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Originally Posted by Westheim
For years my position was that Matzie is a fine, decent pitcher, but best hidden in the #5 slot, because he's easily coming apart at the seams if things don't go in his favor. It might be mental to a high degree. Watching him pitch, he can sandpaper down any lineup, but sometimes you can see in the first inning that it's not gonna work out.
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I haven't seen him much during the Jamboree but even before the season I was wishing they had enough depth to make him a swing/long guy. This is not the "year" for that, or it wasn't until recently. Unless Cohen throws money at Stroman and someone else (and someone else?) they just won't have the depth to try it. He wouldn't want to anyway, but that seems to be less of a hindrance now than it has been.