A 0.720 OPS against lefties is not exactly fear-inspiring. It's below league average. Why put another guy in scoring position in order to avoid that?
WTF....I go for an early dinner and come home to see this??? Ortiz was horrible I take it...I am sure Wade is seeing this and looking to make a move to get a starter!
that # doesn't reflect the 10 times he's come in to face a lefty, given up a walk, then get immediately pulled and have other people pick up his slack. not to mention, a 3.5-4 era isn't good for his role. learn to watch with your eyes, kiddo. you don't have to scramble to find his stats as quickly as possible to try and win internet arguments.
Once again watching this on gamecast... Anybody watching with eyes want to tell me what kind of pitch Patrano threw on the 3-1 groundout to Wright?
Stros are mailing this one in and Paronto is the sacrifical lamb...Sampson is coming off the DL tomrrow so this will probably be the last we see of Chad.
Russ Ortiz what a scrub.... Didnt this guy said we didnt give him a chance to prove he got something earlier? Get rid of him!
Actually, a 3.54 ERA isn't bad for a situational pitcher. It's pretty hard to bring an ERA down when you generally only face a couple of hitters a game.
Versus this version of the Mets...Yes you can and should. Stros cant afford to blow these types of games at home when they have a make it or break it week to follow.
pretty sure it's just as easy as it is to increase your ERA when only facing a couple hitters a game.
Your ERA can be negatively effected as well though - you walk someone and another pitcher lets him score, and you get blamed. There's no advantage or disadvantage to ERA based on your role. Ultimately, Byrdak has a 1.3 WHIP, ERA in the mid 3's, and a fantastic sub-0.200 BAA. That's a far cry from Mike Gallo, who had an ERA of 6, a WHIP of over 2 in his last year here. Byrdak is basically a pretty normal, extremely consistent situational lefty.
Which goes against the first point you tried to make: that # doesn't reflect the 10 times he's come in to face a lefty, given up a walk, then get immediately pulled and have other people pick up his slack He has come in a total of 3 times this year, given up a walk, and been immediately pulled. Two of those times, other people didn't pick up his slack and allowed the runner to score.
