Who Should Be 5th Starter

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

But he sucked today...it wouldn't be the first time our FO called up a player back up for sucking though.

And? West threw 85 pitches and left with the bases loaded in the 4th inning of his last start. But nobody talks about that.

[Ramp]

4ip 5H 4r(4er) 3bb 3k hr

70 pitches, 39 strikes

final line.

[HUGG]

Tom Mastny allowed 3 runs over 6 innings in his last start. And 1 run over 7 the start before that. And 5 shutout the start before that. But nobody talks about that.
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Did Frisaro just call Volstad a future closer on twitter?

[Ramp]

pretty sure that was in reference to Brett Carroll in a convo with me

[HUGG]

ohhhhh

yeah, that makes more sense

Carroll would def be a better closer than Volstad

[MiamiHomer]

Kingzfan siting on Frisaro's twitter!
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FSMarlins tweet:
Helms in at third. Doubtful Cantu was removed from game due to a trade. Nunez pitching for #Marlins. Nolasco threw 109 pitches, 80 strikes!V

Kingzfan tweet:
@FSMarlins why would you even say that?
@FSMarlins you dont get traded right after a single.

[HUGG]

That's good logic though.

[Beef]

ehe awesome

[FishFanInPA]

Jeff Allison please.

[Ramp]

GTFO

[FishFanInPA]

For serious, Hugg has convinced me of Mastny or I'd like to see West.

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

Just a quick note, the press pass for tonight's Zephyrs game is up and West is listed as the starter. If he does indeed pitch tonight, he wouldn't be able to pitch Sunday.

Another quick note I saw in the press pass for those 11 of you that want him to start Sunday.

West continues to baffle left-handed hitting while struggling against righties. Lefties are 6x61 (.098) with three of the six hits going for extra bases while right-handed hitters are 41x108 (.380) against the Z's southpaw.

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And, no, I'm not bashing him. Just sharing info I didn't know, either.

[Jay]

I voted for allison. I would like a feel good fluff piece to read this weekend.

[Ramp]

I'm sure there will be some Brad Davis ones for ya

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

Nothing earth shattering but JCR has the same belief that I do.

Volstad on tap?

Manager Edwin Rodriguez wasn't prepared to name Chris Volstad the starter for Sunday's series finale against the Braves, but it appears the Marlins will go that route.

Wednesday, Volstad totaled 70 pitches over a four-inning start for Triple-A New Orleans at Round Rock (Tex.). He gave up four runs on five hits (one homer) with three walks and three strikeouts in his third outing since his demotion. Rodriguez said that Volstad's pitch count would not preclude him from coming back Sunday on short rest.

Sean West was another candidate to take Nate Robertson's rotation spot, but West started Thursday for the Zephyrs, all but ruling him out of a Sunday outing in the majors.

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