May should never have been a reliever this year. For a team with the worst everything in the pitching categories it boggles my mind why we are even talking about this.

 

May should never have been a reliever this year. For a team with the worst everything in the pitching categories it boggles my mind why we are even talking about this.

 

 

This might be more evidence of the lack of analytics and statistics under the previous GM.  Just what feels good.

I would assume Molitor had ultimate say in deciding who pitched where.

 

May has consistently said he struggles with the prep of being a reliever and has experienced multiple injuries since the move.

 

For the love of god let the kid try and be a starter.  I can't believe we're sitting here debating this when the only reason he got moved out of the rotation was the team deferring to Mike freaking Pelfrey.

 

Using him out of the bullpen has led to injuries, ineffectiveness, and stripped us of a desperately needed, competent starter.  We already fixed the Plouffe mistake a year late, let's fix the May one too.

It's not as if he averaged close to 150 IP in four years of MiLB play as a starter.

 

Oh, wait. Yes, he did.

 

The guy needs another shot at starting, especially given his durability as a starter and lack thereof as a reliever.

 

It's not as if he averaged close to 150 IP in four years of MiLB play as a starter.

 

Oh, wait. Yes, he did.

 

The guy needs another shot at starting, especially given his durability as a starter and lack thereof as a reliever.

 

Hopefully that happens this year at the major league level.  May has good velocity and 4 pitches.  Too me it makes too much sense.  

 

We weren't close to contention last year but they insisted on keeping him in the pen all season even when it became completely apparent that this was going to be losing campaign and EVEN after the starters bottomed out.  One really does have to question the coaches in addition to GM.

Edited November 22, 20169 yr by laloesch

I don't think it is as simple as let's just make May be Andrew Miller.  If it were this way every team would deploy a hard throwing reliever in the same way the Indians used Miller.  

 

Miller is incredibly talented and has a pitch that is a true "out" pitch.  At any given time he can throw it, and throw it where he wants to.  It is nearly unhittable.

 

Trevor May does not have that, 95% of the pitchers don't have that. 

 

Trevor May showed 2 months worth of being very good relief pitcher in 2015, then go hurt, then spent most of 2016 struggling and getting hurt.

 

I think he needs to be starter or at least be given a chance to prove he can be a starter or a chance to fail as a starter.  

 

Never should have been moved out of the rotation at the time he was.

 

His stuff plays up in a relief role, but that doesn't matter if he's hurt all the time because of it. He was a workhorse starter throughout his minor league career and never was hurt.

 

It is not hard to make this correlation.

 

I think he should finally get a legitimate shot in the rotation. If it doesn't work out, bullpen is still a fall back plan.

 

Also, Duffey should be in the bullpen, and I would say this fact was far more apparent than it ever should have been for May.

May needs to start, Duffey to the pen (hitters figured him out).

 

 

Talked to a loyal Rays fan, says they have the pitching, need hitters. Twins should dangle Dozier for there stud starters.