Mariners (Miller) vs Red Sox (Bello): 4/22/25, 6:45pm

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Ok, but fielding is part of playing the pitcher position.

I do like how you said ERA "tries" to measure... ex: reliever comes in and immediately serves up a meatball that finds a gap and scores an inherited baserunner all the way from 1st. Who gave up the run?

I just have no tolerance for brutal throwing Es from a guy whose very job is to be the most accurate thrower in the ballpark. "I pitched great -- only one run scored on my own error," said the baseball player playing the pitcher position.

When we were kids, it was reassuring to know the best player was always smack-dab in the middle of the diamond. And everyone on the pick-up teams had set positions: Billy Dee Williams was the pitcher, James Earl Jones the catcher, Richard Pryor the right fielder, etc.

I'm fine with bashing a pitcher for poor fielding, but he pitched well enough to get the out.

[drewski6]

In MLB the show (video game), if a pitchers fielding improves, his OVR does as well. Of course not as drastic as if his k/9 or bb/9 improves.