On opening day in Yankee Stadium, it was fun to watch Michael Pineda throw seven perfect innings, eventually leaving in the eighth with a line of 7.2 IP, 1 ER, 2 Hits, 0 BBs, 11 Ks. I'd call him Schrodinger given how he's known for being super good or super bad (we just don't know what it is until we check out fantasy lineup), but I really don't want to have to spell Schrodinger every five days. Okay, I totally just spelled it correctly both times on my first try, so we'll see. Annnnyway, this start obviously warrants discussion since that is a stud line that will make people jump all over Pineda and now have many people questioning what to do. Well, starts like these are why Pineda is in the Top 70 and not outside of it. But, his other outings, say the one before of 4 ER in 3.2 innings means he's not inside the Top 50. These starts are why he's rostered and let's not treat this like anything more. He still doesn't have a consistent third pitch and he wasn't getting laced on his Fastball yesterday, allowing his Slider to take center stage. That's great, just don't forget why I'm calling him Schrodinger.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
Who would you prefer, Cotton or Eickhoff? I figure I could just tell from your rankings but maybe Cotton’s last start made some difference.
I think I’m slightly leaning Cotton here, though Eickhoff’s floor is a little higher if you need it.
I wonder how much of both Finnegan and Glasnow struggling was perhaps an ump with a small zone? Seems bizarre to have two guys both walk 5+ without finishing the 3rd in the same game.
It didn’t seem outrageous to me while watching it, but Finn did get a little squeezed: http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/zoneTrack.php?&game=gid_2017_04_10_cinmlb_pitmlb_1/&innings=yyyyyyyyy&month=04&day=10&year=2017
Still, not enough of a situation to make me think this is going to change. I was taking notes on Glasnow during the start and keep a tally of “bad” pitches where it was clearly not what he wanted. About half of them by the end…yeesh.
Where would Glasnow be ranked if you were to re-do The List now? In the 80s?
I know he has major upside, but I find it hard to trust a guy with 5 BB/9 in the minors last season. Is he going to be that guy who has monster outings then gets destroyed like against the Reds last night? Sort of like Pineda but for different reasons.
Here I was hoping the tales of new mechnics = great command were true.
I’d have Glasnow right after Bauer.
Another example of why Pitcherlist is the best!!
After Cotton’s (I have him on two teams) first start, I was a little sour after seeing his line. But after I read the SP Roundup the next day, I felt much better, seeing that Cotton was hurt by some bloopers and softly-hit balls. But otherwise, pitched really well.
So I started him with confidence yesterday, and was obviously thrilled. If it hadn’t been for Pitcherlist, I probably would have taken a ‘wait and see’ approach and had Cotton on my bench.
Thanks Nick!
Glad it worked out for you Eric!
Cotton against the Royals seemed like the recipe for a good outing.
Pineda is sandwiched by Ian Kennedy and Ervin Santana in your rankings just FYI, that’s the company you have alongside him.
Sounds about right. I trust Santana more to take advantage of weak opponents, while not the same ultimate upside as Pineda. Kennedy is the steadiest of the bunch, but has his obvious warts too.