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Originally Posted by GloryDayz
I think not... Perhaps I'll say something after his next start when the announce him as "The Royals winning 8 of his last 9 starts" instead and not mentioning the 4-6 stat. Oh, that's tomorrow (unless it rains here), and they might mention what you see below. So far, short of the live broadcast that has yet to air, he's being introduced as being 4-6 and going up against Fister who's 7-5. Interestingly they do show the ERA, but alas, nothing about how many wins they've had in their last nine starts, nothing about any family member who won a pie contest, nothing about having won yard of the month any number of months over the last nine months, and nothing about what their eye colors are. Nope, it's 7-5 Fister against 4-6 Shields and their ERAs (which Shields' is better!)...
I'm happy we've won those games, and that's the common ground we stand on. And that's a good thing...
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You literally know nothing about how modern baseball works. Yes, Jeremy Guthrie is clearly a superior pitcher because he's 9-7 rather than 4-6. Pitcher W/L is entirely dependent on receiving run support, of which the Royals are absolutely terrible at providing. Add to this the fact that this year, the Royals are a "come from behind" team and can only hit when they get into the opponent's bullpen, in which the games he's gone 6+ IP mean nothing to the stat when he's only giving up 1 run over 6-7 innings.