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Ten Starting Pitchers Who Deserve Better ERAs
Continuing with my recent theme of separating the real performances from the flukey ones, I'm going to take a look at starting pitchers whose skills indicate their ERAs are currently too high. Y...
Alcides Escobar and the Case of the Mysterious BABIP
Last season, Alcides Escobar put up an impressive line of .322/.367/.440 at AA Huntsville-- a .373 wOBA compared to an average of .343 in the league. The primary source of his high ranking in many pro...
White Sox Bullpen Remains Excellent, Unsupported
Since 4/25, the bullpen has allowed 7 homeruns in 118 innings pitched. During that span, they've posted an ERA of 2.59, and that includes the Wasserman, Masset, and Loaiza back end. Two of those 7 HR ...
Unlucky or Just Plain Bad, You Decide
I would say that Mark Buehrle and the White Sox just got unlucky on Monday night, but the truth is they had nearly as many cheap hits and extra outs as the Angels but couldn't avoid the rally-killing ...
Them's The Breaks
Sometimes things just go your way and it doesn't make any sense and when that happens... well, you just smile and take it, and be happy. The Cubs had absolutely no business winning today's game. Bu...
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