Jack Mahoney
👤 Speaker
339
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The Program
H2 Matt Derrick, Royals
It's also why you need to trade relievers at peak value because they always run into a wall like this and then you don't have value anymore.
The Program
H2 Matt Derrick, Royals
Very few relievers are great from the time they debut to the time they retire.
The Program
H2 Matt Derrick, Royals
But my big issue with Lucas Ersig is what happened on Saturday.
The Program
H2 Matt Derrick, Royals
It's that he can't strike anybody out with the stuff he possesses.
The Program
H2 Matt Derrick, Royals
I'm not asking you to be Mason Miller.
The Program
H2 Matt Derrick, Royals
I'm not asking you to be Wade Davis.
The Program
H2 Matt Derrick, Royals
I'm asking you to just strike out maybe...
The Program
H2 Matt Derrick, Royals
30 percent, 35 percent of the hitters that you face strike out 10 guys per nine.
The Program
H2 Matt Derrick, Royals
You know, the stat that the K's per nine.
The Program
H2 Matt Derrick, Royals
And you probably will be more successful than not because the teams you are facing.