May 11th, 2013

Today's slate.

The Big Hurst - Stephen Strasburg

skoormit - Justin Verlander

The Big Hurst: I thought this might be easier on days when there are several big studs scheduled, but it's really not.  There's still pressure to pick the best matchup.  And it's a good lesson for life, maybe, that there are very few perfect people in perfect situations - almost everyone has weaknesses and flaws.  I think I want Stephen Strasburg unless you want to bump me.  I've had L.L. and M.M. and now S.S.  As you say, cutting edge analysis.  Surely you want Verlander, right?
skoormit: Yeah, I want Verlander. I pretty much stopped scanning the matchups when I saw Verlander. I think he's an auto-pick every time he pitches.
The Big Hurst:  I'll go on record as saying I'm not sold on Verlander.  I was very close to taking Kevin Slowey though.  Slowey over Verlander?  I am dumb.

RESULTS

skoormit: No points for nobody. Holy crap Adam Wainwright. That's twice in a row the Redbirds dominated the Rockies. Maybe they are reverse-stealing signs or something.
The Big Hurst: It doesn't get me any points, but I have a piece of paper in front of me where I was taking notes for yesterday's selection.  I narrowed it to 4: Wainwright, Bumgarner, Slowey, and Strasburg.  I chose ... poorly.  And if we'd chosen against Verlander, we'd've been in the money.

		Tm	Opp	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	GSc	Pit	ERA
A.Wainwright	W	STL	COL	9.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	89	120	2.30
M.Bumgarner	W	SFG	ATL	7.0	4	1	1	2	11	0	74	112	2.18
U.Jimenez	W	CLE	DET	6.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	69	93	5.55
M.Buehrle		TOR	BOS	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	66	105	6.19
C.Lee	W	PHI	ARI	7.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	66	114	2.86
A.Pettitte	W	NYY	KCR	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	65	100	3.83
Y.Darvish	W	TEX	HOU	7.0	3	3	3	3	8	2	64	105	2.73
C.Buchholz		BOS	TOR	8.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	63	101	1.69
J.Shields	L	KCR	NYY	8.0	6	3	2	2	5	1	63	116	2.48
H.Ryu	W	LAD	MIA	6.2	5	1	1	3	3	1	60	114	3.40
F.Liriano	W	PIT	NYM	5.1	6	1	1	2	9	0	59	90	1.69
T.Cahill	L	ARI	PHI	5.0	3	1	1	4	5	0	58	96	2.70
E.Bedard		HOU	TEX	5.0	4	2	2	1	7	1	57	90	6.67
J.Parker	W	OAK	SEA	6.1	3	3	3	4	5	1	56	85	6.86
J.Quintana	L	CHW	LAA	6.0	5	3	2	1	5	1	56	117	3.72
S.Strasburg	L	WSN	CHC	5.0	5	4	0	2	7	0	54	95	3.10
J.Williams	W	LAA	CHW	6.2	7	2	2	1	3	0	54	92	3.06
E.Jackson	W	CHC	WSN	5.1	4	2	2	2	3	1	53	88	6.02
J.Chacin	L	COL	STL	5.0	8	2	2	3	5	0	45	91	2.70
J.Hellickson		TBR	SDP	6.2	6	6	6	1	8	2	45	110	5.25
B.Maurer	L	SEA	OAK	5.0	6	3	3	2	4	2	45	95	5.97
J.Verlander	L	DET	CLE	5.0	6	4	3	5	7	0	43	110	1.93
M.Latos	W	CIN	MIL	6.0	9	7	6	3	4	2	29	107	3.04
V.Worley	W	MIN	BAL	5.1	11	5	5	1	1	1	26	111	7.15
S.Johnson	L	BAL	MIN	4.0	7	6	6	4	3	0	23	88	13.5
P.Maholm	L	ATL	SFG	4.1	8	6	6	3	3	1	23	86	3.94
K.Slowey	L	MIA	LAD	4.2	11	5	5	3	0	1	19	102	2.55
B.Smith		SDP	TBR	1.0	5	6	6	2	2	1	19	42	54.0
J.Niese	L	NYM	PIT	4.1	8	8	8	3	1	2	13	84	5.93
H.Burgos	L	MIL	CIN	3.0	11	12	10	3	2	1	-8	88	6.86