David Price...

[harmony]

I get that, but there's 3 years left on his contract, and he didn't have any new injury, last year. There is reason to hope he's fine going forward.

 

Price and Sale aggravated injuries and might be bigger question marks for 2020 than Eovaldi. (Personally, I like Sale bouncing back more than Eovaldi & Price, but that's not based on anything medical.)

As Nathan Eovaldi starts the 2020 season on the downside of his 30th birthday, the righthander could bounce back to the career ERA+ of 94 he's posted over parts of eight seasons (a marked improvement over the ERA+ of 81 Eovaldi posted in limited action this year).

[moonslav59]

As Nathan Eovaldi starts the 2020 season on the downside of his 30th birthday, the righthander could bounce back to the career ERA+ of 94 he's posted over parts of eight seasons (a marked improvement over the ERA+ of 81 Eovaldi posted in limited action this year).

 

That's the thing, it won't take great seasons from Sale, Price and Eovaldi to be a significant improvement over 2019. It will to improve or equal 2018, but it's not impossible, especially since Eovaldi was not here for all of 2018.

 

Sale, Price & Eovaldi:

 

2019

312.1 IP

168 ER

4.84 ERA

 

304 H

104 BB

1.31 WHIP

 

2018:

388.0 IP (76 IP more than 2019, even with no Eovaldi for 3+ months))

127 ER

2.95 ERA (almost 2 full runs below 2019)

 

310 H

96 BB

1.05 WHIP (0.26 better than 2019)

 

Massive differences.

 

 

Edited December 28, 2019 by moonslav59

[S5Dewey]

I think the chance Sale comes back is better than 50-50, but Price and Eovaldi are maybe under 50-50. In a sense, "likely" is saying you will flip heads 3 times in a row. That's less than 15%.

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My point was that the chance of all three pitchers coming back next strong year is the same as having all three pitchers go down with injuries last year... less than 15% - but it happened. And if those odds got beaten in 2019 they can be beaten again in 2020.

[moonslav59]

My point was that the chance of all three pitchers coming back next strong year is the same as having all three pitchers go down with injuries last year... less than 15% - but it happened. And if those odds got beaten in 2019 they can be beaten again in 2020.

 

Yes, they can.

 

15% is not impossible.

[harmony]

David Price reportedly was upset about his third drug test this offseason:

 

Edited December 30, 2019 by harmony

[mvp 78]

David Price reportedly was upset about his third drug test this offseason:

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.12up.com/amp/posts/david-price-calls-out-mlb-for-being-drug-tested-for-3rd-time-this-offseason-01dx9h5wrbdp

 

12up.com? You could have just posted the tweet.

 

Got a drug test (3rd time this off season) this morning and gave a partial sample (not enough pee). Now I got CDT sitting NEXT to me on the couch watching Sunday Countdown... I don’t even wanna watch football anymore! Get out of my house...

[harmony]

MLB Trade Rumors examines the pitching market:

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/taking-stock-of-the-starting-pitching-market.html