Leake: Always giving up early runs

[Nosirrah]

Everyone needs to realize that Leake is the 5th starter on a team with a great starting staff. We've become spoiled.

Below is a partial list of the 55 pitchers who have given up the same or more runs than Leake. Would we be ready to jettison these guys after 1 start?

Buehrle
Harrison
McCarthy
Beckett
Halladay
Hamels
Hellickson
Nolasco
Dickey
Estrada
Josh Johnson
CC Sabathia
Wainwright

[HDBoy]

Send him down? He shouldn't have been promoted to the majors this soon to begin with. He's essentially the same inconsistent train wreck that he was three years ago. He hasn't made significant progress to merit the ongoing opportunities that keep costing the team dearly.

[HDBoy]

...And it isn't after one start. It's after three years of starts.

[Steve4192]

LOL

Leake gave up four runs in a game where the Reds scored six yet somehow the loss is all his fault. Leake didn't pitch well today, but he wasn't a disaster either. He gave the Reds six innings and didn't let the score get out of reach. If he had given up one less run, it would have been an official quality start.

How about we hang the loss where it really belongs, on the reliever who has 100% of the Reds losses on his record? Despite the great spring, Hoover has shat the bed thus far in the regular season.

[Steve4192]

...And it isn't after one start. It's after three years of starts.

What was wrong with Leake's 2010 and 2011 seasons? Heck, he was the second best pitcher on the Reds in 2011 (behind Cueto).

[Cicero2.0]

4 runs is not a terrible outing. Our 1-4 are so string that expect no drop off. This is unrealistic.

[malcontent]

Why wasn't Chapman still pitching in the 11th? Why was JJ Hoover in again? Surely Chapman can do two innings in a tight game that would have ensured a series win.

We knew Baker wouldn't have him go two.

I agree with you: he threw 12 pitches, he could have gone two.

The other thing is: why has Jocketty been handicapping the team if Marshall can't go?

[mattfeet]

because they didn´t want chapman batting in the bottom of the 10, 2out and todd frazier in scoring position?!? a single would have ended the game, you don´t want your closer at bat...

Absolutely. People seem to forget that Chapman would have batted in a KEY situation. No way I would have had him get a potential game-winning AB just so I could make sure he'd pitch in the 11th.

[mgbrown66]

Leake is our fifth starter, and that's about what you expect from a #5.

[DocRed]

4 runs is not a terrible outing. Our 1-4 are so string that expect no drop off. This is unrealistic.

which is a 6.00 ERA...I guess it depends on your definition of terrible. Also his WHIP was 1.67...is that terrible?

[Steve4192]

which is a 6.00 ERA...I guess it depends on your definition of terrible. Also his WHIP was 1.67...is that terrible?

For an entire season?

Yes. That is terrible.

For a single game?

No. It's not good, but it's not terrible either.

Terrible is one of those games where you give up more runs than innings pitched and burn out the bullpen by getting yanked before the fifth inning. Giving up three runs in six innings is considered a quality start. Leake gave up one too many runs for it to be considered a quality start, but kept his team in the game. Surely there has to be some middle ground between 'quality start' and 'terrible'?

[DocRed]

For an entire season?

Yes. That is terrible.

For a single game?

No. It's not good, but it's not terrible either.

Terrible is one of those games where you give up more runs than innings pitched and burn out the bullpen by getting yanked before the fifth inning. Giving up three runs in six innings is considered a quality start. Leake gave up one too many runs for it to be considered a quality start, but kept his team in the game. Surely there has to be some middle ground between 'quality start' and 'terrible'?

LOL at people trying to sugarcoat a 6.00 ERA......

[texasdave]

I really am not keen on calling three runs in six innings a quality start to begin with. That works out to a 4.50 ERA. Would you consider a pitcher with a 4.50 ERA quality? I don't. The average NL starter in 2012, per baseball-reference, had a 4.04 ERA. So, if 4.04 is average; how does 4.50 merit being called quality? I think there is a problem with that quality start stat.

[SweetLou1990]

In an ideal situation, Leake would be an ideal long man, so that he most likely would not face a line-up for a 2nd time in any one game.

[SweetLou1990]

I really am not keen on calling three runs in six innings a quality start to begin with. That works out to a 4.50 ERA. Would you consider a pitcher with a 4.50 ERA quality? I don't. The average NL starter in 2012, per baseball-reference, had a 4.04 ERA. So, if 4.04 is average; how does 4.50 merit being called quality? I think there is a problem with that quality start stat.

they should rename a "quality start" to an "OK start"