It was a tale of streaks in 2010 for Big Pelf. His 1st half was stellar, and he seemingly was overlooked for a deserved spot on the NL All-Star team.
Then he $hit the bed in a fashion not seen in these parts since Chien-Ming Wang's unbelievable implosion to start the '08 season. After starting the year 10-2, he went 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA and 2.53 WHIP across July & early August.
But the hand licker didn't give up and rebounded with a solid stretch run, finishing the year 15-9 with a 3.66 ERA and 1.38 WHIP.
So while he seemingly made a solid step forward, a closer look at his stats reveals much of the same over his career. His H/9, BB/9, K/9, K/BB% and HR/9 have all remained virtually the same in every season of his 4-year career.
So which Pelfrey shows up in 2011? The guy who won 15 games last year, or the one who posted a 5.03 ERA and 1.51 WHIP the year before?
Erring on the side of caution, I'll go with his career norms:
13 W
4.30 ERA
1.46 WHIP
116 K
....and probably let him slide to the Met fans in my league!
Then he $hit the bed in a fashion not seen in these parts since Chien-Ming Wang's unbelievable implosion to start the '08 season. After starting the year 10-2, he went 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA and 2.53 WHIP across July & early August.
But the hand licker didn't give up and rebounded with a solid stretch run, finishing the year 15-9 with a 3.66 ERA and 1.38 WHIP.
So while he seemingly made a solid step forward, a closer look at his stats reveals much of the same over his career. His H/9, BB/9, K/9, K/BB% and HR/9 have all remained virtually the same in every season of his 4-year career.
So which Pelfrey shows up in 2011? The guy who won 15 games last year, or the one who posted a 5.03 ERA and 1.51 WHIP the year before?
Erring on the side of caution, I'll go with his career norms:
13 W
4.30 ERA
1.46 WHIP
116 K
....and probably let him slide to the Met fans in my league!
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