Sat 17 Mar Spring Training Game

by Mr Clean on Mar 17, 2007 7:09 PM EDT

Man, what a slugfest.

Although the Birds came out on top, this was not a pretty game. It was also the first sign of Looper's vulnerability as a starter. The spring phantasm of unrealistic performance has been dispelled.

His line for today:

IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WHIP GO AO
3.0 7 4 4 2 1 1 12.00 3.00 5 3

His ERA jumped from the unlikely 0.83 to a "back to reality" 3.21. His total ST line now:

G GS IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WHIP GO AO SLG OBA
4 4 14.0 17 5 5 3 6 1 3.21 1.43 20 16 .421 .333

So guys are now hitting .298 against him, w/ a .333 OBP and .421 slugging. Pretty much league average-ish.

On the plus side, at least he's not walking a lot of guys, right? :-/

His next start should be telling.

But does anyone think it will make any difference on whether or not he lands that 5th starter spot? Personally, I don't. Alea iacta est.

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No matter how much I wish they would buckle and put him back in the 'pen, that isn't how Tony does things it seems. He's been conditioned all spring (all winter?) to start, he'll be given every opportunity to succeed despite failures.

by TICY on Mar 17, 2007 8:55 PM EDT reply actions

we always find a way to win

satis superque

by ortic jones on Mar 17, 2007 9:31 PM EDT reply actions

Winning's not to be taken for granted.

the 90s taught us this lesson quite vividly.

by Valatan on Mar 17, 2007 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions

same lesson

got brought home last year; under normal circumstances the cards would have missed the playoffs altogether.

the starting rotation was not well-managed in 2006, and that probably cost the team 3 or 4 wins at a minimum (and nearly the division). the looper experiment will help us understand whether '06 was just an off-year for tony and dave . . . . or something else.

by lboros on Mar 18, 2007 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions

eh...things just seem to fall into place.

we've got a bunch of questions in the rotation, a guy who has never even started a game, but we'll have one of the top three rotations in the league. book it.

satis superque

by ortic jones on Mar 18, 2007 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions