I still think they can carry him while he learns if the team plays well. He has nothing to prove in AAA, he has shown he can hit AAA pitching, he needs to see ML pitching, it's a huge jump in talent and there is no higher level.
That's not necessarily true as we see early on, even if we take your benchmark of 50 more PA's and he's not tearing the cover off of the ball I still think he adjusts and hits the over.
He earned another start for sure, but I'm not going to get overly excited about a 34-year-old with 120 ML innings pitched in a 17-year career. He was awesome today and fun to watch, though.
I wish Means was throwing well, but I think we look back more fondly on him because he was the best pitcher we had on a terrible team. Even in his best seasons his FIP was mid 4's. He never really walked people and has a career 7.5K/9 and 1.7HR/9.
He was our Ace on a terrible team, but he was never a top pitcher by the numbers.
The 1987 Orioles did it in 6 straight games but I'm too lazy to look them up. Probably going to be stuck at 5 with the way KC pitches and that ballpark.
Hey now, this thread is about how Hyde is killing this team. Go read the game thread, he lost us this game by taking Suarez out. THIS LOSS IS ON HYDE!!!!!
Please stop with the hyperbole. They got everything they could have out of Suarez. You don't get greedy. Dude has a 6 ERA starting at Norfolk and he was losing it.
Gunnar seems to be doing okay. The only time he's leading off is the first AB of the game. With as productive as the bottom half has been at getting on base he's getting lots of opportunities with RISP.