Sorta OT: Tim Alderson demoted to A+ ball

This coming right after Brandon BELTED him for a double and a single in three at bats.

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by jponry on Jul 12, 2010 2:40 PM PDT reply actions

Is it wrong that I’m pleased by this?

I ain't havin' it

by NuschlerFace on Jul 12, 2010 2:45 PM PDT reply actions

LOL Pirates. How can you demote him when he’s in the middle of pitching a game in AA? I know, the game’s suspended, but still I have to wonder why they let him start today if they already had plans to demote him. It’s not like he totally stunk up the joint today.

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by Fla-Giant on Jul 12, 2010 3:20 PM PDT reply actions

Wow this reaks of utter and total failure

Is there anyone else we can trade to the Pirates?

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by capn on Jul 12, 2010 3:41 PM PDT reply actions

LOL Bucs Dugout

What a different world over there. Their reaction is to blame the Giants for rushing him:

There’s no reason to not have hope
The Giants rushed him in the first place, he shouldn’t have even been pitching in AA at that age. We’ve been trying to improve his mechanics all season long so yes, if you’ve done something one way your entire life and then you’re suddenly told to do it differently, it takes some adjustment. Maybe he’s not 100% but I’m sure the velocity comes back to him once he figures out the new delivery.

Something tells me the tone here at MCC would be quite different and would focus on how the FO could trade anything for this utter piece of garbage.

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by capn on Jul 12, 2010 3:48 PM PDT reply actions

This makes sense especially with our track record of young starting pitching and how we NEVER have success from pitchers come up from the minors

YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL

by heimy25 on Jul 12, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes they seem to have really fucked up Cain, Lincecum, Sanchez, and MadBum by rushing them…

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by capn on Jul 12, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

I mean, only Lincecum knows how to win. Duh.

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by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 12, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, and the Pirates have just been amazing at developing pitching prospects: Burnett, Bullington, Van Benschoten, Oquendo, Snell

by kingofthacove on Jul 12, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Burnett, Bullington, Van Benschoten, Oquendo, Snell

I lol’d

by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 13, 2010 6:16 AM PDT up reply actions

BUCS DUGOUT YOU ARE LOSING ME

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by jctGamer on Jul 12, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL Pirates fans

He’s older than Bumgarner, who’s already pitching and winning in the big leagues, yet we rushed him. As for the Altoona guy who wrote the article, his velocity hasn’t dropped to 87-88, that IS his velocity.

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by rxmeister on Jul 12, 2010 4:00 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

FWIW a lot of reports out of Spring Training had him throwing 84-86. According to everyone who has ever seen him pitch, there has definitely been a drop in velocity since he was in the Cal League.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jul 12, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions

What if people judged this place based on GRM?

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by bondslegend on Jul 13, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions

it’s hard to know from reading a single thread. The first time I ever came here, I thought he was kind of reasonable.

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by capn on Jul 13, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions

There are two people over there saying he was rushed and then two regulars who immediately stepped in and said he wasn’t. It’s pretty clear to me that the Giants didn’t rush him – could they really have held him in Class A+ any longer after what he did there?

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jul 12, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions

You’re not supposed to promote the guy who led the league in ERA? What would he have to do to get promoted?

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by rxmeister on Jul 12, 2010 5:46 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Are you reading the words I am writing? :) He obviously should have been promoted, and I think if you asked most BD readers who care either way, they’d say the same thing. It’s a non-issue.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jul 12, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Sorry, didn’t mean to be glib, it’s just weird reading this “BUCS DUGOUT YOU ARE LOSING ME” stuff when it’s based on the opinions of two random commenters who probably don’t represent the whole of BD very well anyway.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jul 12, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions

The "losing me" thing is an inside joke around here

I don’t think he meant any offense-just a misunderstanding

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by Gobroks on Jul 12, 2010 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Ah. Got it.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jul 12, 2010 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions

I think we were all agreeing with you, not sure why you took it the other way.

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by rxmeister on Jul 12, 2010 7:16 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

why is this sorta ot?

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 12, 2010 4:45 PM PDT reply actions

Cuz Alderson isn't in the Giants system

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by Gobroks on Jul 12, 2010 5:53 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

I think anything Tim Alderson related qualifies as very topical on a Giants blog

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 12, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah I probably could've just posted it as is

but wanted to be safe I guess

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by Gobroks on Jul 13, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions

if somebody wouldn’t have posted this, giantsrainman would have accused every member of the site of being blinded by bias

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 13, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions

LOL

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by Gobroks on Jul 13, 2010 12:59 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Ahhhrrrrr!!

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by satyricrash on Jul 12, 2010 7:01 PM PDT reply actions

Apparently there's going to be a Pirates 4?

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by baetown415 on Jul 12, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Has his velocity continued to decline?

I think I smell an anesthetic.

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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 13, 2010 5:29 AM PDT reply actions

Pitt Post-Gazette beat writer's take...

…was interesting (emphasis mine):

Alderson, a 21-year-old right-hander, has mostly struggled since being the only player acquired in the Freddy Sanchez trade last summer

I get the impression he may not have been too happy about the trade from the Pirates end.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 13, 2010 9:53 AM PDT reply actions

SABEZ WUZ RYTE

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by bondslegend on Jul 13, 2010 1:17 PM PDT reply actions