May 26th, 2013

Today's slate.

The Big Hurst - Hisashi Iwakuma

skoormit - No pick

The Big Hurst: I'm aching to eventually pick Max Scherzer, just because he's so cool.  But my suggestion as the worst pick of the day might go to Felix Doubront.

RESULTS

The Big Hurst: I definitely thought I'd get more than one point with a 72. Meanwhile, Doubront fights through and does quite well.  I wonder if there's a way to adjust or normalize pitching statistics so they're calibrated to the particular circumstances of each pitching performance?  It's no secret that some pitching assignments are tougher than others.  Also, congratulations to Donovan Hand, an Alabama native making his first big league appearance.

Tm	Opp	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	GSc	Pit	ERA
S.Strasburg	W	WSN	PHI	8.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	77	112	2.49
A.Cobb	W	TBR	NYY	8.1	5	2	2	0	8	1	73	113	2.66
C.Kluber		CLE	BOS	6.2	3	1	1	1	10	0	73	112	4.57
S.Marcum		NYM	ATL	7.0	4	2	2	0	12	1	73	108	5.77
H.Iwakuma		SEA	TEX	8.0	5	2	2	0	8	1	72	96	2.35
B.Colon	W	OAK	HOU	7.0	9	0	0	0	9	0	68	96	3.82
J.Cueto		CIN	CHC	7.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	65	106	2.76
M.Scherzer	W	DET	MIN	6.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	65	109	3.42
J.Teheran		ATL	NYM	6.2	5	1	1	3	5	1	62	93	3.67
M.Gonzalez		BAL	TOR	5.2	4	1	1	3	7	0	61	101	3.94
M.Cain	W	SFG	COL	5.0	2	2	2	5	6	0	56	107	5.00
F.Doubront		BOS	CLE	6.0	5	4	2	2	8	2	56	112	5.29
N.Tepesch		TEX	SEA	5.2	5	2	2	1	6	1	56	91	3.88
W.Davis	L	KCR	LAA	6.1	6	3	3	2	6	1	53	102	5.71
J.Williams	W	LAA	KCR	6.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	52	90	2.58
C.Hamels	L	PHI	WSN	6.1	6	5	3	1	6	0	50	111	4.43
C.Kershaw	L	LAD	STL	7.0	7	4	4	3	5	0	49	104	1.68
P.Corbin	W	ARI	SDP	6.0	7	4	3	2	5	1	47	105	1.71
W.Rodriguez	W	PIT	MIL	5.0	7	3	3	0	4	0	45	98	3.58
S.Miller		STL	LAD	5.1	7	3	3	1	3	1	44	105	2.02
D.Axelrod	W	CHW	MIA	5.1	6	3	3	2	1	0	43	77	4.21
C.Jenkins		TOR	BAL	5.0	8	2	2	3	2	0	42	88	3.60
Y.Gallardo	L	MIL	PIT	4.0	5	4	4	2	7	0	41	94	4.79
M.Garza		CHC	CIN	4.0	4	4	4	4	7	1	41	92	4.00
M.Pelfrey	L	MIN	DET	5.2	5	5	5	3	5	1	41	110	6.85
C.Sabathia	L	NYY	TBR	7.0	7	7	7	1	5	2	39	108	3.96
J.Garland	L	COL	SFG	5.0	7	5	2	4	2	1	37	102	5.05
D.Keuchel	L	HOU	OAK	6.0	9	6	4	1	4	1	37	110	5.09
A.Sanabia	L	MIA	CHW	4.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	36	72	4.88
J.Marquis		SDP	ARI	3.1	7	4	4	4	2	1	28	65	3.70

May 25th, 2013

Today's slate.

The Big Hurst - Jake Peavy

skoormit - No pick

The Big Hurst: 3:33am at Citi Field?

RESULTS

The Big Hurst: I'm going to assume skoormit would've picked Felix Hernandez.

Tm	Opp	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	GSc	Pit	ERA
M.Minor	W	ATL	NYM	7.1	3	0	0	2	10	0	80	113	2.47
J.Peavy	W	CHW	MIA	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	74	117	2.97
J.Locke	W	PIT	MIL	6.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	70	100	2.45
D.Holland	W	TEX	SEA	6.2	4	2	0	3	10	0	69	119	2.97
R.Nolasco		MIA	CHW	7.2	8	1	1	0	6	0	65	109	3.65
D.Haren		WSN	PHI	6.0	4	3	3	1	10	2	61	88	5.43
T.Lilly		LAD	STL	5.1	2	2	1	1	3	0	60	79	4.05
H.Bailey	W	CIN	CHC	6.0	5	2	2	3	8	0	59	116	3.08
M.Moore		TBR	NYY	6.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	58	104	2.21
D.Fister	L	DET	MIN	7.0	8	3	3	1	7	1	55	116	3.65
V.Nuno		NYY	TBR	6.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	55	87	1.93
S.Kazmir		CLE	BOS	5.0	5	2	2	4	6	0	51	107	5.94
P.Walters	W	MIN	DET	6.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	50	80	3.00
A.Griffin	W	OAK	HOU	5.2	5	4	4	1	7	3	49	100	3.84
J.Lester		BOS	CLE	7.0	10	4	4	1	8	0	48	124	3.34
J.Pettibone		PHI	WSN	6.0	9	3	3	1	6	1	47	102	3.21
J.Nicasio		COL	SFG	5.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	46	86	4.38
J.Gast		STL	LAD	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	45	25	5.11
B.Zito		SFG	COL	6.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	44	85	4.13
A.Cashner	W	SDP	ARI	6.0	9	4	4	0	5	1	43	102	3.38
M.Fiers	L	MIL	PIT	4.0	5	4	4	0	5	3	41	67	6.62
F.Garcia	W	BAL	TOR	5.0	9	3	2	0	1	1	40	103	4.61
T.Wood	L	CHC	CIN	5.2	7	5	5	3	5	0	37	115	2.73
D.Gee	L	NYM	ATL	5.0	8	5	5	0	4	1	35	106	6.34
F.Hernandez	L	SEA	TEX	5.2	11	5	5	1	9	1	35	114	2.51
R.Dickey	L	TOR	BAL	6.2	9	6	6	3	4	2	33	118	4.85
W.Miley	L	ARI	SDP	3.2	7	7	7	1	1	1	19	70	4.53
L.Harrell	L	HOU	OAK	1.2	6	6	6	3	1	0	17	61	5.43

 

May 24th, 2013

Today's slate.

The Big Hurst - Tim Lincecum

skoormit - No pick

The Big Hurst: The STL/LAD matchup is calling me because it features L.L. against C.C.  I might take Kyle Kendrick for PHI, but I already got my K.K. with Kershaw.  And the MIA/CHW game is awfully intriguing because both of those teams are offensively inept.  But I'm going to go with Tim Lincecum at home, because I feel like somebody should pick him at least once this year, especially after we disparaged him earlier.
The Big Hurst: I imagine you could win this thing pretty easily if you only made selections on the days with only ten starting pitchers.  At least the "per selection" category.

RESULTS

The Big Hurst: Lincecum fought through it and wasn't terrible.  I probably should've gone with Lynn instead, because of the double letter.  Sean Nolin, welcome to the bigs.

		Tm	Opp	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	GSc	Pit	ERA
A.Sanchez	W	DET	MIN	9.0	1	0	0	3	12	0	94	130	2.38
J.Lackey	W	BOS	CLE	7.0	2	1	0	3	8	0	76	109	2.72
L.Lynn	W	STL	LAD	6.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	76	77	2.95
M.Estrada	W	MIL	PIT	7.0	4	1	1	0	8	0	73	100	4.94
A.Burnett	L	PIT	MIL	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	0	67	99	2.57
T.Chatwood	W	COL	SFG	6.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	67	88	1.90
J.Hefner		NYM	ATL	6.0	3	2	2	2	7	1	63	94	4.76
B.McCarthy	W	ARI	SDP	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	63	96	4.36
J.Vargas	W	LAA	KCR	7.1	5	2	2	4	2	1	58	108	3.43
J.Zimmermann	W	WSN	PHI	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	58	92	1.71
J.Danks		CHW	MIA	6.0	4	3	3	0	5	1	57	76	4.50
K.Medlen		ATL	NYM	6.0	7	3	3	1	9	1	54	110	3.16
D.Phelps	W	NYY	TBR	7.2	6	4	4	0	3	0	54	98	3.96
T.Lincecum	L	SFG	COL	7.0	7	4	4	2	8	1	53	101	4.75
E.Bedard		HOU	OAK	5.0	4	2	2	5	4	0	50	99	5.68
T.Koehler		MIA	CHW	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	50	91	3.18
B.Arroyo	W	CIN	CHC	6.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	48	99	3.39
L.Mendoza		KCR	LAA	5.0	7	1	1	4	2	0	47	86	5.05
T.Milone		OAK	HOU	7.0	8	5	5	0	6	2	47	94	3.80
J.Grimm	W	TEX	SEA	6.1	10	3	3	0	5	0	46	88	4.05
E.Stults	L	SDP	ARI	6.1	6	4	4	2	2	0	45	94	4.22
J.Masterson	L	CLE	BOS	6.0	6	5	5	1	5	1	44	93	3.20
C.Tillman	W	BAL	TOR	5.0	10	3	3	0	7	2	42	109	3.68
S.Feldman	L	CHC	CIN	5.1	7	5	5	1	5	2	38	104	2.80
C.Capuano	L	LAD	STL	5.0	6	6	5	3	4	2	34	104	5.60
J.Saunders	L	SEA	TEX	5.0	8	6	6	2	7	2	32	95	6.09
R.Hernandez	L	TBR	NYY	4.0	6	5	5	3	3	1	30	84	5.73
K.Kendrick	L	PHI	WSN	5.0	8	5	5	4	1	0	28	107	3.29
S.Deduno	L	MIN	DET	5.1	9	6	6	3	2	1	25	102	10.1
S.Nolin	L	TOR	BAL	1.1	7	6	6	1	0	1	15	35	40.5

May 23rd, 2013

Today's slate.

The Big Hurst - Jeanmar Gomez

skoormit - Ervin Santana

 

The Big Hurst: A tiny little day today.  Ten starting pitchers?  I feel a lot of pressure to get this right.
skoormit: I'm tempted to take Unnamed Starter for the Jays. Just because. But I'll settle for Ervin.
The Big Hurst: I've been dying to take Unnamed Starter. The team media liason says he's ready for the challenge. He says he's just here to help the ball club and, God willing, it'll all work out. I like that guy.  Speaking of, do you know about Scott Rice?  A 31-year-old rookie for the Mets with a 2.82 ERA over 27 appearances?  What does this guy's story look like?  I can't help but cheer the underdogs.
The Big Hurst: If I pick a guy with an early start, and he goes 3.2 IP and then there's a long rain delay, can I pick another guy in the night shift, if it becomes clear he won't keep pitching when the rain ends?  I'd say no and I wasted my pick, but I'm just checking. The alternative argument is that baseball statisticians sort of imagine that the game never have happened at all if they might not finish and it didn't go five.  Maybe we'd consider it like my pick today never happened and I don't get charged with a selection?

RESULTS

The Big Hurst: I laughed out loud when I saw the chart this morning.  How ironic is it that Gomez gets five points for a rain-shortened 53 in 3.2 innings, especially after I whined about it?  We may need some clarification of rain rules. I think it might should be entirely caveat emptor, unless a game is completely rained out.  A completely rained out game might not should count as a pick at all. It's a sad day when there are ten pitchers, but only three over 50.  Kudos to us for getting two of those three. But Unnamed Starter wouldn't have worked out so well.  Did you notice it was listed wrong on the slate as for Toronto, when really it was Baltimore that hadn't named a pitcher?  And that's Kevin Gausman's first major league start, I believe.

		Tm	Opp	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	GSc	Pit	ERA
J.Gomez		PIT	CHC	3.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	53	56	2.75
J.Blanton	W	LAA	KCR	6.1	7	2	2	0	1	0	52	87	6.19
E.Santana	L	KCR	LAA	7.2	8	5	5	0	8	4	51	107	3.14
Z.McAllister	W	CLE	BOS	5.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	47	96	2.89
S.Diamond		MIN	DET	5.2	9	3	3	1	5	1	43	105	4.96
K.Gausman	L	BAL	TOR	5.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	40	89	7.20
B.Morrow	W	TOR	BAL	7.0	10	6	6	1	5	3	37	98	5.50
E.Jackson	L	CHC	PIT	3.0	6	4	4	1	6	0	36	64	6.11
R.Dempster	L	BOS	CLE	3.0	5	4	4	4	4	0	33	85	4.69
R.Porcello		DET	MIN	5.0	10	5	5	1	2	1	28	102	6.28

 

May 22nd, 2013

Today's slate.

The Big Hurst - Madison Bumgarner

skoormit - Justin Verlander

The Big Hurst: I'm the bumper today, not the bumpee?  Is today the day you opt out of Verlander?  Oh, the suspense is killing me.
skoormit: Oh, I'm taking Mr TwoNoHitters. Don't you worry.
The Big Hurst: You mean Mr. Game-Score-Of-15? What have you done for me lately, Justin? Maybe this Kate Upton relationship - whatever it is - is really bothering him?

RESULTS

The Big Hurst: It's fun to post a good score early in the day and get to root against everyone else.  It's not so fun to watch others pass your 68. Congratulations to Tyler Lyons, who got his first major league win in his major league debut.  Also props to Chris Colabello, finally getting his first major league at-bats at age 29 after definitely paying some dues.

C.Lee	W	PHI	MIA	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	84	115	2.48
F.Liriano	W	PIT	CHC	7.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	81	91	1.00
J.Samardzija	L	CHC	PIT	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	0	74	111	3.25
C.Wilson	W	LAA	SEA	8.0	6	1	1	2	10	0	74	109	3.39
G.Gonzalez		WSN	SFG	7.1	4	1	1	2	5	0	69	116	3.66
J.Hellickson		TBR	TOR	8.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	69	106	5.37
M.Bumgarner		SFG	WSN	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	68	115	2.89
T.Lyons	W	STL	SDP	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	68	81	1.29
M.Buehrle		TOR	TBR	7.0	4	2	2	2	6	0	65	109	5.90
P.Maholm	W	ATL	MIN	7.1	7	1	0	1	4	0	65	112	3.38
C.Buchholz	W	BOS	CHW	7.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	64	113	1.73
H.Santiago	L	CHW	BOS	6.0	3	2	2	4	9	0	63	107	2.81
J.Shields	L	KCR	HOU	7.0	7	2	2	0	7	1	62	104	2.47
H.Ryu	W	LAD	MIL	7.1	6	2	2	2	4	1	60	108	3.30
J.Hammel	W	BAL	NYY	6.2	6	2	2	2	6	1	58	109	5.37
J.Lyles	W	HOU	KCR	6.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	58	101	5.40
R.Wolf	W	TEX	OAK	5.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	58	71	1.80
J.Parker	L	OAK	TEX	7.0	6	3	3	1	5	2	57	96	5.76
K.Slowey	L	MIA	PHI	5.0	6	1	1	0	6	1	57	69	3.30
J.De La Rosa	W	COL	ARI	5.1	6	1	1	2	5	0	55	103	3.40
M.Latos		CIN	NYM	6.2	8	4	4	1	4	0	45	102	3.17
T.Cahill	L	ARI	COL	6.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	43	87	2.81
M.Harvey		NYM	CIN	6.1	9	4	4	3	6	1	42	116	1.93
J.Verlander	W	DET	CLE	5.0	10	5	5	1	9	1	35	110	3.66
B.Smith	L	SDP	STL	1.0	5	4	4	3	1	0	25	42	18.4
U.Jimenez	L	CLE	DET	4.0	7	6	6	3	3	0	24	96	6.04
W.Peralta	L	MIL	LAD	1.2	7	6	4	2	2	0	21	55	6.45
H.Kuroda	L	NYY	BAL	2.0	8	5	5	0	0	2	20	55	2.67
V.Worley	L	MIN	ATL	3.2	10	8	8	2	3	3	10	91	7.21
B.Maurer	L	SEA	LAA	3.0	11	7	7	2	2	0	9	74	6.80