Eric Gagne

[saint4]

Gagne has gone from the most dominant closer in the game to one of the worst. It just puzzles me. Any comments on him?

[sweet16]

Injuries and the juice

[98NCCalum]

Juice

[John Anthony]

He now relies on he change up more than any other pitch

[racer4life]

Juice

 

Is that orange or grape? :lol:

[SvFan4life]

He can't pitch since he can't take steroids!

[bellalumni40]

He never was a power pitcher anyway. Why the steroids accusations?

[dmderringer10]

He never was a power pitcher anyway. Why the steroids accusations?

 

Are you serious? When he played for the Dodgers he was throwing 96-100 MPH.

[gametime]

He never was a power pitcher anyway.

 

Should have stayed out of this one... :lol:

[SvFan4life]

He never was a power pitcher anyway. Why the steroids accusations?

 

HAHAHAHA....not a power pitcher? You don't get 70+ saves in a row, not being a power pitcher. He was throwing straight heat when he was with the Dodgers.

[westsider]

I don't know if Gagne was juiced or not. I do know he's had multiple arm problems and surgeries, which can lead to a big loss in velocity.

[SvFan4life]

I don't know if Gagne was juiced or not. I do know he's had multiple arm problems and surgeries, which can lead to a big loss in velocity.

 

And they all happened after the 70+ save season and after a lot of people were being tested for steroids.

[westsider]

And they all happened after the 70+ save season and after a lot of people were being tested for steroids.

Which could be simply a coincidence ... gee, is every guy that used to be good that isn't now going to be suspected of juicing?

 

Gagne had a bad knee in spring training one year, and Jim Tracy (Mr. Brilliant) threw him in a game where he was clearly favoring it. A lot of people felt his compensating for the knee in his delivery could have contributed some to his arm problems.

[SvFan4life]

Which could be simply a coincidence ... gee, is every guy that used to be good that isn't now going to be suspected of juicing?

 

Gagne had a bad knee in spring training one year, and Jim Tracy (Mr. Brilliant) threw him in a game where he was clearly favoring it. A lot of people felt his compensating for the knee in his delivery could have contributed some to his arm problems.

Please....He went from starting for 3 years, 2 full years, to going to the bullpen and having saves of 52, 55, 45, then dropping off the map completely? I doubt it.. And "coincidentially" he dropped off when baseball started cracking down on steroids. Not saying injuries didn't play a role, but wonder why he had injury problems, it's known that once people stop taking steroids, that they have injury issues.

[LRCW]

Which could be simply a coincidence ... gee, is every guy that used to be good that isn't now going to be suspected of juicing?

 

 

 

Unfortunately yes, when there's that big of a difference in velocity.