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The Good Daniel Shows Up Last Night
We can officially say that Daniel Cabrera is an engima. He had a great April-May; however, the tall righty went winless in June, but last night — he was masterful. Who knows if he will ever be consistent, but when he’s good — he’s real good and has the goods to be a top flight starter in the game.
He went nine innings, gave up two runs on seven hits en route to his sixth victory of the season as the Orioles defeated the Royals, 5-2 last night at Camden Yards.
Despite giving up an early home run to David DeJesus and an RBI in the third to Mike Alives, Cabrera shut down the Royals thereafter, including retiring 13 batters in succession until the eighth inning. The game was played in a brisk 2:16, and Daniel had a little help from Aubrey Huff and 15th home run, as well RBI’s from Brian Roberts, Nick Markakis and Ramon Hernandez (who also had three hits).
Guys, what do you think of D-Cab’s performance last night and what does it bode for Baltimore?
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3 Responses to “The Good Daniel Shows Up Last Night”
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Danny went winless in June, but his last three starts he was good enough to win.
He wasn’t great, but a little offense in the MIL game and better defense in the WAS game and he would have had two more wins.
He is a middle of the rotation starter with flashes of brilliance. I really don’t think he’s much of an “enigma” anymore, Danny is what Danny is
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:43 pm
No one can deny that he has made progress. He has learned that a strikeout doesnt mean any more than any other kind of out. He has learned to take a little off in favor of control. He has learned that a mistake behind him is nothing to carry over to his next pitch. While his June was less exciting than the previous two months, he never blew up and got totally off his game. In short he is showing signs of “getting it” as we all wished he would. Will he keep making progress? No reason to think not, now that the light has come on for him. WIll he turn into a pitcher whose results match his stuff? No telling but why not, now that his mental level is starting to match his physical? It is safe to envision that he will put it together enough that he could have a single year for the ages and win a CY Young if everything breaks his way some day in the near future. Or just to imagine him holding down a second or third man in the rotation spot and consistently contributing to a team that can contend and even win in the postseason. He is not a finished product yet but I think based on this year he is dependable for a team looking to take the next step. And he is here now. We dont have to wait for him as we do with our best pitching prospects who are all one and two years away at best. I disagreee slightly with the post above as I think Danny will be more than Danny is right now. I think he can flash that brilliance more and more as he continues to pitch as much with his head as his arm. I suspect before Danny is done, he will have given us one year or more that are really special and if the team improves I expect him to consistently win much more than he loses from here on out.
July 4th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Danny being Danny is a work in progress . . . and the key word is progress, continual progress. That’s good.
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