp]

you did it!

you succesfully took a jab and didn't freak out

oyuddoutyoutyoudidititititit

[Ralph]

Party time

[nny]

Excellent

[Miamarlin21]

So now who do we get rid of to bring in West?

[jay576]

So now who do we get rid of to bring in West?

Volstad