I'll expound more on this postgame... but someone needs to take Edinson Volquez into the clubhouse and give him a stern talking to. Two innings, a balk, a blown double play, three walks, and some dreadful pitching later it's 5-1 Brewers. No command. No poise. No mound presence. For power pitchers like Volquez, it starts with the fastball which, at present, he simply doesn't have. This is a guy who was the leader in the clubhouse for the NL Cy Young Award last year for the better part of last season. I know it's only mid-April and there's A TON of baseball left, but this is troubling to say the least.
In case you were wondering, Volquez gave up 5 earned runs or more a grand total of four times in his 32 starts last year.
And oh yeah, did I mention he's also on my fantasy team this year? Sweeeet.
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