Mulder's rehab turns into relapse

Pass the tums, please. Here's a look at Mulder's line for Memphis tonight: 92 pitches, 50 for strikes, 4 innings, 7 hits, 5 runs, 4 earned, 5 walks, 3 K's and a homerun. 2 of the hits were doubles, 2 groundouts to 5 fly outs.

Mulder is done. It's hard to believe that 5 seasons ago Mulder was a serious Cy Young contender and through 3 seasons Mulder was in the top 10 in the league in WHIP. It's sad. Mulder seems like a nice, quiet guy and I think that gets confused with some as a lack of fire. I'm not so sure Mulder lacks fire, but he's been lacking something in terms of ability since the All Star break of 03. As much as I'd like to blame Billy Beane for peddling damaged goods, there's something to be said about the front office here. I don't know if the scouts didn't do their job in breaking down the 2nd half swoon, or if the front office just had to have their "big name"  and refused to listen, but now it's time to forget this whole fiasco has ever happened and move on. (How is Danny Haren doing these days? That good, huh?)

I posted earlier this week regarding an interview Bernie Miklasz had on his radio show with Dave Duncan, and Duncan said Mulder's mechanics was messed up when he got here and it's been a constant battle for him. Perhaps it's a testament of Duncan's coaching ability that we actually got a decent 05 from Mulder.