Someone needs to confront Dan Szymborski on Twitter about Gavin Floyd's egregious RoS projection. 5.19 ERA and 5.21 FIP?!?! Steamer has a 3.69 ERA and 3.86 FIP which seems slightly high but does have 5 starts mixed in. He currently has a 3.53 xFIP and a 2.64 SIERA with the 7th best SwStr% in baseball.
Smoak not in lineup today. Paredes at DH. Barney getting another start vs. RHP. Pretty definitive that he will stay with the team over Goins one would think.
Pretty much the only thing that matters for a minor league pitcher is K-BB%. Only other thing that matters is GB% to see if they might have some ball in play quality skill (either high GB or high FB is good).
Harris was awful until his last start.
Well really K% is more important than K/9 so the hits do matter because it lowers K%. Hits should just be treated as a ball in play, the same as an out. A ball in play is a negative outcome for a pitcher.
Rios with 7 K and 1 BB in 7 IP, also 9 H and 3 ER if you care about that stuff. Another great start in my books.
Urena with his 4th HR of the season.
Travis 1 for 4.
Pentecost 0 for 3 with a BB, SB, and 2 R.
Dwight Smith had 2 HR tonight.