If Pomeranz is their worst starter, going 5 wont be a problem. (sucking, of course, is always a problem.) I would guess that most teams' 5th best starter doesn't go more than 5 very often.Well just wondering where at least 1 more (or 2 more) starters are coming from since we shouldnt trade any more top prospects....Brandon Workman? Otherwise you are really counting on Price to quickly bounce back & for Pomeranz to stop sucking & going only 5.
You're right, because it's too late for that--he's already improved them as a reliever.Joe Kelly is a mirage who should not be trusted. He can be used in a middle relief role where you can pull him quickly as needed, but there is no way in hell he is going to suddenly improve his low k rate or high walk rate by becoming a starter and make it through 6 innings without imploding. Small sample size luck is hiding how garbage his fundamentals have been so far this year.
It's good for checking up on his performance this season but this early it's better to look at career splits and those are not good for making him a starter. This year he's striking out 5 per 9 and walking 4. That's terrible. He's 28, which is old, and not cost controlled going forward.You're right, because it's too late for that--he's already improved them as a reliever.
Through April 23: 10.2 IP, 42 BF, 4.8 K%, 11.9 BB%
Since April 23: 10 IP, 40 BF, 27.5 K%, 10.0 BB%
BB rate still a little higher than you'd like, but for a guy with a >25% K rate and 60% GB rate, I'll take it.
Don't do this to me. Don't. Joe Kelly hopes lead to Joe Kelly dreams. And those have lead to nothing except Joe Kelly disappointments. He always looks good in short stints until he gets a bigger role, then he stabs me right in the little tiny optimistic nugget buried deep in my sarcastic pessimistic heart.You're right, because it's too late for that--he's already improved them as a reliever.
Through April 23: 10.2 IP, 42 BF, 4.8 K%, 11.9 BB%
Since April 23: 10 IP, 40 BF, 27.5 K%, 10.0 BB%
BB rate still a little higher than you'd like, but for a guy with a >25% K rate and 60% GB rate, I'll take it.
I wasn't advocating making him a starter--I am firmly in the "if it (finally) ain't broke, this is a hell of a time to fix it" camp. I was just pointing out that the bad K rate is already starting to look like yesterday's news, probably a small sample oddity.It's good for checking up on his performance this season but this early it's better to look at career splits and those are not good for making him a starter.
He had an absolutely invisible K rate early on, which I just don't understand given his incredible stuff. But he's been much better lately.I wasn't advocating making him a starter--I am firmly in the "if it (finally) ain't broke, this is a hell of a time to fix it" camp. I was just pointing out that the bad K rate is already starting to look like yesterday's news, probably a small sample oddity.