02-26-2020, 10:28 AM
(02-25-2020, 12:53 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It should. Major league teams don't use pitchers like they used to.
The four seasons from '82 through '85 Soto was third in the majors in complete games (53) and 4th in innings pitched (1025).
Over the last 4 seasons no pitcher has more than 10 complete games or 870 innings pitched.
Oh absolutely he should, but pitchers sometimes just fall apart for no apparent reason like anyone else. The days of guys like Soto carrying a team are over. Heck, back in the day guys like Sachel Page threw back to back complete games in double headers..and he did that for a long time. The dirty little secret is bullpen pitchers are all failed starters.. They go to bullpens because they just can't go more than an inning or two before falling apart..
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
![[Image: 4CV0TeR.png]](https://i.imgur.com/4CV0TeR.png)
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
