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When he straightens out, he will be a 4.5 ERA guy -- good enough to hold down the 5 hole if he can put up 200 innings. But that is all that he will be. He is in a real tough patch right now.
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He is a #4/5 starter. That's all he has ever been and he has been in the bigs for 5 or 6 full seasons as a starter. Lineups like the Jays eat guys like that alive. It is completely unsurprising.
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If we don't put up a crooked number, this game is on our hitters!! It's the hitting stupid!
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LOL!! Is that what an enigma looks like?
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lol!!
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Welcome to Rick Porcello's Home Run Derby! Isn't the 7 run rule in effect?
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Thank goodness for the pickoff.
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It's our hitters fault. LOL!!
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What a joke!! I don't know why people thought he was such an emerging star. The Tigers were aready losing Scherzer and Fister. They would have kept Porcello if he had a big upside considering his youth. It is becoming evident that the Tigers sold high on Porcello, and that we completely overpaid on the extension. He stinks.
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No, he is an enigma. LOL!!!
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This chump cannot keep the ball in the park this season. His 5.54 ERA continues to balloon.
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Glad that Hanley is back in the lineup, but I am hoping that he doesn't botch things up in the field.
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The Angels are in second place playing over .500 and their GM resigned. Have some class, Ben and quit before you bring further shame to this great franchise.
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I don't think they should make any short-sighted moves. This team needs to add pitching for the next few years not just what is left of 2014. As nice as it is to have ER, Johnson And Owens waiting in the wings, you can't work them all into the rotation at the same time. Three rookies in the rotation would mean another last place finish. They need to get a good veteran in the rotation. If they add one now, it should be with the thought of having him for another couple of seasons.
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Thanks for the pre-game notes and stats.
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Ouch!
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He leveled Ellsbury. There is a big difference between being run into by Beltre and Panda. Getting hit by Beltre is like getting hit with a cement railroad tie. Panda is more like a bean bag.
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He ruined a whole season on Ellsbury wiping him out.
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Doesn't Ortiz crush Buehrle? Porcello needs to keep the ball in the park. If he does, we roll.
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We risk feeling entitled with all this winning.
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They are getting on base and the run production is increasing, and those stats you cite are right dead in the middle of both leagues--a tick above average and getting better.
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Hitting slumps from time to time. The pitching certainly didn't pick them up in May, not even occasionally. The fact is that the team is still dead last in league ERA. The OBP for the hitting is in the top half of the league and better than league average. Edit: If people want to keep blaming the hitting when the pitching is rock bottom dead last, you are entitled to your opinion, but this team will go nowhere this season or next season until they get some talent in the rotation.
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May was the only month where the hitting slumped. Scoring 4.55 runs in June and 5.14 runs in April is holding up their end. A team with a 4+ ERA is a bad team. Edit: Plus, my post referenced only the last month, because I was making the point that going forward the challenge will be getting consistent pitching. The lineup is hitting and it will get better when Hanley and Pedey are back in the lineup.
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it is an uphill battle, but the pitching needs an overhaul anyway. It will not fix itself in the offseason. The situation will get worse if Buch walks. I don't see any reason to wait to rebuild the pitching. If we do it now, it might help salvage 2014. If it is too late for that, we would get a start on 2016.
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today running a team has become more about preserving the value of individual assets than winning baseball games. It was the same idiocy with Joba Rules or when the Nats shut down Strasbourg during a post season run. I was a bit glad when he needed TJ the following season after they had been so protective of his health.
