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Pitching wins ballgames, everyone knows that. Let's look at the losses.

Miley 10

Jimenez 9

Gausman 9

Bundy 8

Tillman 7

What if we could have just scratched out 8 more wins, instead of just parading the same guys out there over and over and over...Where would we be now? 

 

 

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Can_of_corn

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Just now, Natty said:

Pitching wins ballgames, everyone knows that. Let's look at the losses.

Miley 10

Jimenez 9

Gausman 9

Bundy 8

Tillman 7

What if we could have just scratched out 8 more wins, instead of just parading the same guys out there over and over and over...Where would we be now? 

 

 

Actually hitting wins ballgames.

Pitching just keeps you from losing.

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It's never "all about" anything.    Tampa is 4th in the league in ERA, and yet we have a better record than they do.

That said, it's very obvious that poor starting pitching has been our biggest weakness this year.   To me, the mystery is why it was so epically bad for that extended stretch from mid-May to mid-July.   To wit:

April 3 - May 12: 4.01 ERA

May 13 - July 16: 7.35 ERA

July 17 - August 28: 4.61 ERA

The starting pitching is still inconsistent, but it's not bad every single night as it was for 2+ months.

 

 

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If it was all about pitching we'd be picking early in the draft. I think we found a loophole, the Castro effect, the long man who may have saved a season. I've never seen a more valuable long man in my life, I'm investing more in that role, we may revolutionize that game & give Jim Palmer a heart attack by finding a winning formula with starters rarely registering a measly QS. 

 

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