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1 hour ago, Frobby said:

His season had ups and downs, but was pretty darned respectable.    And by the way, he closed the year with a 3.24 ERA in his final 9 starts.    

For better or worse, he's earned a place in rotation next April on a team like this.

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4 hours ago, Frobby said:

 

His season had ups and downs, but was pretty darned respectable overall. And by the way, he closed the year with a 3.24 ERA in his final 9 starts.    

 

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Not quite as good as the way that Alex Cobb finished his last in his final 10 and-a-half starts ........ in that span Cobb ceded 19 Earned Runs over 66.00 Innings Pitched, for an ERA of 2.59, but the theme is similar.

 

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1 hour ago, VaBird1 said:

Seems like he started to add in the curve more as the year went on (haven’t checked, my impression).  I think he ended up being the starter with the best ERA.

It’s incredible but you’re correct. Hess had a 4.88 ERA overall, Cobb a 4.90. Hess also had a 4.84 as a starter, with a 6 ERA in two relief outings.

I agree that if he is decent in spring training, he probably has the inside track on a starting spot next year. Hopefully he can be a reasonably consistent, cheap backend innings eater; that’s probably his ceiling, which would be just fine.

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10 hours ago, connja said:

For better or worse, he's earned a place in rotation next April on a team like this.

I dunno if I'd go that far, but he'll definitely enter ST as a favorite.  As long as he doesn't have a terrible spring, he should prove you correct though.

To your overall point, I agree, he's had a decent 1st year for a young pitcher.  It's just a question of whether he can continue to improve.  We all sure hope he can, I'm sure.

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12 hours ago, Frobby said:

His season had ups and downs, but was pretty darned respectable.    And by the way, he closed the year with a 3.24 ERA in his final 9 starts.    

 

8 hours ago, OFFNY said:

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Not quite as good as the way that Alex Cobb finished his last in his final 10 and-a-half starts ........ in that span Cobb ceded 19 Earned Runs over 66.00 Innings Pitched, for an ERA of 2.59, but the theme is similar.

 

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You’d think that with two starters pitching that well, we could have done better than .275 baseball the last couple of months. 

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Hess throughout the year was effective when he threw strikes. If 2019 isn't the year to give auditions to Hess, Ramirez, Means, Rogers, then I don't know when will be. Although I wouldn't really have a problem just telling Rogers and Means that starting pitching is over and their future if any is in the bullpen. Again though, won't hurt to audition them in 2019. I'm also enticed at the idea of bringing in a buy low high upside guy like Drew Pomeranz. 

The real prospects are coming: Ortiz, Tate, Kremer, Akin, Lowther...

 

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On 9/29/2018 at 2:57 PM, Rene88 said:

Told you he could be a 3/4...still time to go but he will be in the rotation next year def.

He’s pretty much earned a presumptive spot in the OD rotation, unless he’s just awful next spring.   I’m still not sure about him long term but he pitched very well over his final 9 starts.

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