“Wahhhhhh, Shane Greene doesn’t strike anyone out, he’s useless, wahhhhhh!” That’s Sky on the Podcast a few hours ago… “The Fifth Element sucked!” That’s Grey before I socked him!
Since my initial ranks in February, I’ve been a Greene champion. In my blurb, I mention a high K-rate finish to 2014 (52:16 K:BB his last 41.1 innings), along with an unlucky 2014 BABIP (.330). The starts I saw from him last year had me encouraged with his stuff, plus the move to a much better pitcher’s park in Comerica had me “thrilled”.
But even with the rank looking spiffy and everything going right, the low K-rate does seem a little concerning. He’s turning into Rick Porcello, noooooooo! While his ERA and WHIP (along with 3 wins) are all change-your-pants worthy, he’s got a measly 11:5 K:BB in 23 innings. Regression is screaming like Ruby Rhod after he counted ten! I of course hope not since he’s on all my teams, and watching him so far this year in my normal bouncing-around-through-all-the-games he looks like a strong strikeout capable guy. So I decided to watch his start yesterday hosting the White Sox, and give it the ol’ full attention and Pitcher Profile treatment. Here’s how he looked:
Please, blog, may I have some more?