Always thought ERA was a good barometer. American League #1's should be sub-3.00, then each slot gets an extra 0.50. #1 - <3.00 #2 - <3.50 #3 - <4.00 ... and so on Subtract 0.50 each slot for NL pitchers
So far the Giles trade looks like we got caught with Ray Rice in an elevator. But, could you imagine if Oakland put Sonny Gray on the table, LMJ came back better, fister gave us a 2014 performance and Giles got his head out of his butt? Couple that with our bats heating up and we could be in for a treat.
I'm definitely concerned with Fister already. As soon as I saw his velocity, or lack thereof in his first start, I thought his season was gonna be a struggle. Every outing feels like it's built on a house of cards. The other 3 had a bad trip through the rotation, but I think they will be fine. Lance McCullers is the tipping point. If he comes back like the beast he was last year, I think we will have a top notch rotation. If he falls off a little, I think we will need to pull the trigger on a trade for the best pitcher that a team is willing to trade. Plus we still have some talented arms in the minors who could make an impact.
By what? The amount of hard contact he's giving up is pretty alarming for a ground-ball profile pitcher.
Such a small sample I'm mostly going on gut with Fister. But he does have the lowest xFIP so far amongst Astros SP.
LMJ ?? Lance McCullers should be back soon hopefully. I feel good about having enough hitting prospects in the farm to reload. But as far as pitching prospects go, Astros are thin. Musgrove hopefully comes up by July.
I was there. He was awesome until the 5th. Salty had 2 solid games, and so did Kinsler. Kinsler battled him in that AB that ended with a HR. The JD HR was a result of trying to go high and away and JD being really, really good and quick with the bat. Not really a ****ty performance.
Fister has been the most consistently solid pitcher in our rotation besides Keuchel. Yes his velocity isn't great but he is still getting it done. If it wasn't for that fluke Springer play his numbers would look great right now and we might be undefeated when he takes the mound. I'm more worried about the other three although we've seen McHugh start slow and finish strong last year.
.324 BABIP with almost a significantly lower FIP and xFIP. Things will normalize as the sample size gets larger, just like it will the opposite way for the Rangers (who have a league low K% with only a .256 BABIP).
Fister cannot be a starter, we're paying him 7 million to throw batting practice. It's time to pull Feldman and Fister. Keuchel McHugh Fiers (although on a short leash) McCullers Devenski
Again guys, stats are skewed because of the NYY series. Starting pitching has been fine in the last 9 games, it is the situational hitting and baserunning which have led to losses.
Take 5 IP / 2 Runs... EVERY TIME sub-4.00 ERA from a #4/#5 starter Forget the fastball's mph IF he bolds that True... also, bullpen is still a plus.
Way too early to judge the trade, but Vince V has been lights out for Philly. 19 innings pitched, 5 earned runs, 29 strikeouts. Ouch.
