We all saw the NJ Bombers’ ridiculous start to the season with his pitching.
And while we had much jealousy for him and his pitching staff, two things have happened in the last month of baseball to ease those feelings.
(1) The NJ Bombers pitching staff has been more human.
(2) The rest of MLB has been just as good.
The Elias Sports Bureau has added up the stats and crunched the numbers, and it has found that the last time pitching was as good as this was 1998.
So it’s been 12 years since we’ve send pitching like this. And, well, I was just starting high school and fantasy baseball was never a thought of mine. Hell, fantasy football was an afterthought, too.
To see pitching like this is incredible. But, who is benefiting from this?
I personally have seen some OK pitching on my team. Castaways Joe Saunders and Randy Wells and a few relievers who I won’t name have screwed my team ERA up, but nonetheless, I’ve seen some quality performances.
So has most of the league.
Eight fantasy owners have a team ERA of 3.97 or less. Four teams are better than 3.48. Mine is 4-something, so I guess technically, I’m still jealous.
Last year, I wrote a column at this time about how bad the pitching was in the first couple months and how high ERAs were.
The column was called “ERA Erratic” because there was one team with a 3.65 ERA and the rest of the league — 11 teams — had ERAs higher than 4.00.
Only four teams had a better-than 4.20 ERA.
But enter 2010.
We have pitchers going nuts.
An Associated Press story Friday called it “2010: The Year of the Pitcher.”
And it is, especially with new shining stars like Stephen Strasburg.
I cannot wait for August to see if we’re still calling 2010 the Year of the Pitcher.
If it is, I sure hope a few of my starters come around and join the party, because Parker is having just way too much fun with his 61 wins.
Top Prospects
Way to go Vandelay. Way to draft a bunch of guys who won’t be on major league rosters.
Well, that’s what it looked like.
It’s funny, maybe ironic, that we start this minor league system this year, and in 2010, we’ve seen more talent rise from the farms and make their debuts than any other year.
It’s the new MLB, and I have to admit, it’s kind of exciting.
Baseball prospects in the past were virtually unknown with the rare standout here and there.
But now, there’s anticipation for future stars all over the place. Even stacked MLB rosters like the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays and Phillies — to name a few — are anxious for the future call-ups.
While those four teams will likely not make the moves this year, there are several other teams that have and will continue to do so.
We saw players like Jason Heyward start the season on major league rosters, and then watched players like Buster Posey, Carlos Santana, Starlin Castro and Mike Stanton receive their call-ups.
All five of those players are members of the Vandelay Industries. And he’s still got a few more top prospects stashed away on his team waiting for their call-ups.
Other players earning their call-ups like Ike Davis, Stephen Strasburg and Drew Storen have made noise, too.
As we head into the mid-summer months, it will be a lot of fun to see if both the prospect parade and the pitching-palooza continues.
I hope so.
And while we had much jealousy for him and his pitching staff, two things have happened in the last month of baseball to ease those feelings.
(1) The NJ Bombers pitching staff has been more human.
(2) The rest of MLB has been just as good.
The Elias Sports Bureau has added up the stats and crunched the numbers, and it has found that the last time pitching was as good as this was 1998.
So it’s been 12 years since we’ve send pitching like this. And, well, I was just starting high school and fantasy baseball was never a thought of mine. Hell, fantasy football was an afterthought, too.
To see pitching like this is incredible. But, who is benefiting from this?
I personally have seen some OK pitching on my team. Castaways Joe Saunders and Randy Wells and a few relievers who I won’t name have screwed my team ERA up, but nonetheless, I’ve seen some quality performances.
So has most of the league.
Eight fantasy owners have a team ERA of 3.97 or less. Four teams are better than 3.48. Mine is 4-something, so I guess technically, I’m still jealous.
Last year, I wrote a column at this time about how bad the pitching was in the first couple months and how high ERAs were.
The column was called “ERA Erratic” because there was one team with a 3.65 ERA and the rest of the league — 11 teams — had ERAs higher than 4.00.
Only four teams had a better-than 4.20 ERA.
But enter 2010.
We have pitchers going nuts.
An Associated Press story Friday called it “2010: The Year of the Pitcher.”
And it is, especially with new shining stars like Stephen Strasburg.
I cannot wait for August to see if we’re still calling 2010 the Year of the Pitcher.
If it is, I sure hope a few of my starters come around and join the party, because Parker is having just way too much fun with his 61 wins.
Top Prospects
Way to go Vandelay. Way to draft a bunch of guys who won’t be on major league rosters.
Well, that’s what it looked like.
It’s funny, maybe ironic, that we start this minor league system this year, and in 2010, we’ve seen more talent rise from the farms and make their debuts than any other year.
It’s the new MLB, and I have to admit, it’s kind of exciting.
Baseball prospects in the past were virtually unknown with the rare standout here and there.
But now, there’s anticipation for future stars all over the place. Even stacked MLB rosters like the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays and Phillies — to name a few — are anxious for the future call-ups.
While those four teams will likely not make the moves this year, there are several other teams that have and will continue to do so.
We saw players like Jason Heyward start the season on major league rosters, and then watched players like Buster Posey, Carlos Santana, Starlin Castro and Mike Stanton receive their call-ups.
All five of those players are members of the Vandelay Industries. And he’s still got a few more top prospects stashed away on his team waiting for their call-ups.
Other players earning their call-ups like Ike Davis, Stephen Strasburg and Drew Storen have made noise, too.
As we head into the mid-summer months, it will be a lot of fun to see if both the prospect parade and the pitching-palooza continues.
I hope so.
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