Comments on: Very Little Fun From Here On Out

By: Lee R

Lee R — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:24:40 +0000

Porcello had another stellar outing. ERA around 3.50.

By: ineedanap

ineedanap — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:38:18 +0000

Realistically, D. Moseley will not toe the rubber for 20 GS.

By: Lee R

Lee R — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:28:50 +0000

I’ll be surprised if Porcello is even over a 4.60 ERA this year.

He looked great tonight (3.86 era, 4-3 record). But if he puts together a string of bad starts, he’ll be in Toledo before you can say “Bonderman.”

But these projections are fun.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:46:49 +0000

I think the projections for Porcello are going to be off..

Is he projected to do bad since he doesnt have a major league track record and made the jump from A ball???

But I have watched all his starts, including the one wraping up as I type this, and he is getting better and better every start… Sure he doesnt get alot of K’s, and he gives up some dingers, but he does do a good job of getting ground balls.

I do not think there is anyway he has a 6 ERA from here on out…

By: Tito Landrum

Tito Landrum — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:22:10 +0000

Obviously, I’m biased, but I do watch this team everday. : ^ ) But, I haven’t given up on the O’s this year. The O’s have had a pretty brutal early season schedule while running Eaton and Hendrickson out there 2 out of 5 starts. We’ll see which Rich Hill shows up this season and we’ll see how much longer the O’s stick with Eaton, but outside of Eaton the rotation is starting to stabilize. There is still a ton of baseball to be played. I really think this O’s team, unlike virtually every O’s team of the past decade, will actually get better as the season goes on. We still haven’t seen Wieters and Pie and the defense have looked much better in may….

I still think this team can turn a few heads THIS season. we’ll see…

By: Davidceisen

Davidceisen — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:15:56 +0000

All true, but if Toronto played in the AL West they would have wrapped up the division by now, which is the basic point of your initial post. I’m not convinced that the O’s next year will be as good as the Jay’s this year either.

By: joser

joser — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:23:37 +0000

I expect they’ll add catcher defense just as soon as somebody comes up with a credible way of quantifying it.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:19:41 +0000

Do we really believe in Toronto’s pitching past Doc, though? I’m definitely not sold on Scott Richmond, and Brett Cecil isn’t keeping Zack Greinke company all year. Toronto hasn’t really faced it’s AL Beast brethren yet. The Yanks just marched in and took two of three. Until proven otherwise, the Jays seem like a creation of their opening schedule.

By: DavidCEisen

DavidCEisen — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:15:44 +0000

Right now it is more of a four headed monster.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:58:44 +0000

Yeah, you know how everybody talks about the AL East being a three-headed monster this year? Wait ’til next year. You’re going to see the best sub-.500 team in MLB history come out of that division, unless they all go 38-38 against each other.