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From: gates@bdmrrr.UUCP (Al Gates)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Give Orosco a break
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Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 12:47:50 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 12:47:50 1986
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> > All you real Met fans out there, how many of you admire Jesse Orosco?
> > Every Met fan I ask about Jesse tells me, "Oh that guy, he's the worst.
> > He stinks.  Trade him, etc, etc, etc."  Give me a break. 
> 
> I agree. I remember reading that you should never count on a reliever to
> have two good years in a row. Sometimes they do, but all too often a
> good year is followed by a so-so year. The fault was not with Orosco,
> but with the lack of depth in the bullpen. 

If I had the oppurtunity to have such a 'bad' reliever on my team I'd jump at
it!  Orosco's stats were almost identical in 1984 and 1985 with the exception
of the number of saves.  If I recall, early in 1985, Orosco had a streak of
many games of coming in to games with men on base and not allowing ANY of
them to score.  He is an outstanding reliever--note the word 'is'--his only
problem in the second half of '85 was a sore elbow.  He got shelled in the
middle of the year, only to settle down and finish the season with excellent
stats.  I'll take a fireballing southpaw with his control and experience
any day of the week.


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