Really good article. Elite starting pitching and stars being stars seems to be the recipe for the post season. Snell, Yamamoto, and Glasnow have been incredible at the right time. Chris Sale is a true stud but I wonder if, at his age, he can endure another regular season and then be ready to pitch like Snell in the post season.
Great stuff!! The Dodger example is especially important. Their financial capabilities provide an advantage since they can sign FA SPs, but it’s still instructive. While they’re popping champagne, no one will be saying: “the Dodgers pitching isn’t that good, they finished in the bottom half of the MLB in team ERA during the regular season.” Both the Dodgers and M’s won division titles because their core players delivered in the regular season. In today’s game, that seems to be the formula: players with long-term commitments deliver, use your entire organization to get outs and enter the postseason with healthy and rested quality SPs.
Really good article. Elite starting pitching and stars being stars seems to be the recipe for the post season. Snell, Yamamoto, and Glasnow have been incredible at the right time. Chris Sale is a true stud but I wonder if, at his age, he can endure another regular season and then be ready to pitch like Snell in the post season.
Great stuff!! The Dodger example is especially important. Their financial capabilities provide an advantage since they can sign FA SPs, but it’s still instructive. While they’re popping champagne, no one will be saying: “the Dodgers pitching isn’t that good, they finished in the bottom half of the MLB in team ERA during the regular season.” Both the Dodgers and M’s won division titles because their core players delivered in the regular season. In today’s game, that seems to be the formula: players with long-term commitments deliver, use your entire organization to get outs and enter the postseason with healthy and rested quality SPs.