2014 Wei-Yin Chen Today

Never seemed to settle in and allowed the lead off hitter on base in every inning except one. Not good enough.

IP 5.2

H 12

R 4

BB 0

SO 5

IP: 5.2

H: 12

R: 4

BB: 0

SO: 5

Pitches: 98 (66 Strikes, 32 Balls)

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PITCHES BY INNING

17 (12 Strikes, 5 Balls)

17 (11 Strikes, 6 Balls)

15 (91 Strikes, 6 Balls)

17 (13 Strikes, 4 Balls)

14 (12 Strikes, 2 Balls)

18 (91 Strikes, 9 Balls) *

* Chen recorded 2 outs before departing in the 6th inning.

Chen is just a Bullpen guy.

speeds over 6 or 7 innings to be a effective starter for the long haul.

Britton should be his replacement at SP. Nasty stuff. Chen can't consistently locate or change speeds over 6 or 7 innings to be a effective starter for the long haul.

Britton hasn't really shown that either.

Didn't pitch well, but Cruz and Jones didn't help him. Cruz's poor defense in LF cost a run. Jones awful throw cost a run.

The defense this series has largely been frustrating. Poor throw by Lough yesterday, poor throw by Flaherty yesterday, poor decision + dive by Cruz today, poor throw by Jones today and ball skipping off Davis. Just ugly defense. Inexcusable, really. Granted allowing..what...something like 40 base runners in 27 innings is also inexcusable, so.....

The defense this series has largely been frustrating. Poor throw by Lough yesterday, poor throw by Flaherty yesterday, poor decision + dive by Cruz today, poor throw by Jones today and ball skipping off Davis. Just ugly defense. Inexcusable, really. Granted allowing..what...something like 40 base runners in 27 innings is also inexcusable, so.....

I'd be interested in hearing others opinions on the throw from Jones, but from view it looked as if Davis tried to cut of the throw which would have been a bad decision. The ball looked to deflect off Davis but I didn't think initially it was that bad a throw.

The defense this series has largely been frustrating. Poor throw by Lough yesterday, poor throw by Flaherty yesterday, poor decision + dive by Cruz today, poor throw by Jones today and ball skipping off Davis. Just ugly defense. Inexcusable, really. Granted allowing..what...something like 40 base runners in 27 innings is also inexcusable, so.....

COMPLETELY agree. I thought Jiminez looked really solid other then maybe 2 bad pitches. The poor throw by Lough was ugly. Yesterday I was yelling at the bar that the dive attempt by Cruz was an awful decision. I love the hustle. I love that the defense is going all out. But that ball landed 2 feet in front of him and clearly cost a run by it getting by him. None of the 3 pitchers so far have been lights out. I do not think the defense helped them though. Especially the last two games. Chen and Ubaldo were both better then their final numbers. Ubaldo better then Chen. I still like Chen though.

I'd be interested in hearing others opinions on the throw from Jones, but from view it looked as if Davis tried to cut of the throw which would have been a bad decision. The ball looked to deflect off Davis but I didn't think initially it was that bad a throw.

I thought it was just a horrible throw. Looked like the runner was just rounding 3rd when Jones was able to throw the ball. He should have had Middlebrooks dead to rights.

Yep. If you're gouging that ball, you run it through your head and come up with the fact that you're only going to catch it one time in 20, don't dive, just get in front of it and stop it. You cannot let that ball get by you. No idea at all what he was thinking there.

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I think it deflected off of Davis as well. Wasn't his best throw, though, either.

With 2 outs!? What was Davis thinking!?

IP 5

H 9

R 4

BB 0

SO 3

HR 1

Pitches 102-65 strikes

2014 ERA 6.75

Hmm....

IP 5

H 9

R 4

BB 0

SO 3

HR 1

Pitches 102-65 strikes

2014 ERA 6.75

Hmm....

You left out the most important pitcher stat...the WIN.

You left out the most important pitcher stat...the WIN.

Perfect example of why that is a team stat. He gets run support and leaves in the 5th inning having the lead and he'll get the win. I'm not that confident going into his next start though.