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Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:04 pm**

JOSH Towers has been taken out of the rotation for zambrano...

just said on sportsnet...

that didnt last long

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:25 pm**

Zambrano pitched very well in spring training and I am looking forward to seeing how he does.

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:26 pm**

Wow talk about a short leash

I like it though. Zambrano has more upside than Towers

Now we just have to replace Chacin

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:21 pm**

Raptorsrock wrote:Wow talk about a short leash

I like it though. Zambrano has more upside than Towers

Now we just have to replace Chacin

upside? Zambrano's had like 2 tommy john surgeries in a row, is old, and isn't getting any better....

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:37 pm**

Towers wasn't pitching that poorly. His control had been excellent as usual, he'd actually been striking people out at a decent clip, and three of the four home runs he'd allowed were in one game.
Stupid move. I don't expect Zambrano to be any more effective.

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:04 am**

i'm surprised that towers has been yanked so quickly?

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:49 am**

I thought he had been pretty decent actually

i wonder if it is because Zambrano has been brutal in the pen

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:10 am**

Yeah I am a bit surprised. Towers has only had that one really bad game where the long ball beat him soundly, and that was really only one inning.

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:27 am**

so what exactly is the plan with the guy? are they going to use him for long relief?

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:41 pm**

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:54 pm**

Great news!

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:35 pm**

davkad wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

upside? Zambrano's had like 2 tommy john surgeries in a row, is old, and isn't getting any better....

not that type of upside.

Zambrano has more potential to come out and be a solid 10-12 win pitcher and eat some innings.

with Towers you're thankful if he doesn't get shelled in 5 innings of work

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:46 am**

I guess we have to remember Zambrano use to be a staff ace at one point

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:36 am**

Yeah but Zambrano was also traded for Scott Kazmir, doesnt mean it was deserved at that point.

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:58 pm**

Raptorsrock wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
not that type of upside.

Zambrano has more potential to come out and be a solid 10-12 win pitcher and eat some innings.

with Towers you're thankful if he doesn't get shelled in 5 innings of work

i do know what you're saying, but unfortunately i doubt we'll feel any more comfortable with Zambrano. Zambrano's trademark is being a rediculous nibbler - he isn't the sorta guy who gets ahead of batters - he pitches almost a 50:50 ratio of balls:strikes, and has to pitch himself out of jams every game to get a win. I am not excited at all - and personally i'm gonna stay away from the Rogers Centre whenever this guy is making a start (of course, i would do the same for Towers)

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:08 pm**

davkad wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

i do know what you're saying, but unfortunately i doubt we'll feel any more comfortable with Zambrano. Zambrano's trademark is being a rediculous nibbler - he isn't the sorta guy who gets ahead of batters - he pitches almost a 50:50 ratio of balls:strikes, and has to pitch himself out of jams every game to get a win. I am not excited at all - and personally i'm gonna stay away from the Rogers Centre whenever this guy is making a start (of course, i would do the same for Towers)

Considering all the availbale options Zambrano over Towers is the way to go.

If Zambrano wasn;t only 9 months from surgury Towers probably wouldn't even have gotten one start this year and Zambrano would have been the 5th guy coming out of camp

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:42 pm**

I cant possibly be the only one who thinks Z has looked nothing but brutal so far this season, right?

Posted: **Tue May 1, 2007 11:17 pm**

I actually feel bad for towers..he has been pretty good thsi year...
oh well..

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Towers is OUT!!!

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