2014 Chris Tillman Today

[Flash- bd]

I'm rather worried about Tillman. The luck can't last forever and his peripherals are not going to sustain him at this ERA, much less the ones he's posted the last couple of seasons...(which also were well, well above his FIP of course). Can someone talk me off the ledge/convince me why I shouldn't be rather worried/pessimistic about Tillman?

[waroriole]

I'm rather worried about Tillman. The luck can't last forever and his peripherals are not going to sustain him at this ERA, much less the ones he's posted the last couple of seasons...(which also were well, well above his FIP of course). Can someone talk me off the ledge/convince me why I shouldn't be rather worried/pessimistic about Tillman?

Looking only at FIP is a poor idea. Some guys (Tillman, Guthrie) outperform it. Some guys (Arrieta) are usually much worse than FIP suggests.

That said, Tillman hasn't been impressive since Buck ran him into the ground in BOS.

[backwardsk]

Doesn't help that the ump put Andrus on base in the three run inning.

He battled himself all night, fortunate to keep the team in the game and Brach bailed him out in the sixth.

[Guest]

Not a good start.

[Aristotelian]

I could see this performance coming from his last start, he got lucky the last time and now he didn't...but in both he's been hit hard.

I agree, his last start was not nearly as good as the result. He was lucky this time to keep it to four runs. He did sharpen up as the game went on, but was way off for the first three innings. It took him until the third inning before he threw any off speed pitch for a strike.

[OFFNY]

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WASHINGTON NATIONALS O (JULY 7th)

Denard Span - CF

Anthony Rendon - 2B

Jayson Werth - RF

Adam LaRoche - 1B

Ryan Zimmerman - 3B

Bryce Harper - LF

Ian Desmond - SS

Wilson Ramos - C

Stephen Strasburg - RHP (7-6, 3.53 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

[backwardsk]

Now would be a good time for him to go 8+ tonight.

[weams]

Now would be a good time for him to go 8+ tonight.

Complete.

[Il BuonO]

Complete.

Pitching up to the level of the competition. I am in no hurry to see Mr. DePaula.

[Il BuonO]

I don't see his SO numbers changing until he gets better command of his secondaries, but he's progressing each start so it could come.

That's what I wrote back on June 27th and coincidentally he had command of just about everything for most of the night. Not all night but all three pitches were there at various points throughout the night.

Now would be a good time for him to go 8+ tonight.

He probably could have gone another if we weren't tied. It was good to see him getting stronger later into the game. Reminded off the old Chris.

[OFFNY]

o

(vs. NATIONALS, 7/07)

Tillman walked the very first batter that he faced ...... on 4 pitches ...... and then did not walk anyone else for the rest of the game.

7 innings, 2 runs.

[BohKnowsBmore]

Looked pretty good tonight. For all of the concern (and I have some too), he has a 2.2 ERA over his last 6 starts and 40ish innings.

Btw, Thorne just interviewed him. Tillman is a big damn dude. Tall with very wide shoulders. He is so proportional that I didn't realize how big he really is. Dude is a man. Pretty funny too.

Good stat. Also, don't look now, but his ERA is slowly creeping down toward the 4.00 line. It's at 4.11 after tonight's start.

[OFFNY]

o

NEW YORK YANKEES O (JULY 12th)

Brett Gardner - LF

Derek Jeter - SS

Jacoby Ellsbury - CF

Mark Teixeira - 1B

Brian McCann - DH

Ichiro Suzuki - RF

Brian "I hit a home run in my return to O.P.A.C.Y., but my team lost the game" Roberts - 2B

Kelly Johnson - 3B

Francisco Cervelli - C

Shane Green - RHP (1-0, 2.84 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

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OAKLAND ATHLETICS O (JULY 18th)

Coco Crisp - CF

John Jaso - DH

Yoenis Cespedes - LF

Brandon Moss - RF

Josh Donaldson - 3B

Stephen Vogt - 1B

Jed Lowrie - SS

Derek Norris - C

Andy Parrino - 2B

Jeff Samardzija - RHP (3-8, 2.78 ERA) *

* CHICAGO CUBSO (2-7, 2.83 ERA) OOOOO OAKLAND ATHLETICSO (1-1, 2.40 ERA)

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OAKLAND ATHLETICS O (JULY 18th)

Coco Crisp - CF

John Jaso - DH

Yoenis Cespedes - LF

Brandon Moss - RF

Josh Donaldson - 3B

Stephen Vogt - 1B

Jed Lowrie - SS

Derek Norris - C

Andy Parrino - 2B

Jeff Samardzija - RHP (3-8, 2.78 ERA) *

* CHICAGO CUBSO (2-7, 2.83 ERA) OOOOO OAKLAND ATHLETICSO (1-1, 2.40 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

6.67 innings.

2 runs.