While I was not entirely enthused about the World Series prior to Game 1, I have been pleasantly surprised early on with a fairly entertaining series. Game 1 provided a superb pitching matchup between Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia. Game 2 also provided a great pitcher’s duel, with Pedro and AJ Burnett going at it. [...]
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Here They Are… Your League Leaders (Pitching)
Following up on last week’s perusal of MLB league leaders (they probably aren’t who you assume they are!), we look today at pitchers, both in the American and National Leagues. As with hitters, we’ll take each major statistic and break down players in terms of “Biggest Surprises”, “Least Likely to Continue”, and “Start Worrying”. The [...]
Something to Ponder Whilst on the Poo-er
Amongst thousands of other places, Zach Greinke’s impressive April has been discussed here
and here as he won Pitcher of the Month for April. Joe Posnanski has a great post with Greinke fun facts. The most interesting nugget from Joe is that Greinke could let up 9 runs in the first inning of his next outing, [...]
Quality Starts: Just One Part of the Story
I kept hitting Refresh yesterday on my Internet Explorer as I watched one of my favorite young sleepers – Tampa Bay’s Matt Garza – throw an absolute gem in his first start of the year against the Red Sox. In Boston, mind you. 7 IP, four hits, five strikeouts and one earned run in what [...]
MLB Opening Day: It’s 3pm and…
I’ve been watching ESPN’s MLB Scoreboard for 2+ hours. A few thoughts for your afternoon poo-er:
Good Lord should Cliff Lee be bothering owners right now. The Indians are down 4-0 in Texas, with Lee providing the fastballs resulting in all four earned runs, on six hits, in two innings. K:BB is 1:1. 28 strikes and [...]
