Jason Hammel turned in his fourth quality start in as many appearances on Tuesday night as his Cubs defeated the Diamondbacks 9-2. Hammel has been pretty nasty with Chicago, 27.2 IP, 2.60 ERA, 0.69 WHIP, .151 BAA.
Yeah, the Orioles could use that.
Of course, Hammel is pitching in the National League. He’s got to be facing some lowly offenses, right?
The Diamondbacks fit that description for sure, but Hammel has also pitched well against the Pirates (twice) and in New York against the Yankees. Pittsburgh’s offense is only slashing .232/.304/.282 on the season, but they’ve shown some pop with an NL-leading 27 dingers on the young season.
With the state of their already overtaxed bullpen, the Orioles should could use a guy that could pitch into the seventh inning. Their starters have pitched more than six innings in just seven of the O’s first 19 games.
Maybe the Orioles can pick him up at the trade deadline.
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I’ve been listening to his starts on At Bat when he pitches. I’ll chalk up a lot of his success to pitching in the NL. But he has been very solid. Considering the O’s have started off the season against the entire division and Detroit, his numbers wouldn’t look as good as they do now. But going 6-7 innings every start would make him the #2 of this staff.
“Maybe the Orioles can pick him up at the trade deadline”. Brilliant.
Maybe they could pick up Scott Feldman too, once the tendinitis clears up. 2-1 with a 1.69 ERA.
NL garbage. Pitcher bats 3 times meaning that on most nights they are pitching one less inning than their AL counterparts. And please don’t bother to point out the freak homeruns that NL pitchers come up with twice a year. It’s a “free inning” for most starting pitchers – 3 ABs by the opposing pitcher.
I’m with MGW on this one , there is a reason the NL pitchers have lower ERAs , I believe it’s a bit over one , plus , have you looked at the lineups the O’s pitchers have faced,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,don’t over-react people , the starting pitching will be OK as soon as they get their second wind,,,,,,,,,,,,yea the bullpen is overworked a little but it always happens early on waiting for the pitchers to really get in game shape,,,,,,,