I'm pretty impressed with Trevor Bauer after ending his season with a luscious 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 Hits, 0 BBs, 7 Ks. Sooooooo are we believing in Bauer to keep this up for next year? He has a history of being a Cherry Bomb and inconsistency is tattooed on his forehead like a horrible "coming of age" decision, but man do his final 12 starts look phenomenal: 9.81 K/9, 2.19 BB/9, 2.42 ERA, 3.65 FIP, 3.38 xFIP. Sure, a 93.1% LOB rate, which is dumb as my pet rock, but also a .322 BABIP and 16.2% HR/FB rate. The impressive part here are the walks, with just 3 of those 12 outings coming with more than 2 BBs. It's stuff to consider and I think his addition of his Cutter/Slider has helped plenty, especially with his massive Curveball embrace. I think I'm buying if he doesn't come at a somewhat premium price.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
Can we expect a final top 100 update after the season ends, to chew on during the offseason?
Yep! Aiming for Monday
This is the first time that Bauer has ever finished on a high note, no? He usually starts off hot and stumbles to the finish. I wonder if he will be able to carry it over to 2018 or if he will just be the perennial half-season wonder.
Tanaka literally killed me all year and then he does this after my season is over!
They let Gohara go too long. Otherwise it could have been a gem. Even if they took him out after 6. Relief did him no favors.
Nick- would you stream Mike Montgomery tomorrow? Or would you rather have The Bear or Pivetta? Cueto got taken so I can’t stream him! Dang!
I favor The Bear (JorMont) and Pivetta over Mike Monty.
Do you think it is still highly probable that the Yankees will still start J Mont tomorrow?
Yep! That looks like the plan.