They had a 9-0 lead on the O's after 3 innings today, now it's 9-4 in the 7th.
"Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons
Pirates up 1-0 after the first inning.
You know, it's one thing to be a bad team because all you could afford is cut-rate players and washed up old timers, but this Angels team (with their 128 million payroll) is some special kind of awful.
Now the ball is stuck in the Angels' scoreboard.
Yep. They've had a glaring need at pitching for awhile now, but they continue to spend their money on aging sluggers.
Last year they were willing to give up a top prospect in Segura to get a few months of Grienke, but then spend the money needed to sign him on Josh Hamilton. One of the most puzzling series of moves ever.
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mth123 (06-23-2013)
True, but pitching isn't their only problem. Their defense is nothing to write home about either.
Wild finish in Anaheim. After Pittsburgh scored four runs in the top of the 10th inning, Jason Grilli gave up three runs in the bottom of the inning and had runners on second and third with two outs with Mike Trout at the plate. He struck Trout out, though, and hung on to rescue the game for the Pirates.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
LF for the Angels...Schuk.... what a bad day at the park. Got turned around on a fly ball that would have helped win the game. Let another one get past him.
Trout swung at ball 2 on 1-1, which helped Grills throw that slider to end him.
Man that would have been great to see the Angeles pull that one out.
Going to be another long rain delay in St. Louis for the ESPN game. (sigh)
How 'bout those Pirates? Helluva game.
Rangers sweep Cards. Final game 2-1
I guess the Cards will have hard time in the playoffs if they make it, since they can't beat playoff teams
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Making fun of them and not taking them seriously aren't one in the same. Still, while I think most are taking them seriously, they're going to have to prove they're legit for a full season.
Personally, I think they're a good team. I don't think their pitching is anywhere near as good as it's been, though.
Mark Melancon's career FIP is 3.39. He currently sports a 0.99 ERA. Jason Grilli, who finally has become human the last few games, has a career 3.93 FIP. He has a 1.07 ERA.
Liriano, Jeff Locke, Justin Wilson, Vin Mazzaro and Bryan Morris all have strand rates around 85%. Not likely to continue, either. And while Lock has sensational control, I don't think he'll sport a 2 ERA with a strikeout rate of less than 7/9.
Almost the entire Pirates staff is slightly or majorly outperforming their ERA estimators. That doesn't bode well, as it means there's probably some regression in store.
Do I think they're good? Yes. Do I think they're a playoff contender? Probably. Do I think they'll collapse again? The odds are against it. But there's some room to be skeptical that they'll keep pace.
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