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If there's an unluckier pitcher in all of baseball than James Shields, it must be someone tucked away somewhere in the minors.
To find the last time Shields got a win, you'd have to flip the calendar back to June 20 when he went 7 and gave up a single run at the Mets. In his last start, he had a no-hitter through 7, winded up surrendering just one run and yep, you guessed it, he got straddled with the loss.
Granted, he hasn't fulfilled the promise this year of the dominant ace, but make no mistake: This is a pitcher with a sharp skill set.
He has, for example, had just one disastrous outing this season (a "disaster" for a pitcher I define here as giving up as many--or more--earned runs as innings pitched).
The one caveat with Shields is that he's very uncharacteristically walked 7 batters over his last two outings. His control has otherwise been pinpoint all year.
Tonight his counterpart is the newly-acquired (Pirates) and once-promising Ian Snell. No bad luck here: Unlike Shields, his hit and strand percentages are well within the norm. His problems are of his own making: He's been plagued with a high BB ratio the past two seasons.
So no side on the game for me. But I will take the UNDER the 8 tonight.
Whatever you play, best of luck to you.
(By the way, I don't post W-L records or do follow-ups of any posting--unless specifically asked. My --or anyone else's, for that matter--W-L record is a matter of (database) record, thanks to the good folks who run this site. Besides, W-L records in baseball, where the ML is the norm, are by themselves meaningless, in contrast to, say, the NFL. ,,,But most of y'all already know that.)
To find the last time Shields got a win, you'd have to flip the calendar back to June 20 when he went 7 and gave up a single run at the Mets. In his last start, he had a no-hitter through 7, winded up surrendering just one run and yep, you guessed it, he got straddled with the loss.
Granted, he hasn't fulfilled the promise this year of the dominant ace, but make no mistake: This is a pitcher with a sharp skill set.
He has, for example, had just one disastrous outing this season (a "disaster" for a pitcher I define here as giving up as many--or more--earned runs as innings pitched).
The one caveat with Shields is that he's very uncharacteristically walked 7 batters over his last two outings. His control has otherwise been pinpoint all year.
Tonight his counterpart is the newly-acquired (Pirates) and once-promising Ian Snell. No bad luck here: Unlike Shields, his hit and strand percentages are well within the norm. His problems are of his own making: He's been plagued with a high BB ratio the past two seasons.
So no side on the game for me. But I will take the UNDER the 8 tonight.
Whatever you play, best of luck to you.
(By the way, I don't post W-L records or do follow-ups of any posting--unless specifically asked. My --or anyone else's, for that matter--W-L record is a matter of (database) record, thanks to the good folks who run this site. Besides, W-L records in baseball, where the ML is the norm, are by themselves meaningless, in contrast to, say, the NFL. ,,,But most of y'all already know that.)
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