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Marcum, Janssen, Richmond on the Comeback Trail

Scott Richmond started for the GCL Jays today in their Rookie league game.  He got into some trouble early, gave up a solo home run in the second, and ended up going 3 1/3 innings, striking out 5, walking one, and giving up 3 earned runs on 9 hits.  That's a lot of hits, but good to see him pitching again. 

Casey Janssen picked up the win yesterday for New Hampshire with 1 1/3 hitless innings with one walk and one strikeout. 

We covered Shaun Marcum's last start for New Hampshire (I always group he and Janssen together, maybe because they both debuted for the Jays the same year) - 4 2/3 scoreless innings, 4 Ks, 2 walks, 3 hits.  He was reportedly throwing in the mid-80s, which is good - in his Dunedin start he was in the low-80s so things are apparently progressing well.  By my calculations he is scheduled to pitch again tomorrow night for New Hampshire against Trenton.

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Marcum progress sounds very reassuring.

The Richmond (or is it Richardson) situation is still very confusing. When they first put him on the DL, he commented how he could have played and that the designation was precautionary. Then, they extended his stay and finally sent him down and now he is struggling in rookie league.

by aagoodfella on Jul 20, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I wouldn't say

he is struggling in Rookie League – it was just one start, he really wasn’t all that bad, and he hadn’t pitched competitively in quite some time. All that matters is whether he’s healthy.

Shoulder injuries are really tricky area, so things aren’t always what they seem. With Richmond they said it was just inflammation – so when he said he could have kept pitching likely what he meant was he possibly could keep pitching IF he had a cortisone shot. But RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation (I guess that doesn’t so much apply to shoulder injuries)) is the better treatment if you have time to wait, which the Jays decided they did.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jul 21, 2009 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How hard did Marcum usually throw?

Mid 80s sounds pretty weak… I know he was never a hard thrower, but i always thought of him as a 90-91ish type guy.

And whatever happened to McGowan? I thought he was closer than Marcum?

Onions Baby Onions

by ohmybosh on Jul 20, 2009 7:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Pretty sure Marcum was more of an 88-90 type of guy, His strength was more on his variety of pitches and location.

'But I don't want to go among mad people' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.

by JohnnyG on Jul 20, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And McGowan’s prognosis got worse and worse as the year went out. The jury is still out if we will ever see him again. Tommy John has a much higher success rate then dealing with a torn labrum like McGowan had.

'But I don't want to go among mad people' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.

by JohnnyG on Jul 20, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It would be a shame if he can't overcome it.

He has already been through so much to make it to the bigs.

'But I don't want to go among mad people' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.

by JohnnyG on Jul 20, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

they said marcum

Was 85-87 – that’s several mph faster than his previous start and only a bit slower than the 88-90 he was throwing pre-surgery so it’s encouraging. With Marcum the rub will be location and difference b/w his fastball and his excellent change, not raw velocity.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jul 20, 2009 10:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

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