Hank's Padre Discussion Group - Joe Wieland promoted

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I was doing my nightly routine of checking out the boxscores of the Padres affiliates and was wondering why Wieland only lasted 2 innings, despite I think 4 strikeouts. Knew this was a possibility, but of course an injury always lingers in the mind.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/04/padres-joe-wieland-gets-pulled-for-a-good-reason/

Feel bad for Moseley, but for Wieland and the future of the team, I'm pretty damn excited.

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Re: Joe Wieland promoted — Alan, Thu Apr 12 11:28

I'm excited for this start. There may not be Latos-like upside here, but if we can get Luebke-level performance out of at least two of Wieland, Erlin and Kelly, there's the makings of a pretty good... more
- Re: Joe Wieland promoted — batpig, Thu Apr 12 13:35
  
  I think you are short-changing Luebke. He has been pretty much spectacular in his major league career: 3.50 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 9.84 K/9, 3.04 FIP / 3.12 xFIP. Those numbers are overall lightly BETTER... more
- - I appreciate — Chase, Thu Apr 12 14:02
    
    my name and Luebke's success coming in the same post. I agree on expecting any of the young arms to produce at the level that Luebke has early on. To be fair, Luebke's numbers would put him amongst... more
  - - Re: I appreciate — batpig, Thu Apr 12 14:11
      
      I hear ya, I was just pointing out how freaking good Luebke has been. I still think we need to temper our expectations with starting pitching prospects -- expecting 2-out-of-3 of pretty much ANY... more
    - - Re: I appreciate — Wahoo Willy, Thu Apr 12 14:40
        
        Agree on the nature of pitching prospects. It's early, but I think we've all been hoping to see what we've seen out of Casey Kelly recently. That his stuff would just sort of win out - Brandon Morrow ... more
      - Re: I appreciate — batpig, Thu Apr 12 17:31
        
        don't get me wrong -- I still loved the Latos trade and definitely agree that, on the surface, with the Petco effect in play Volquez should put up comparable overall numbers (sub 4 ERA, lots of K's). ... more
        Re: I appreciate — Chase, Thu Apr 12 15:03
        
        Yeah, the walks are going to prevent Volquez from matching Latos' FIP & xFIP. But in terms of era & K/9, it could be close. Clearly his walks are going to hurt a lot less pitching for the Padres then ... more
        Slowest Man Alive? — Mark, Thu Apr 12 14:53
        
        Is he slower than Adrian? As I recall that was the slowest man alive on 2 legs
- Kelly in Tucson — Mark, Thu Apr 12 13:05
  
  Alan- Agree completely on those points. Kelly is going to be the interesting one for me. I think we know relatively speaking what we're getting with Wieland. He isn't going to walk anyone and strikes ... more

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