Toward the end of the exhibition season, Erik Bedard let it be known that if he was not in the starting lineup he would consider retirement over coming of the bullpen. In Bedard's first start on April 18th, he never made it out of the 3rd inning while giving up 4 runs on 6 hits. Bedard's second start came Thursday night giving up 4 runs on 5 hits while issuing 5 walks while struggling to make it through 4 innings. Proving to the Tampa Bays Rays you belong, you're doing it wrong Mr. Bedard!!
How do you comeback from a sweep at the hands of a divisional rival? If you are the Oakland A's, you throttle another divisional opponent 10-1. Beating down divisional opponents was a theme in the AL East
The Baltimore Orioles defeating the Toronto Blue Jays by a touchdown, 11-4. The New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox so badly, the Sox sent outfielder Mike Carp to pitch the 9th inning. FIVE WALKS later that misery was over.
Scanned all the infielders stats using the stat column "at bats" to sort each position. Safe to assume the players making the Top 10 in the "at bats" category are everyday starters. Here is a look at the slowest starts by players in the top 10 of their respective positions using their batting average as a gage so far this season.
- C - Sal Perez .213, Buster Posey .229, Juan Castro .217
- 1B - Nick Swisher .205, Edwin Encarnacion .233
- 2B - Aaron Hill .232, Brian Dozier .224
- 3B - Marcus Semien .235, Martin Prado .234, Pedro Alvarez .176, Brett Lawrie .157
- SS - Ian Desmond .200, Brad Miller .221, Asdrubal Cabrera .238
No comments:
Post a Comment