Cora could see that he didn't have his good stuff just as much as we could. But Porcello has had games in the past where he has looked bad early and then gotten better.
Cora's options were all bad there. I understand what his thinking was. That's all I'm saying.
That and the fact he's a little short-staffed right now with Pomeranz, Wright and Johnson all on the shelf. I think Velazquez was slated to start Sunday's game but he had to pitch 2 innings last night.
It's not my recollection that it was far out of line.
I believe Scherzer had turned down a 6 year/144 million extension from the Tigers at the start of the year and there was some surprise about that, but he thought he could get more.
Prior to signing for his 7 year/195 million deal (using the present value thing), Lester had signed for 6/155.
He probably would have been an easy sign for what we gave Price don't you think?
Scherzer's deal with the Nats equates to $190-195 million in present dollars because of the deferred money.
Postseason sample sizes and dispersion are hugely problematic, I won't argue that. Although some pitchers, the Big 3 from the Braves, Pettitte and Schilling for example, accumulated some relatively large ones.
So why'd you ask me about me LOL
Some ballplayers also have 20 year careers.
I think the point is you can't really apply one general rule to everything.
Frankly it's still way too early to get excited. The Yankees still represent a formidable threat to us winning the division, especially if they add major pieces before the deadline.
Yes, if you were going to use one day that would be silly.
But if you looked at a guy's splits and he was bad every April it might be fair to conclude that he's a slow starter.
And if you looked at Chris Sale's splits...well you know where that's going.