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The Mets Killers Team: Starting Pitchers
For a full explanation of this little project, see my introductory post here. The Reader's Digest version: I'm working on a piece for the upcoming Amazin Avenue Annual about an imaginary team made up solely of Mets Killers, to see how such a team would fare when forced to play a full schedule...
Reds Starters Are Getting More Credit Than Ever
Cincinnati Reds starting pitchers are 16-11 so far this season. While that is definitely a good record, the more significant point is that the starting pitchers have 27 of the 31 decisions for the pitching staff so far this year - and they are winning more than losing. Through 31 games, no team...
Oliver Perez Is SO Mature
When I checked on the starer market two weeks ago, I saw three distinct tiers of pitchers. Although I didn't explicitly rank them at the time, I will now, since none have signed. Top Tier 1. Derek Lowe (Risk: Low Skills: Great) 2. Ben Sheets (Risk: Medium Skills: Great). Middle Tier 3. Kenshin...
Prepping for the Second Half
Via LoHud: Yankees left fielder Johnny Damon could hit off a tee on Friday and hopes to rejoin the team by late next week. “Friday could be a big day,” Damon said. “It feels a lot better today. It feels much better not doing the drills.” Damon is on the 15-day...
Today in Buffalo...
Bartolo Colon: 6 IP. <70 pitches. 4 Ks, 1 H (1B). 0 BB. And, for no particular reason, Jed Lowrie, after his first ML HR: ' via d.yimg.com
JFK + SP = #ERROR?
Perhaps this post would have been more apropos before his last two Spring Training starts, but I’m pretty sure had he not allowed a hit either time, I would still feel the same way about the Joe Kennedy = Starting Pitcher campaign. I hated this idea when he filled in for Harden a couple of years...
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