# Tell me about Valverde.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-valverde/525219>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 16, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-valverde/525219 "2010-01-16T19:08:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-valverde/525219/21 "2010-01-18T21:50:46Z")

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Fair enough, I suppose, although I think there are a few reasons not to make that particular comparison, and I wasn’t really trying to. Fernando Rodney has never been as good a pitcher as either of those two. Going one year without blowing saves is very little reason to feel secure, is what I was going for.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-valverde/525219/22 "2010-01-19T16:30:21Z")

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Rodney has a very live arm. He can be tough. But I suspect that he may be a head case. He can come in and start missing the plate by miles and scare the batters and the manager .

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-valverde/525219/23 "2010-01-19T16:34:06Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Rodney has a very live arm. He can be tough. But I suspect that he may be a head case. He can come in and start missing the plate by miles and scare the batters and the manager .

Maybe he should just get a badass haircut and [wear glasses](http://x24.xanga.com/82ba26360913558563109/z39258863.jpg).

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-valverde/525219/24 "2010-01-19T20:19:32Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> Maybe he should just get a badass haircut and [wear glasses](http://x24.xanga.com/82ba26360913558563109/z39258863.jpg).

Sometimes it felt that way.  
You can not use him in mop up with a big lead. He will blow it and make it a save situation.

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