FredLynn
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Its going to come down to Beckett, Lester, and Buchholz. If they pitch well we could make a run at the Yankees. If not, we might compete for the WC.
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The Rays have essentially lost too. Now down 8-2 in the ninth. We will be one behind the Rays and two behind the Orioles and Angels for the WC top spot.
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Not at all. You were entirely correct in your post. All the pitchers move down one inning if Bailey is around. My point was that Aceves has been a very serviceable closer, probably just as good as Bailey would have been. Of course, if he is closing, he isn't available to pitch when he usually pitches.
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Bailey's loss was really the only significant injury to a pitcher we have had all year. The pitching is, essentially, the staff we had hoped to field-with a few stints on the DL. They never expected DiceK back until mid June anyway, and Lackey was known to be out all year too. I don't think we have had a more serious problem with injuries to pitchers than other clubs. Hell, the Yankees lost Pineda AND Mariano.
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Its been improving. Just not relative to the rest of the AL. We have been #12 or 13 all year.
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I did not post that tonite. I could if you like though. GAME OVER!
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This is a very long discussion. Not really into looking up all the numbers right now. I admit the injuries hurt, but I also think that the major problem is not injuries, its the fact that our pitching is #12 in the AL. How many more games we would have won with Ellsbury and Crawford healthy all year is guesswork.
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His ERA since April 25 is 1.83. Got off to a very bad start, but has been lights out since. Gag....good pickup by our FO.
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Bowl of what?
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Yankmees win; Rays down 4-2; Orioles down 7-3.
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Padilla does the job. Gotta wonder how he would have done this year as a starter in place of Bard.
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No one is saying its meaningless. All I am saying is that its overrated. Mostly its been our position players that have been injured with the exception of Bailey, and we are still second in runs scored. Not real sure that Crawford and Ellsbury would be producing more than the subs (except McDime, who stinks). Our SP have been relatively healthy but we are still 12th in the AL in ERA. Of course we would have won more games with all our guys healthy, or even at league average for days on the DL; but IMO not that many more games.
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Exactly. More runs would have been nice. You just cannot run yourself into outs as often as we do. Not smart baseball.
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Fair enough. You are entitled to hold that opinion. I don't share it. I think they all count, for all pitchers. Its also a reasonable arguement to argue that his WHIP or ERA+ has value too. I do not think he is an ace at all...more like a #2-3 SP.
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The injury excuse is nonsense. All teams have injuries. It is what it is. We are as good as our record says we are. Period.
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Ninth. Same denominator. I think his ERA takes precidence. And Salty ties the game...FINALLY A RUN!
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They all count. He is a mediocre SP on a mediocre team with terrible pitching.
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Mowed down by a bunch of also-ran Jays pitchers. Not a pretty sight.
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Thats not saying much. He ranks 26th of 58 among AL pitcher with at least 60 IP. Thats middle of the pack...for our supposed ace. He is part of the problem. If he were our #3 SP he would be fine.
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Mediocre teams play mediocre baseball. They have some winning streaks and some losing streaks, always, by definition, ending up near .500. Sound familiar? This is a very mediocre team.