The Cor Principle

One storyline that has shocked me this season has been Patrick Corbin’s return from the ashes, acting as one of the premier SP options over the last two months. However, his...

One storyline that has shocked me this season has been Patrick Corbin's return from the ashes, acting as one of the premier SP options over the last two months. However, his line last night of 4.1 IP, 8 ER, 11 Hits, 3 BBs, 3 Ks sure wasn't that as he faced...the Padres. Um, what? After having no issues with Coors, Corbin allowed 8 ER to the Padres. Right, that makes total sense. Velocty wasn't down, he ran into 6 ER in the fourth after getting two quick outs and 0-2 on the third batter. Then a bloop singled on a jam shot, a single on a Slider pushed to center, a walk, a broken bat single and a double down the line...it wasn't a game that made me think "wow, Corbin is terrible again." Keep starting him.

Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:

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Nick Pollack

Founder of Pitcher List. Creator of CSW, The List, and SP Roundup. Worked with MSG, FanGraphs, CBS Sports, and Washington Post. Former college pitcher, travel coach, pitching coach, and Brandeis alum. Wants every pitcher to be dope.

12 responses to “The Cor Principle”

  1. Soggy Arm says:

    Trying to figure out who you like more as a 2x SP next week– Stephenson or Woodruff?

  2. WasntMe says:

    Nelson is out. I need a pickup. I have Erod, Snell, Lamet, Dillon Peters and Gibson available. This is H2H points. I have 2 weeks left with a first week bye this week in the playoffs. It seems Lamet is best. Whatcha think?

  3. Ryan Blair says:

    Looks like Cole is no longer starting as he threw in yesterday’s game in relief. Any idea who to stream for today?

    • Nick Pollack says:

      Good catch!

      Plenty of terrible options? Do you really need to stream someone? It’s possible Colon does something productive against the Royals, or Erasmo Ramirez/Patrick Bridwell against each other, or A.J. Griffin against the Yanks. Really bad choices.

  4. Bbboston says:

    Just how good can Clevinger be? Does he carry over this performance to 2018 or is he just on a run?

  5. Bbboston says:

    Also, why aren’t people getting excited about this guy…. is this a case of just not believing the performance?

  6. Mike says:

    My league has 3 keepers so I was wondering if I should keep Nelson over Nola or do you think I should stay safe and just go with Nola if he finishes the season off strong

    • Nick Pollack says:

      Man that’s close. If Nelson didn’t have this injury, I’d favor him, but I wonder if he’ll have his feel and velocity back when he returns next year.

      I also wouldn’t want to keep either if it were your standard “keep 3 players, no restrictions, takes your first 3 picks in the draft” keeper league.

  7. The Kraken says:

    Clevinger is still an RP for me. He is so bad at getting deep into games and that is pretty important. Whats wrong with being an excellent RP?

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