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1. The Piehole of David WellsThey did (for fan favorite Carl Everett), and in his brief run, he didn't really show any more in the pen than they did as a starter.
Still, while it's strange that it happened so late, he was a guy you kept waiting for to put it all together. Good for him he's enjoyed such a nice run these past five years.
I wrote this last night before bed, so I think I had a poor choice of words here. All of the guys above are generally solid against righties, but Oliver is actually excellent against them and most of the others are not.
I was quite stunned to find out it was Darren Oliver.
His move to the bullpen in 1993 at AA kept him healthy all season and put him on the fast track to the majors. 6.3 H/9 and 9.4 K/9 despite 5.0 BB/9.... good for a 1.96 ERA over 73 innings.
1994 was a good healthy major league rookie year in line with his minor league numbers.
Then in 1995 Johnny Oates decided to move him into the rotation after the season started. He made his first start as part of the regular rotation on May 30. By the end of June his season was over due to injuries.
On one hand I'm amazed that he managed to remain relatively healthy as a rotation starter over the next 8 years but wonder if he would have grown into being a lights-out reliever with dynamic stuff instead of spending the bulk of his career as a Grade C/C- starter.
I wonder what ZiPS would say Oliver's 1995-2005 seasons would look like had he remained a reliever.
Also, he'll always been Buzz Oliver to me.
264G, 209.2IP, 2.62ERA, 1.19WHIP, 2.62ERA
with the 116-win Mariners. He was unhittable all year. You could look it up.
123 G, 156.1 IP, 2.76 ERA, 112 H, 184 SO, 63 BB, 10.8 K/9, 1.12 WHIP, .198 BAA
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