Reds September 1st to 15th Game Thread

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(09-04-2020, 06:48 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: But he's still basically in that same funk. He's lining up more like a #5 every game.

This year Castillo hasn't been that Cy Young candidate we all wanted/hoped, but he's still been 24% above average as a pitcher. If you think that's a #5, then you've got some absurdly high expectations.

He's striking out batters at a career high 12.5 K/9 (6th highest among all pitchers with 30+ IP), he's also at a career low 0.8 HR/9 (23rd best out of 93). Part of it is some bad luck. Batters have a .381 BABIP against him this year which is .109 higher than his career average. That .381 is actually THE highest in the league among those 93 pitchers, with the next closest being .013 lower.

All of that points to some bad luck. Even with that bad luck, coming into today of the 93 pitchers who have thrown at least 30 innings, Castillo is still 46th in ERA.

So even bad luck Castillo is still at least a #3.


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(Also low key thing to keep in mind... the Reds are ranked 24th in the league in defense this year. It's not doing any of the pitchers any favors.)