I don't know why, but John Lackey seems to be the pitcher we all like to write about. This morning, I've been looking at his stats, and it's amazing how consistent he has been during the month of August --
8/1 - 6.2 IP, 5 ER, no decision
8/6 - 6.0 IP, 3 ER, win
8/12 - 6.0 IP, 4 ER, win
8/17 - 6.2 IP, 3 ER, loss
8/23 - 6.2 IP, 4 ER, win
8/30 - 7.0 IP, 4 ER, loss
I suppose I would rather have this Lackey than the one who showed up earlier in the season. But it's still pretty funny to listen to Francona spin this stretch of consistent mediocrity as something to be admired:
"He's been huge and consistent and you know what you're going to get . . . . It's been great. This is Lackey. It took us a while. His ERA is higher, and it'll probably be that way, but that doesn't mean we haven't gotten the pitcher we want."
That quote is hysterical. "You know what you're going to get" is a back-handed compliment!
ReplyDeleteI think I at least am obsessed with Lackey because I still can't quite believe that the Sox gave him such a huge contract and i'm trying to work out why he "earned" it & if he'll ever live up to it!
as far as i can tell from a brief look at his career stats, lackey has had 1 good year:
ReplyDeleteYEAR▲ TEAM W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO AVG WHIP GO/AO
2007 LAA 19 9 3.01 33 33 2 2 0 0 224.0 219 87 75 18 12 52 2 179 .254 1.21 1.26