03-09-2020, 04:36 PM
(03-09-2020, 12:49 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: On the one hand Iglesias saved 34 games last season. On the other he finished with a 4.16 ERA (very, very high for a closer) and was credited with 12 loses, did that tie a major league record ? He gave up 12 HR's in 61 innings pitched. He hit 2 batters and had 3 wild pitches. His WAR dropped from averaging around 2.5 to 0.8. He had several really rough games to say the least.2 huge question marks that were disappointments last year are Votto and Iglesias. Neither has looked good yet but it is still early. I’m not confident in either. I can’t see Iglesias having more than the first 40 games to earn that closers role. Votto will get the first half at a minimum before his time gets cut back and that’s regardless of how bad he might hit. He is also probably locked into that 2 spot until at least then.
Thus far this season he's at a 6.75 ERA pitching 2.2 innings in 3 games. He's gave up 6 hits and 6 runs, walked a batter and hit two guys with pitches. Opponents are batting .462 against him. In summary thus far he's been knocked around hard.
Is it time to declare someone else closer ? I'm just losing hope with him, is it to soon ?
