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BigAppleBuckeye

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Aug 16, 2010 10:41 AM
I am a starting pitcher. Here are my stats from selected games from this (2010) season ... who am I?

*5 IP, 5 ER (5 hits, 5 walks)
*4.2 IP, 6 ER (6 hits, 5 walks)
*3 IP, 4 ER (5 hits, 3 walks)
*4.2 IP, 5 ER (7 hits, 3 walks)
*4 IP, 6 ER (8 hits, 1 walk)
*3.2 IP, 5 ER (8 hits, 3 walks)

I have given up 3 or more earned runs in 10 of my last 17 starts ... who am I?
Aug 16, 2010 10:41am
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darbypitcher22

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Aug 16, 2010 10:53 AM
^^^^

could totally be AJ Burnett with how scary inconsistent he's been but that's just a shot in the dark.

Since you're a Mets fan... probably Odalis Perez
Aug 16, 2010 10:53am
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BigAppleBuckeye

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Aug 16, 2010 10:59 AM
Nope (but I assume you meant Oliver "Cy Young" Perez haha) ...
Aug 16, 2010 10:59am
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Laley23

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Aug 16, 2010 11:09 AM
Timmy Lincecum?
Aug 16, 2010 11:09am
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justincredible

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Aug 16, 2010 11:13 AM
John Lackey.

Only reason he jumps out at me is a Peter King article I just read stating he has giving up the most baserunners in MLB so far this year.
Aug 16, 2010 11:13am
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BigAppleBuckeye

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Aug 16, 2010 11:16 AM
Laley23;452937 wrote:Timmy Lincecum?

Bingo, nicely done Laley ... isn't that nuts? What the hell is wrong with Lincecum this year?
Aug 16, 2010 11:16am
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Aug 16, 2010 11:18 AM
I'll say Lincecum.
Aug 16, 2010 11:18am
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Laley23

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Aug 16, 2010 11:32 AM
BigAppleBuckeye;452945 wrote:Bingo, nicely done Laley ... isn't that nuts? What the hell is wrong with Lincecum this year?

I dont know. I actually only guessed that (follow MLB xlosely, but admittedly follow the AL 100x more close than the NL) because I played him in fantsy this week and I know he got smoked both games. I didnt see the actual lines, because I was out of town, but I knew he got hit hard.


Also, just looking at his ERA, it seems he is wildly inconsistent this season. He still has a sub 4 ERA (which isnt great in the NL, but still pretty damn good). So he must be having some great starts to go along with the ones you posted.
Aug 16, 2010 11:32am
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Aug 16, 2010 12:25 PM
BigAppleBuckeye;452945 wrote:Bingo, nicely done Laley ... isn't that nuts? What the hell is wrong with Lincecum this year?

He has lost velocity....they were talking about it on Baseball tonight..
Aug 16, 2010 12:25pm
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Aug 16, 2010 12:32 PM
In my fantasy league, we can assign one "franchise player" to keep for as many years as we like. My plan all along was to assign Lincecum as my franchise player, but this year is really scaring me. However, the only other option is Justin Morneau (out much of this year with a concussion). My other great players are locked into contracts, its a long story about the rules, but would you keep Morneau or Lincecum long term?
Aug 16, 2010 12:32pm
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Aug 16, 2010 12:38 PM
BigAppleBuckeye;453032 wrote:In my fantasy league, we can assign one "franchise player" to keep for as many years as we like. My plan all along was to assign Lincecum as my franchise player, but this year is really scaring me. However, the only other option is Justin Morneau (out much of this year with a concussion). My other great players are locked into contracts, its a long story about the rules, but would you keep Morneau or Lincecum long term?

Id still go with Lincecum. Even this year he is still solid, and has the potential to be great. Morneau will always be solid, but likely will never overtake the top 1Bs in fantasy value.

The upside is just to great with Lincecum...he can easily regain velocity and be the #1 pitcher again.
Aug 16, 2010 12:38pm
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BigAppleBuckeye

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Aug 16, 2010 12:46 PM
The funny thing is, I LOVE my pitching staff, yet I am middle-of-the-pack stats wise this year. 12-team league, so no one has a staff like this:

Tim Lincecum
Josh Johnson
Stephen Strasberg
Cole Hamels
Colby Lewis
Daisuke Matsusake/Jonathan Niese (we start 6 SPs, so I play matchups)
Aug 16, 2010 12:46pm
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Aug 16, 2010 1:47 PM
BigAppleBuckeye;453065 wrote:The funny thing is, I LOVE my pitching staff, yet I am middle-of-the-pack stats wise this year. 12-team league, so no one has a staff like this:

Tim Lincecum
Josh Johnson
Stephen Strasberg
Cole Hamels
Colby Lewis
Daisuke Matsusake/Jonathan Niese (we start 6 SPs, so I play matchups)

I drafted/claimed a badass pitching staff as well.

-Chris Carpenter - Keeper
-Clayton Kershaw - Drafted
-David Price - Drafted
-Phil Hughes - Waivers after his AAA rehab
-Ricky Romero - Drafted (dont play versus Red Sox, lol)
-Travis Wood - Waivers after 2nd start
-Max Sherzer - Waivers after AAA stint
-Jeremy Hellickson - Waivers before first start
Aug 16, 2010 1:47pm
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Heretic

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Aug 17, 2010 11:56 AM
Hey, BAB, this one's for you!

I'm a well-respected closer, but saw my season come to an end due to injuries suffered while delivering a beatdown to a family member. Whoops!

Hell, as a Pirates fan, I'm starting to feel bad for you Mets fans! We have no expectations and quietly fail every year. You start the season with expectations and watch them blow up in bizarre fashions every year. Insanity...
Aug 17, 2010 11:56am
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BigAppleBuckeye

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Aug 17, 2010 12:15 PM
Heretic;454038 wrote:Hey, BAB, this one's for you!

I'm a well-respected closer, but saw my season come to an end due to injuries suffered while delivering a beatdown to a family member. Whoops!

Hell, as a Pirates fan, I'm starting to feel bad for you Mets fans! We have no expectations and quietly fail every year. You start the season with expectations and watch them blow up in bizarre fashions every year. Insanity...

haha, still shaking my head over this ... but in retrospect, this may be the highlight of the Mets season, especially if we can salvage some of F-RAUD'S (as Websurfinbird calls him) contract back. So hard to be a fan of this mind-numbling poorly-run franchise. Mark Cuban, PLEASE buy my Metropolitans ...
Aug 17, 2010 12:15pm
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Aug 18, 2010 6:44 AM
This one is bizarre, Who am I:

I have an ERA under 4. I have 8 more losses than wins. I have seen my so called team score less than four runs in all my starts.
Aug 18, 2010 6:44am
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grodt

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Aug 18, 2010 8:27 AM
Roy Oswalt?
Aug 18, 2010 8:27am
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BigAppleBuckeye

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Aug 18, 2010 9:39 AM
I know this only because they were talking about him on the Mets game the other night (because the Mets won't face him this weekend): Ross Ohlendorf
Aug 18, 2010 9:39am
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Heretic

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Aug 18, 2010 12:14 PM
Don't know if it is Ohlendorf because of one simple fact. The team has scored more than 4 runs in several non-decisions. Maybe not in any start where he picked up the decision, but just in his last 10 starts, they have an 8-7 win (6IP, 1ER, no decision), a 6-2 win (the one where he took a line drive to the head and left in the first inning) and a 12-6 win (ineffective, gave up 4ER in 1.1IP).

Regardless, I feel for Ohlendorf. 1-9 with a 3.95 ERA. In those last 10 starts, he's lowered his ERA 1.5 points (5.43 to 3.95), but gone 1-4 in that stretch. And he's going against Josh Johnson tonight.
Aug 18, 2010 12:14pm
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Sonofanump

Aug 19, 2010 9:20 AM
Maybe they scored the runs when he left the game and maybe I should have worded it, not more than 4 runs for him.
Aug 19, 2010 9:20am
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Heretic

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Aug 19, 2010 12:22 PM
Yeah. They did score the runs after he left the game. He wound up with no-decisions in all three of them. You can add last night to his list of futility. 8IP, 3ER and a loss. ERA improves to 3.90, record falls to 1-10.
Aug 19, 2010 12:22pm