re: What do you do with Hurd moving forward?

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I say start him tonight and hope he finds something.

He's been better with a fresh inning than entering with someone on base. I don't think he's completely without value even at this point. But we're better when he's better and we need to help him get better.

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No doubt. We don't have enough pitching depth to give up on him yet. He's too good when he's good. And when he's good, he can get you more than just 3-6 outs. He clearly lacks a ton of confidence right now. And I also think he has problems repeating his delivery. Maybe those go hand-in-hand. I didn't' see him at UCLA (or high school, obviously), but a guy with that stuff and that highly thought of surely had a ton of confidence at some point in his career.

Maybe it was something with his back injury that really messed with his mechanics (being able to repeat his delivery). And maybe that is what is affecting his confidence. Chicken or egg thing, but maybe if he figures something out mechanically, that gives him confidence. Or is he has success in a lower leverage outings and gains some confidence, maybe that helps him mechanically. Not having to think so much about release point or whatever. Just get out of his head and just pitch. I don't know. But it's hard to see us getting out of a regional getting 27 outs 3 times without him getting some of them.