Monday, September 19, 2005

He had to say it, but...

Frank Robinson says the obligatory: he'll stick with Chad Cordero. Unless Robinson is going to let someone else close, he has to show support for Cordero.

If you've seen Cordero recently you know that his fastball has been drifting over the plate and his breaking ball hasn't been breaking much. Good hitters tend to jump on pitches like those, and that's exactly what they've been doing to Cordero's fat offerings. Cordero's location and velocity aren't what they were in August, and unless he gets back on track quickly, he's not going to be the lights-out closer he was for most of the season.

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