| # | Rotation | W | L | S | ERA | INN | BB | SO | |
| 1 | D. Haren | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3.07 | 222.2 | 55 | 192 | |
| 2 | E. Bedard (L) | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3.16 | 182.0 | 57 | 221 | |
| 3 | C. Young | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3.12 | 173.0 | 72 | 167 |
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| # | Rotation | W | L | S | ERA | INN | BB | SO | |
| 1 | D. Haren | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3.07 | 222.2 | 55 | 192 | |
| 2 | E. Bedard (L) | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3.16 | 182.0 | 57 | 221 | |
| 3 | C. Young | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3.12 | 173.0 | 72 | 167 |
2 comments:
Matt, I have to ask: do you have some trick to getting all the stats to line up inside the comments section, or do you have to format each and every individual line one at a time?
About your "Aces":
#1: Dan Haren
I like him. I think he is the real deal; I thought that ever since... well before he played his first game with the cards. Though, his second half last year was horrible: he pitched less innings (93.1), had an ERA of 4.15, and had an AVG of .298. HORRIBLE! He blew up... or maybe he ran out of gas after 129.1 innings before the break. His track record shows that he can go over 200 innings, but only has average numbers in the past. SO, this year he will have to show that he is truly an "ace" and that his pre-all star numbers of 2007 wern't a fluke because his second half numbers showed otherwise.
Current Numbers (5/24/08)
63.2 Innings: 3.39 ERA, 53 K's, .228 AVG, 1.01 WHIP (GOOD)...
#2: Erik Bedard (Went on DL once already)
Showed positive progression in pitching as years went on, though 2007 was perhaps over his head (batting against wise). He showed that he can strike out people and that his control was OK, but never showed quite the AVG against in the years past. 2007 was a career year for him, but he will have to show it wasn't flukeish. Right now, not looking good; injury prone pitcher.
Current Numbers (5/24/08)
46 Innings: 4.70 ERA, 40 K's, 20 BB, .229 AVG, 1.30 WHIP (last start: 4.1 innings with 9 ER; not good; injury concern)...
#3: Chris Young (Just went on DL; freak accident)
Young was always considered to have a bright future. Though, it is obvious PETCO park has helped Young, who's stat line changed dramatically after leaving Texas. Not only in 2007 was his ERA lower at home (1.69) than on the road (4.52), he ended up giving up more HR away (9) than home (1). It is obvious just by looking at a few numbers he benefits greatly from his park. The problem with Young isn't necessarily batting against, but his control. With starters with bad control, you never know what your going to get from them. All in all, he had a good year, but thanks to his park, his numbers were lower than they should have been.
Current Numbers (5/24/08)
54.0 Innings: 4.40 ERA, 51 K's, 30 BB, .242 AVG, 1.48 WHIP (BAD)...
#4: Tim Hudson
Now, right off the bat, currently he is arguably your best SP in 2008 MLB (Haren is the other). He is more experienced than all your other SP, is more of a workhorse than the others, and rather than exploding in the second half, he is actually stronger than the others, posting better numbers. Cause of this fact, and of his track record, he is more qualified to be your #1 than the others. He also doesn't have a park that help padds his numbers (Bernard in SAFECO, Young in PETCO). Really, Hudson, Haren, Bernard, and Young is the way I'd rank them in your rotation.
Current Numbers (5/24/08)
69.2 Innings: 2.97 ERA, 42 K's, .227 AVG, 1.05 WHIP (Ace Quality)...
Matt, you boast more about your team than most, and most of it his hot air. You can fill thousands of hot air balloons if you think about it. Your rotation is overrated with no past experience or similar 2007 performance to back it up, 2 of the 4 are having aweful 2008 years... and your "mighty pen"... Moylan is out for the year and the others aren't doing that great and too bad they will all be established next year...
Anyways, thats that.
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