2019 Reds What's missing ?

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(08-23-2019, 05:20 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: What's missing is this kind of run by their starters.

Stat thrown up in the Nats-Cubs game just a few minutes ago
Anibal Sanchez - 7-0 his last 15 starts
Joe Ross - 3-0 in August
Stephen Strasburg - 12-2 his last 17 starts
Patrick Corbin - 5-0 in his last 12 starts
Max Scherzer  - 7-0 in his last 9 starts

Granted, their bullpen is terrible and there have been some missed starts in there but that is still an impressive run by the main starters. The MASN announcers said that it was mainly due to their increasingly high numbers of first pitch strikes. It helps keep the pitch count down. just think if they had a bullpen . . . not so easy to build one.

Washington last 11 games
9-2
+50 run differential
27 Home Runs
.409 with Runners In Scoring position
3.12 starters ERA
2 errors

Another thing that I think has hurt this pitching staff is nibbling way to much 0-2 1-2. Mahle and Disco have been really bad others have been guilty at times to.

Get up 0-2 then throw 3 total junk pitches not even close to the zone.