(08-01-2017 09:38 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 08:37 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(07-31-2017 04:56 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(07-31-2017 03:38 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(07-31-2017 03:26 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Nats get Kintzler from Twins. like the move. Nats now have pen with Doolittle, Madson, Kintzler, Romero, Albers, Grace, Perez, and Joe Blanton.

lefties
Romero 3.66 ERA 4.16 FIP
Grace 3.58 ERA 3.62 FIP
Perez 3.91 ERA 3.32 FIP
Doolittle 4.10 ERA 3.00 FIP
righties
Albers 1.64 ERA 3.33 FIP
Madson 1.83 ERA 2.27 FIP
Blanton 7.31 ERA 6.47 FIP

really outside of Blanton- pretty good pen now. 3/7 guys weren't with the team a month ago. And Koda Glover could come back as well- giving them another righty(he's got a 5.12 ERA but a 2.68 FIP.)

Add to the 3 relievers added Howie Kendrick- nice month of July for the Nats. Really helped the team IMO.

yup i like all the moves. Just wish they'd have done something about that third starter role, but have to hope the lineup can make up for that.

If Strasburg returns like he's supposed to, that's no issue.

It's an issue if you don't trust Gio

But at this point, why wouldn't you trust Gio? For the year, he's inducing more soft contact than he has in 6 years, and the hard contact is down by 3% as well from last year. His Line drive % is down from 22.9% to 18.4%. He's done what a lot of pitchers are doing- throwing far fewer fast balls- down from 64.4% to 57.2%.

He had 1 bad month- May. Even you like FIP-
April 3.84
June 3.31
July 3.32

he in fan graphs was the #11 pitcher in the NL in the month of July. After being the #7 pitcher in June. And #16 in April. For the whole season- only guys who will make the playoffs better than him in FG- Scherzer, Kershaw, Greinke, Strasburg. And like I said- that's in Fangraphs. in BR- he's #2 behind only Scherzer.

And I'll take how he's trending. Last 11 starts- he's got a 2.31 ERA. opponents only hitting .169 vs him.