Orioles decide to move Liz to bullpen

[Porter]

Orioles decide to move Liz to bullpen | orioles.com: News

"In my mind, he's got to make the team as a reliever," he said. "We're going to start putting him in situations for that. There's only so many innings and they're really running out on a lot of guys. We've got to make decisions in time for him to get it done in the bullpen. He's not making the team out of the bullpen right now."

Liz, who won the organization's Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award in 2007, has flashed intriguing stuff for several seasons. The Orioles think his fastball and changeup can be overpowering and have tried to sharpen his slider to a similar sheen, but the wheels have fallen off for Liz in two extended big league auditions.

His disparity between the minors and majors are staggering, especially with the rate he walks hitters. Hes got the stuff to be in the Majors, but his command needs a lot of work on the ML level.

[realmofotalk]

His command needs a lot of work at the minor league level, too.

[catman]

He has shown that he can be a dominating pitcher when he is on, but he is off more than he should be.
As Bert Blyleven says, he needs to "focus".