If Joanthan Papelbon was still a starter what would you expect his stats to be?
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Was Jackie Robinson really the first black baseball player to play professional?
It think he would be 15-8.0-23
45.43 ERA
(really he burnt out pitching closer he couldn't start same with Mo Rivera)
Why didn't the Blue Jays sign Greg Maddux, who is much better than Zambrano or Okha?
4.25, his stuff is good enough to be a .600 pitcher with the run support he would get, but who would close the games toget him the wins.Why is it that only one active player in MLB (the Yankee's Mariano Rivera) wears #42?
Better than Wang anyway.Better than the Yankees 1000000 different starters. But I think its good we kept him in the pen. Tavarez is fine. But wait til Lester is back!
Could you imagine Barry Bonds breaking the record in Dodger Stadium?
I think he'd be somewhere around 4.70 era with a whip around 1.30.Maybe have 4 or 5 wins or so with the run support and average one k per inning. The problem with papelbon is the same gagne had early in his career.They are lights out for the first two or three innings but are tired by the 4th or 5th.I think pap would have gone no more then 7 innings even in his best outings.I am glad the sox gave him another shot at being a closer cause thats the perfect fit for him.Thats where he can dominante and by the time he's starting to feel a little tired his day is done so he gets out before he can get nailed for some runs.Having him start would give the sox the same problem the yanks are having now,taxing the bullpen and giving the middle relief guys no rest.Yanks are in big trouble this year cause i don't see any relief coming for that bullpen anytime soon.People say "yeah the Yanks will come back its early,they always do". Not this time.Clemens is a 5 or 6 innings and out guy now,same with Mussina.Petite will be 7 at most majority of starts.And the young arms they call up won't be pressed for more then 6 innings either.Wang is going to be figured out this year and get knocked out of alot of games very early cause he has little if any power on his stuff and the batters will be very familiar with him now.That translates into a very long season for their bullpen with little if any rest.This is going to be the year the sox rule the division and the yanks watch the post season from home there will be no late season heroics unless the yanks get some starters who can go 8 or even 9 from time to time and that won't happen.They are going with guys hoping to get numbers based on what they once were rather then facing the reality of what they are now...a staff full of 6 inning starters.
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