Saturday, May 18, 2013
BtBS: Kevin Gregg Re-emerges in Chicago
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Read More...[A]s of May 16, Kevin Gregg has thrown ten innings without allowing an earned run. Over those 10 frames, he has faced 39 batters surrendering just five hits and four walks and striking out 12 batters. Because it’s just 10 innings, I’m probably making too big a deal out of his success, but remember this is the same pitcher that:
*Was released by the Dodgers during Spring Training. The Dodgers’ pen ranks 25th in the Majors in ERA.
*Registered a 4.62 ERA, 4.95 FIP, 4.83 xFIP over the last ...
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1. Brian C posted on November 20, 2012 at 02:46 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Wow, you have to go back two whole years to find such a superhuman feat.
The limitations on pitcher workload were good in the beginning, but then they went too far.
And they traded the guy that they got from the Rangers for Geovany Soto back to Texas for former first-round draft pick Barret Loux (picked by Arizona in '09 but didn't sign after he was revealed to be damaged goods in a physical).
Ken Harvey had two full seasons of mediocre play, in the second of which he was an All-Star, and played 12 more games after that.
Junior Spivey was an All-Star in his only season as a starter, but played three partial seasons after that.
Dave Nilsson played several years, and was finally an All-Star at age 29, and then went to Japan never to return.
Looking back on these old All-Star games, 1999 stands out for a peculiar profusion of hitters I never thought were stars in the least. Alex Gonzalez? Ed Sprague? Nilsson? Ron Coomer? Jose Offerman? Brian Jordan? John Jaha? Jay Bell and Jeromy Burnitz were stars, but this year they were in the starting lineup?
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