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I didn't expect the Diamondbacks' starting pitching rotation to be this bad.. But it's good to see Chase Anderson throwing more two-seamers and finally increasing that horrendous GB% from last season. It's not much by league average, but there's definitely some tangible improvement. And losing Bradley doesn't help either. That dude was looking real good this season, sharper changeup and fastball command looked squared away for sure. De La Rosa's changeup is still whiffing NL hitters but ole boy is giving up a lot hits. He's not getting as many Ks with that electric fastball though. Something's wrong if his FIP projections are that high (4.12). Hellickson is down right trash this season; poor guy is on his way to giving up more hits in less games started than his last season at Tampa. He's getting hammered.
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The D-backs are as bad as I expected. Their pitching is awful, just awful.
I didn't expect the Diamondbacks' starting pitching rotation to be this bad.. But it's good to see Chase Anderson throwing more two-seamers and finally increasing that horrendous GB% from last season. It's not much by league average, but there's definitely some tangible improvement. And losing Bradley doesn't help either. That dude was looking real good this season, sharper changeup and fastball command looked squared away for sure. De La Rosa's changeup is still whiffing NL hitters but ole boy is giving up a lot hits. He's not getting as many Ks with that electric fastball though. Something's wrong if his FIP projections are that high (4.12). Hellickson is down right trash this season; poor guy is on his way to giving up more hits in less games started than his last season at Tampa. He's getting hammered.
Hey, another d-backs fan, nice.
Yeah, our pitching has been downright awful. I went to a game a few weeks ago and Collmentor was throwing trash. He's given up 52 hits (in 41 innings) already this season, and opposing batters are hitting .317 against him. Hellickson has lost it, 49 hits in 38 innings, opposing batters hitting .310 against him. With those two in the rotation, we have no shot a winning record, much less a wildcard.
They're saying Bradly is close to returning, I hope so, we need aanother stable pitcher. De La Rosa is good, but he can't pitch every game, we need a good 1-2 if we have any shot at .500 record.
I wish they'd spent some money and put a team around Goldie, I really feel he is an MVP quality player, but he needs help. Trumbo was a good addition, a stable player. And what's up with Tomas not hitting any homers yet? Still adjusting to the pitching maybe?
Edit: oh, and why Jake Lamb hasn't seen more playing time is beyond me. He's young, he's good, has OBP of 1.204. (Oh yeah, he has a hurt foot, I forgot about that)