keyalyn

Probably not. But the stats I put up weren't his career numbers so that isn't an issue, unless you think that a 52 game difference between starts and apperances isn't good enough. This season Tavarez the reliever hasn't been all that different than Tavarez the starter. Allowing 50% (18 of 36) of inherited runners to score isn't good, but its also not terrible considering the rest of the pen. One good start and two mediocre ones really isn't enough sample size to call him uplifting as a starter.

Tavarez as a starter: 4.91ERA, 1.43WHIP Tavarez as a reliever: 4.71ERA, 1.60WHIP Other than the fantastic groundball/flyball rate as a starter (29 to 2), his numbers when out of the pen aren't significantly different than when hes a starter, and outside of the one start against Chicago the numbers are a lot worse. If hes really good for the rest of the month then they should let him fight for the 5th starter spot in ST, otherwise he should be kept in the pen as the longman or emergency 6th starter.