The decrease in Innings by Starting Pitchers is striking - from the Games that I have seen, it seems likely everyone is in the Dusty Baker / Russ Ortiz mode of pulling Starters, even when they are going pretty well. There was the weird Scherzer incident (Dusty, again), but also pulling Lester really early & a few other odd decisions to pull Starters early.
Sergio Romo [luckily] sucked as a Dodger, but bounced back nicely as a Ray. Despite the horrid start, his full-season numbers really weren't too bad. We need Relief Pitchers. Do we go there? It wouldn't bother me, if we did. Sucking as a Dodger actually makes Romo even more endearing, which seemed impossible.
It's a bullpen game, for sure. LA has a huge edge over Chicago, as does NY over Houston in that department. LA and NY only expect 5 from their starters, even Kershaw will likely not go past the 6th inning. And when it takes 100 pitches to get 18 outs it's not surprising that uber-bullpens are the new hot thing.
I didn't realize Romo had popped up with Tampa Bay. I lost track of him after the Dodgers stint. Numbers, as you say, look like old Sergio. He's a free agent, why not?
They are a put-the-ball-in-play kind of team, basically. This is a TTO (three true outcomes: K, BB, HR) game these days. Giants like that style, too. They just couldn't hit this season! Also, even if you don't read the article look at the graph.
Astros bullpen had a meltdown tonight and blew a 4-0 lead. They could have put the damn series on ice but now it's wide open. Too bad. I'm still holding out for a not-Dodgers vs. not-Yankees!
speaking of number of pitches, late in the season Cueto was tossing a lot of pitches per inning. dodgers pen threw a lot of innings, and one would have thought it might catch up with them. Instead, they kept coming up with new arms.
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data looks compelling for 2010,2012, and 2014. wonder what the giants brass thinks of that?
The decrease in Innings by Starting Pitchers is striking - from the Games that I have seen, it seems likely everyone is in the Dusty Baker / Russ Ortiz mode of pulling Starters, even when they are going pretty well. There was the weird Scherzer incident (Dusty, again), but also pulling Lester really early & a few other odd decisions to pull Starters early.
Sergio Romo [luckily] sucked as a Dodger, but bounced back nicely as a Ray. Despite the horrid start, his full-season numbers really weren't too bad. We need Relief Pitchers. Do we go there? It wouldn't bother me, if we did. Sucking as a Dodger actually makes Romo even more endearing, which seemed impossible.
It's a bullpen game, for sure. LA has a huge edge over Chicago, as does NY over Houston in that department. LA and NY only expect 5 from their starters, even Kershaw will likely not go past the 6th inning. And when it takes 100 pitches to get 18 outs it's not surprising that uber-bullpens are the new hot thing.
I didn't realize Romo had popped up with Tampa Bay. I lost track of him after the Dodgers stint. Numbers, as you say, look like old Sergio. He's a free agent, why not?
Why we should be rooting for Houston.
They are a put-the-ball-in-play kind of team, basically. This is a TTO (three true outcomes: K, BB, HR) game these days. Giants like that style, too. They just couldn't hit this season! Also, even if you don't read the article look at the graph.
I meant the Giants like the Astros-style put-it-in-play, not TTO.
Looks like it could be a Yankees/Dodgers World Series. Two of my favorite teams.
NOT!
UGH!
Astros bullpen had a meltdown tonight and blew a 4-0 lead. They could have put the damn series on ice but now it's wide open. Too bad. I'm still holding out for a not-Dodgers vs. not-Yankees!
speaking of number of pitches, late in the season Cueto was tossing a lot of pitches per inning. dodgers pen threw a lot of innings, and one would have thought it might catch up with them. Instead, they kept coming up with new arms.
Rags booted upstairs, apparently.
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