SOTD: Saving The Pen
O.K., show of hands, how many people are not shocked by seeing the Yankees so far down at the bottom of this list?
Here’s the count for the Yankees pitchers who did “it” last year:
Chien-Ming Wang: 27 times
Andy Pettitte: 25 times
Mike Mussina: 14 times
Roger Clemens: 12 times
Philip Hughes: 7 times
Ian Kennedy: 2 times
Matt DeSalvo: 2 times
Kei Igawa: 2 times
Carl Pavano: 1 time
Tyler Clippard: 1 time
December 19, 2007 | Filed Under Stat Of The Day Blog
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That number should go up significantly with Ian and Phil in the rotation this year. Joba too, perhaps.
But it’s interesting to see Detroit even worse than the Yankees for 2007, considering their ‘vaunted’ pitching from 2006.
FWIW, I was just reading somewhere (THT Annual?) about how the Tigers pitching was not as good as it’s hyped to be…..
FWIW, RSAA backs that up….
AMERICAN LEAGUE
SEASON
2007
RSAA
1 Red Sox 163
2 Indians 116
3 Angels 74
4 Blue Jays 64
5 Yankees 30
6 Royals 11
7 Tigers 10
8 Twins 5
9 White Sox -11
10 A’s -27
11 Rangers -47
12 Mariners -56
13 Orioles -67
14 Devil Rays -200
lol, look at the drays!
That number should go up significantly with Ian and Phil in the rotation this year. Joba too, perhaps.
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I’m not so sure about that; what will be their innings cap?
It doesn’t matter. When you’re in the majors, you don’t worry about innings during a game. Kennedy was nearing his cap, and they let him pitch 6 or 7 innings during his starts.
You can’t do ‘5-and-out’ starts in the majors like they do in the minors. You might as well be developing them in the minors if they’re at that stage of development.
Anyone else surprised that Moose went six innings or more 14 times in ‘07?
Also, Phil only had 13 starts in ‘07 — including a major-league debut and a start coming back from injury — and he still managed to go six or more seven times.
Anyone else surprised that Moose went six innings or more 14 times in ‘07?
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No, not really. If memory serves, he’d be cruising, then implode.
It doesn’t matter. When you’re in the majors, you don’t worry about innings during a game.
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No, but you worry about pitch counts, which may be tied to innings.