Yes..Osuna has been frighteningly bad since blowing the save on 09/02. Prior to tonight, 8 games, 8.1 IP, 3 hits, 2 walks, 13 Ks. And he had the audacity to give up an infield single in the shift.
Fun fact: Of Cole’s 5 losses this season, 4 were in the first 6 starts. So, he’s been pretty much automatic after a rough month and a half.
Since his rocky start, Cole has been dominating like no pitcher I have ever seen. Dude is gonna get paid, and he's earned it
Tightness on the airplane. Will play today. I’ll give this all a thumbs up once he plays every game in the postseason without a back issue.
The one early start against the Rangers where the ump forgot how to call strikes is the main outlier.
Exactly. Those simply looking a era need to realize that was the game that skewed the early season numbers. Cole has been tremendous.
Rocky is a relative term of course. Over his first 5 starts he gave up 21 runs in 29 innings (including multiple runs in every start) and his WHIP was 1.19. K rate looked good, and his performance certainly wasn't bad overall (some bad luck), but that's by no mean dominating, particularly compared to what he would do the rest of the year.
So basically you are saying it is Cole's fault umpire won't call strike three on a pitch in the zone, can't get a called strike unless he throws it in the heart of the zone, Reddick thinks Bregman is going to be able to catch a pop, Altuve/Correa can't turn a double play, and Correa can't field an easy grounder.
Throw out his best game (so many of them) and throw out that farce against the Rangers and the umpire. if Cole’s numbers get better when doing that.. safe to say that game was a skewer.
Rocky for the team, yes. Rocky for Cole, no. I don't blame pitchers for runs scored directly tied to errors, umpires not calling games strike three, pop ups, and deflections off of gloves not called errors.
That's what I was referring to. It was rocky time. Kind of like when a pitcher gives up a bunch of weak hits that turn into a three run inning.
