Pirates Recall Bryan Bullington

Has anybody noticed the success Dave Duncan has had with Wainwright, Carpenter, and Wellemeyer? None of these players had any success before coming to the Cardinals and yet they are all performing very well under Duncan. While he has taken nothing and converted it into something, our man has taken guys who have all previously had success either in the minors or MLB and turned them into nothing. Snell can’t throw strikes, Duke is so bad he makes every hitter the NL’s leading hitter, and Gorzo can’t do anything right including holding men on base. Considering all the practice he’s had with the many baserunners he’s allowed you would think he could at least hold them close. There were many people who thought we had one of the best young starting staffs in baseball and now we have the worst starters in the league. What gives? I wish we could have hired Duncan in hopes that he would do for our three soon-to-be-throw-aways what he’s done for his pitchers.

I tend to be one of those people who agree that a pitching coach helps some guys,hurts others,and has no effect on the rest…...However,isn’t it kind of ironic that as much as Jim Colborn was villified last year,and as much as current pitching coach Jeff Andrews was said to be liked and respected by his pitchers,many of whom he had worked with as they came up through the system,the Pirates starting pitching was much better(with the possible exception of Duke)than it was last year?