http://www.sbnation.comhttp://www.sbnation.com/users/QMaster Posts made by QMaster on SB Nation http://www.southsidesox.com/2008/8/17/595708/starting-pitching-is-turni QMaster Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:02:51 -0000 <p>This is my first post here at SSS, but I've been following the site for about a year now. Great news, banter, and laughs, I must say. Anyway, I was looking up the stats for our main four starting pitchers in their past two starts. Let's just say even though it is only 8 starts and a small sample size, they are getting their shit together. Here's some of the stats that came out of my Excel analysis (just basic stats, sorry guys, but I encourage you to dig in further)</p> <p>ERA: 2.58</p> <p>55 K/52.3 IP</p> <p>WHIP: 1.15</p> <p>Granted, our bullpen has sucked lately for the most part, but it is encouraging to see these numbers from our starting pitching.</p> <p>I also want to raise the question of a four-man starting rotation in the playoffs (if we make it, of course) Would this be the best idea?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 52px;" width="4"> <tbody> <tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 54pt;" width="72"></td> <td align="right" style="width: 74pt;" width="98"></td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p>