As the rotation turns, 2015

[Frobby]

All data here is for the starting pitchers only.

Turn 1: 26.2 IP, 29 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 12 BB, 22 K's

Turn 2: 24.1 IP, 20 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 10 BB, 24 K's (note: Ubaldo ejected after 3.2 IP)

Turn 3: 22.0 IP, 26 H, 22 R, 17 ER, 17 BB, 21 K's

Turn 4: 32.0 IP, 27 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 17 K's

That last turn through was by far the best to date this year, despite Tillman's poor outing. All the others threw at least 6 IP, and with three off-days sprinkled in, the bullpen is now very well-rested, perhaps too well-rested.

By the way, a day-to-day game log for all the Orioles' starters can be found here: http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/StartingInfo.py?PlayerID=2 Just plug in the relevant dates and this site will give the starter game log for that period with cumulative stats for that period as well.

[OFFNY]

All data here is for the starting pitchers only.

Turn 1: 26.2 IP, 29 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 12 BB, 22 K's

Turn 2: 24.1 IP, 20 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 10 BB, 24 K's (note: Ubaldo ejected after 3.2 IP)

Turn 3: 22.0 IP, 26 H, 22 R, 17 ER, 17 BB, 21 K's

Turn 4: 32.0 IP, 27 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 17 K's

That last turn through was by far the best to date this year, despite Tillman's poor outing. All the others threw at least 6 IP, and with three off-days sprinkled in, the bullpen is now very well-rested, perhaps too well-rested.

By the way, a day-to-day game log for all the Orioles' starters can be found here: http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/StartingInfo.py?PlayerID=2 Just plug in the relevant dates and this site will give the starter game log for that period with cumulative stats for that period as well.

Good thread, Frank.

Thank you.

[spiritof66]

All data here is for the starting pitchers only.

Turn 1: 26.2 IP, 29 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 12 BB, 22 K's

Turn 2: 24.1 IP, 20 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 10 BB, 24 K's (note: Ubaldo ejected after 3.2 IP)

Turn 3: 22.0 IP, 26 H, 22 R, 17 ER, 17 BB, 21 K's

Turn 4: 32.0 IP, 27 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 17 K's

Granted that the games were against the Rays, but the sum of the starters' three outings so far in Turn 5 looks pretty good:

20.2 IP, 14 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 17 K

Turn 5 will conclude at slightly pitcher-friendly Citi Field against the Mets, who were shut out yesterday and again today by the Nats. (The Mets lit up the scoreboard for four runs on Friday night, three of them scoring when Jayson Werth misjudged and then fell down going for a fly ball hit right at him.)

To me, the current Mets, beset by injuries, generally resemble the Rays: excellent starters (the Mets' are much better), a surprisingly good no-name bullpen, real strong defense, a few good hitters but lots of weak spots in the lineup, not much power, and several guys with good speed.

[Redskins Rick]

According to Roch:

The starters have registered a 1.91 ERA in the last six games.

Now, that is so much better than early in the season.

[byrdz]

So can I assume the sky has stopped falling?

[Redskins Rick]

So can I assume the sky has stopped falling?

Yes, but, only until the next loss.

[Phantom]

Whoa. Slap a "do not take seriously smallest of sample sizes" warning on those stats!

We still are 25th in starting pitching fWAR, which is just awful. Well, not as awful as the Jays, whose starters have a negative WAR for the year (yikes). We keep it together for another three weeks, and I'll start to feel better.

[Redskins Rick]

Whoa. Slap a "do not take seriously smallest of sample sizes" warning on those stats!

We still are 25th in starting pitching fWAR, which is just awful. Well, not as awful as the Jays, whose starters have a negative WAR for the year (yikes). We keep it together for another three weeks, and I'll start to feel better.

True.

But, I would so much rather see, six games and 1.93 ERA from my guys.

Than, six games and 12.93 ERA and a worn out bullpen.

[byrdz]

Whoa. Slap a "do not take seriously smallest of sample sizes" warning on those stats!

We still are 25th in starting pitching fWAR, which is just awful. Well, not as awful as the Jays, whose starters have a negative WAR for the year (yikes). We keep it together for another three weeks, and I'll start to feel better.

Three less games then everyone else.

[Frobby]

Turn 1: 26.2 IP, 29 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 12 BB, 22 K's

Turn 2: 24.1 IP, 20 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 10 BB, 24 K's (note: Ubaldo ejected after 3.2 IP)

Turn 3: 22.0 IP, 26 H, 22 R, 17 ER, 17 BB, 21 K's

Turn 4: 32.0 IP, 27 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 17 K's

Turn 5: 31.2 IP, 27 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 8 BB, 22 K's

Best turn of the rotation to date by far, and yet the O's went 2-3. Blame the bats.

[El Gordo]

Turn 1: 26.2 IP, 29 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 12 BB, 22 K's

Turn 2: 24.1 IP, 20 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 10 BB, 24 K's (note: Ubaldo ejected after 3.2 IP)

Turn 3: 22.0 IP, 26 H, 22 R, 17 ER, 17 BB, 21 K's

Turn 4: 32.0 IP, 27 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 17 K's

Turn 5: 31.2 IP, 27 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 8 BB, 22 K's

Best turn of the rotation to date by far, and yet the O's went 2-3. Blame the bats.

Blame better opposing pitching

[Frobby]

Turn 1: 26.2 IP, 29 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 12 BB, 22 K's

Turn 2: 24.1 IP, 20 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 10 BB, 24 K's (note: Ubaldo ejected after 3.2 IP)

Turn 3: 22.0 IP, 26 H, 22 R, 17 ER, 17 BB, 21 K's

Turn 4: 32.0 IP, 27 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 17 K's

Turn 5: 31.2 IP, 27 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 8 BB, 22 K's

Turn 6: 27.0 IP, 32 H, 16 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 23 K's

Definitely a step back compared to the last couple of turns.

To date:

Tillman 31.2 IP, 6.25 ERA

Gonzalez 35.1 IP, 3.57 ERA

Chen 35.2 IP, 2.52 ERA

Norris 27.1 IP, 9.88 ERA

Jimenez 33.2 IP, 2.41 ERA

Gonzalez, Chen and Jimenez have all thrown pretty well but have still had too many short starts. Tillman and Norris haven't been good. Overall, the starting pitching needs to be much more consistent if the Orioles are going to make any noise.

[stomperspc]

Turn 1: 26.2 IP, 29 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 12 BB, 22 K's

Gonzalez, Chen and Jimenez have all thrown pretty well but have still had too many short starts. Tillman and Norris haven't been good. Overall, the starting pitching needs to be much more consistent if the Orioles are going to make any noise.

Ubaldo's short starts weren't entirely his own doing. He was ejected after 11 outs versus Boston in his 3rd start. His other start of less than 5 innings was against the Mets. He would have started the 5th with a decent chance of making it through the inning (he was at 85 pitches) if his spot in the order didn't come up in the top half of the inning. In his other four starts, he has gone seven innings three times and five innings once. Take away the ejection and he is averaging a solid 6.0 innings per start.

[waroriole]

Norris should be in the pen until he finds his slider.

[Frobby]

Turn 1: 26.2 IP, 29 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 12 BB, 22 K's

Turn 2: 24.1 IP, 20 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 10 BB, 24 K's (note: Ubaldo ejected after 3.2 IP)

Turn 3: 22.0 IP, 26 H, 22 R, 17 ER, 17 BB, 21 K's

Turn 4: 32.0 IP, 27 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 17 K's

Turn 5: 31.2 IP, 27 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 8 BB, 22 K's

Turn 6: 27.0 IP, 32 H, 16 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 23 K's

Turn 7: 35.2 IP, 28 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 6 BB, 28 K's (Wright starts for Norris)

That's an awesome turn. Maybe the best we'll see all year. Somehow we managed to lose 3 out of 5 anyway.