Zack Greinke

[Coach C]

That pitch Grenike threw in the 8th to strike out the batter, alot of people went "Ohh....sh....." you know how the ending went.

 

Greinke:

G - 6

W - 6

CG - 3

SO - 2

IP - 45

ERA - 0.40

Ks - 54

BB - 8

H - 24

WHIP - 0.71

K/9 - 10.8

K/BB - 6.75

 

Also from Sportscenter, Zack Greinke is the 3rd pitcher in MLB history to have an ERA under 0.50 after 6 starts, after Fernando Valenzuela and Walter Johnson.

[Tyrant]

Coming into the game his ERA+ was 941.

 

It is now 1173.

[fromthestretch]

That pitch Grenike threw in the 8th to strike out the batter, alot of people went "Ohh....sh....." you know how the ending went.

 

Greinke:

G - 6

W - 6

CG - 3

SO - 2

IP - 45

ERA - 0.40

Ks - 54

BB - 8

H - 24

WHIP - 0.71

K/9 - 10.8

K/BB - 6.75

 

Also from Sportscenter, Zack Greinke is the 3rd pitcher in MLB history to have an ERA under 0.50 after 6 starts, after Fernando Valenzuela and Walter Johnson.

 

Valenzuela's start to the 1981 season was ridiculous. In his first seven starts:

 

7-0, 6 CG, 5 SHO, 63.0 IP, 40 H, 0 HR, 16 BB, 61 K, 0.29 ERA, 0.89 WHIP

 

The one game he didn't complete was an extra-inning game. He still went nine innings in that one.

[Mark Priors Calves]

he threw a complete game shutout and his era went down .10

[Sammys Boombox]

he threw a complete game shutout and his era went down .10

 

... in early May.

 

Even more impressive.

[logn2k5]

Starting tonight.. His ERA+ is currently 1156.

[Guest]

Starting tonight.. His ERA+ is currently 1156.

 

Do the Cubs have a current starter with an ERA+ that's 115.6 or better?

 

:shock:

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Lilly's at 145, Marshall is next at 108. Also, Wells is technically at infinity.

[Guest]

Lilly's at 145, Marshall is next at 108. Also, Wells is technically at infinity.

 

Well that settles it.

 

Wells > Greinke :wink:

[Sammys Boombox]

Lilly's at 145, Marshall is next at 108. Also, Wells is technically at infinity.

 

Well that settles it.

 

Wells > Greinke :wink:

 

Maybe we could trade Wells for a 3B then?

[NonProfitCow]

CG 8IP 4 H 5K 0BB 1ER

 

and that's a loss, oh, and it raises his ERA.

 

I have a feeling we're watching something special this year. Pedro 2000 special.

[laurens]

I have a feeling he can somehow manage to keep this up all season

[TruffleShuffle]

CG 8IP 4 H 5K 0BB 1ER

 

and that's a loss, oh, and it raises his ERA.

 

I have a feeling we're watching something special this year. Pedro 2000 special.

 

i doubt it. he doesn't strike out as many guys as pedro in his prime, and he's been really lucky this year. .268 BABIP with a 20% LD rate, and 0 HRs allowed. he's allowed 45 fly balls; his career HR/FB is a shade under 10% meaning that he'd "normally" have given up 3 or 4 HRs by now. his numbers should be excellent, but once the fly balls start going over the fence and he has a couple of bad starts, that ERA will probably end up in the mid 2's or something.

[illiniguy]

CG 8IP 4 H 5K 0BB 1ER

 

and that's a loss, oh, and it raises his ERA.

 

I have a feeling we're watching something special this year. Pedro 2000 special.

 

i doubt it. he doesn't strike out as many guys as pedro in his prime, and he's been really lucky this year. .268 BABIP with a 20% LD rate, and 0 HRs allowed. he's allowed 45 fly balls; his career HR/FB is a shade under 10% meaning that he'd "normally" have given up 3 or 4 HRs by now. his numbers should be excellent, but once the fly balls start going over the fence and he has a couple of bad starts, that ERA will probably end up in the mid 2's or something.

Kaufmanns pretty big, he might be able to keep the homer rate down.

[Keener98]

CG 8IP 4 H 5K 0BB 1ER

 

and that's a loss, oh, and it raises his ERA.

 

I have a feeling we're watching something special this year. Pedro 2000 special.

 

i doubt it. he doesn't strike out as many guys as pedro in his prime, and he's been really lucky this year. .268 BABIP with a 20% LD rate, and 0 HRs allowed. he's allowed 45 fly balls; his career HR/FB is a shade under 10% meaning that he'd "normally" have given up 3 or 4 HRs by now. his numbers should be excellent, but once the fly balls start going over the fence and he has a couple of bad starts, that ERA will probably end up in the mid 2's or something.

Kaufmanns pretty big, he might be able to keep the homer rate down.

Also the AL Central is pretty terrible

[AlwaysaCub]

He'll be something special this year. I just worry about the innings on his arm though he is quite efficient. The Royals are going to be in contention this year it would appear, and the franchise will push him hard to stimulate this revival in KC with a playoff appearance. Hopefully they realize he is the future.

[treebird]

CG 8IP 4 H 5K 0BB 1ER

 

and that's a loss, oh, and it raises his ERA.

 

I have a feeling we're watching something special this year. Pedro 2000 special.

 

i doubt it. he doesn't strike out as many guys as pedro in his prime, and he's been really lucky this year. .268 BABIP with a 20% LD rate, and 0 HRs allowed. he's allowed 45 fly balls; his career HR/FB is a shade under 10% meaning that he'd "normally" have given up 3 or 4 HRs by now. his numbers should be excellent, but once the fly balls start going over the fence and he has a couple of bad starts, that ERA will probably end up in the mid 2's or something.

 

this is true, but part of having a 2000 pedro season is getting lucky. pedro had a .237 BABIP in 2000. he was amazing, but it's pretty unlikely his ld% was low enough for that to be reasonable.

 

also, i think greinke is a special enough case that it's reasonable to believe that his career hf/fb rate isn't going to reflect what he does this year.

[TruffleShuffle]

CG 8IP 4 H 5K 0BB 1ER

 

and that's a loss, oh, and it raises his ERA.

 

I have a feeling we're watching something special this year. Pedro 2000 special.

 

i doubt it. he doesn't strike out as many guys as pedro in his prime, and he's been really lucky this year. .268 BABIP with a 20% LD rate, and 0 HRs allowed. he's allowed 45 fly balls; his career HR/FB is a shade under 10% meaning that he'd "normally" have given up 3 or 4 HRs by now. his numbers should be excellent, but once the fly balls start going over the fence and he has a couple of bad starts, that ERA will probably end up in the mid 2's or something.

 

this is true, but part of having a 2000 pedro season is getting lucky. pedro had a .237 BABIP in 2000. he was amazing, but it's pretty unlikely his ld% was low enough for that to be reasonable.

 

also, i think greinke is a special enough case that it's reasonable to believe that his career hf/fb rate isn't going to reflect what he does this year.

 

that's true, but even if his HR/FB rate is better than his career numbers, he's still toward the low end of the HR/FB spectrum. it's unrealistic to expect that the current "great greinke" would have a rate of anything below 5-6%.

 

as for pedro's 2000, you're right about how lucky he was on balls in play. i think that, luck-neutral, pedro's best season was 1999. he was 23-4 with a 2.07 ERA, had 13.2 K/9 IP and just 1.6 BB/9, and a .325 BABIP. his ERA was almost below 2, pitching half his games in a hitter's park, and he was probably unlucky on balls in play. simply absurd.

 

late '90s pedro was something else, the type of domination you had to stop and watch. i remember watching a game at yankee stadium in 1999, this during the heart of the yankees' dynasty, and pedro threw a 1-hitter (a home run) and struck out 17 while not walking anyone. it was simply incredible. that was up there with kerry wood's game for being as dominant a performance as i'd ever seen.

[Coach C]

Greinke is pitching tonight aganist Baltimore.

[Coach C]

So far, there is no reports of this game being postponed, up to my knowledge.

 

Edit: The have officially removed the tarp at the "K" at 9:00 CST. Looks like they will play.

Edited May 16, 2009 by Coach C

[illiniguy]

So far, there is no reports of this game being postponed, up to my knowledge.

My buddy's there. Says it doesn't look or sound good for tonight's game being played.

[Coach C]

So far, there is no reports of this game being postponed, up to my knowledge.

My buddy's there. Says it doesn't look or sound good for tonight's game being played.

 

Well, the tarp was removed at the "K", so that only means one thing. :D

[AlwaysaCub]

He's been battling tonight but not all that great. 5 hits, 2 walks through 3, though only 1 run.

[illiniguy]

He's been battling tonight but not all that great. 5 hits, 2 walks through 3, though only 1 run.

Caught a break too I thought that Montanez took him deep, but the humidity helped knock it down.

[Coach C]

He's been battling tonight but not all that great. 5 hits, 2 walks through 3, though only 1 run.

 

I'm sure he don't mind having a bad outing as long as the team wins, which is, the Royals 6, Baltimore 1, in the bottom of the 5th.