Below I link to a January 2007 Kubatko blog when Roch was still with The Sun.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/roch/blog/2007/01/jeremy_guthrie.html
The interesting comment is at the bottom, talking about what eventually led to Guthrie being designated for assignment from Cleveland:
“Though he didn’t say it, some Orioles officials are aware that Guthrie’s confidence begins to crumble as soon as he starts to struggle, and that’s something that has held him back.”
This has been a horrible Spring Training where Guthrie has been constantly lit-up… (after allowing 8 runs and 10 hits today, his Spring ERA is 10.57… if you include the WBC numbers… he has pitched 19 innings, and has a combined ERA of 12.32.)
After two successful seasons in the Majors, I hope Guthrie has a higher degree of self-confidence at this point.
On April 8th, he turns 30 years-old..
2007 – 175.1 IP, 165 hits, 123 k’s, 47 walks, 23 homers, 711 OPS, 1.21 G/F
2008 – 190.2 IP, 176 hits, 120 k’s, 58 walks, 24 homers, 693 OPS, 1.17 G/F
He has 56 career starts as an Oriole…
0 earned runs allowed – 2 times
1 earned run allowed – 17 times
2 earned runs allowed – 13 times
3 earned runs allowed – 11 times
4 earned runs allowed – 5 times
5 earned runs allowed – 6 times
6 earned runs allowed – 1 time
7 earned runs allowed – 1 time
If he is healthy, I believe he will be fine… but his confidence is something to watch.
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