Here you go! http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/pitching/year/2012/seasontype/2/league/al
Got any stats that prove the O's are pitching poorly?
Thought not.
Its a fine line. Pull the SP too soon and the pen gets burned out. Pull him too late and the team loses. In a close game like this I pull him sooner, not later. Valentine waited too long tonite.
After tonite we will be 5.5 games behind the Rays.
Sure wish we had a pitching staff as good as the Orioles, who are shutting out the Yankees tonite so far.
Bard has to learn to trust his stuff out there. He still seems tentative and nibbles too much. He needs to pound the strike zone, especially early in the count.