I think it's time we had a serious chat about Lance McCullers who once again lit up the scoreboard with a line of 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 Hits, 0 BBs, 10 Ks. Yeah, 3 ER whatever, but what everyone obviously cares about are the 6 Hits 10 Ks following a 7 K outing to start the year. Dude is looking legit and making many people adore him to the high heavens and whatnot. And sure, I don't blame them. Now, will he get a major bump in tomorrow's edition of The List? Ehhhh not really. We knew he would strikeout a good amount of batters - albeit not this many - but the concerns I had regarding McCullers are still there for the most part. I know he didn't walk any today, but I can't believe that he's all of a sudden going to be a sub 3.00 BB/9 pitcher, and another major problem has been injuries as McCullers has had a ton of problems over the years that have kept him off the field. We give serious penalties to various pitchers all the time and just because he's healthy right now doesn't mean we can assume he will be for the next 24 weeks. You're better than that.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
Every year I fall for Shoemaker, and every year things like this past week happen way too frequently. Hold steady, jump ship, ugly breakup…what do I gotta do with this guy?
Stick with his for the Royals at least.
Also depends on the options you could replace him with on the wire.
McCuller’s Sunday start?
Read the opening paragraph.
LOL @ the Wade Miley comment. As I was watching that game I was wondering what satirical comments you would post in this thread.