Big Z - The Stopper.

[Fred Hornkohl]

I don't claim to know what "ace-like" is, or what constitutes "turning the corner", or any of the other cliches & hyperole that one hears from time to time, but here are the numbers.

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/03  vs. Cincy       4.7    7    5    5    5    5    2   105  9.64  9.64  3.86  2.57  9.64
04/08  vs. St. L       6.0    4    2    0    4    5    0   111  6.00  7.50  0.00  1.33  0.00
04/13  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    5    4    3    8    2   103  4.50 12.00  3.00  1.17  6.00
04/18  vs. L.A.        6.0    4    1    1    5    3    0   112  7.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  1.50
04/24  vs. Flor        7.0    6    3    3    3   12    1   114  3.86 15.43  1.29  1.29  3.86
04/30  vs. Milw        4.0    8    7    7    5    5    1   103 11.25 11.25  2.25  3.25 15.75
05/05  vs. S.D.        7.0    4    0    0    3   10    0   107  3.86 12.86  0.00  1.00  0.00
05/10  vs. S.F.        8.0    5    1    1    5    6    0   110  5.63  6.75  0.00  1.25  1.13
05/16  vs. Wash        8.0    4    0    0    2    8    0   122  2.25  9.00  0.00  0.75  0.00

season totals         56.7   46   24   21   35   62    6   987  5.56  9.85  0.95  1.43  3.34

first 6 starts (0-2)  33.7   33   23   20   25   38    6   648  6.68 10.16  1.60  1.72  5.35
last 3 starts (2-0)   23.0   13    1    1   10   24    0   339  3.91  9.39  0.00  1.00  0.39

 

Personally, I like May Zambrano a whole lot better than April Zambrano.

[NCCubFan]

*Crickets* = the sounds i hear from Blueheart and everyone in the threads that were calling Zambrano a crappy pitcher.

You can make your point without singling out one specific poster.

[Careless]

I'm just happy to see the Z pitch that we expected to pitch this year.

 

My only point is that people should stop overreacting after 3 pretty good, though not ace-like and 3 poor, though not Rusch-like starts. It just looks foolish in retrospect.

 

Evidently 8 shut out innings of 2 hit ball doesn't qualify as "Ace-like"

 

Incredible.

He was talking about his starts prior to this last two