Since June 6:
IP | H | R | HR | BB | SO | |
Duke | 26.2 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 17 |
Rivera | 20.1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
After both starting the year pretty well, the Duke and Rivera have headed in totally opposite directions. Duchscherer's post-June 6th WHIP is double his pre-6/6 WHIP and his K/BB has been halved. Rivera, meanwhile, has decreased his WHIP to an impressive 0.91 and more than tripled his K/BB rate. Simply put: Rivera is much better.
The lessons:
(1) Don't get too excited about small sample sizes.
and
(2) Don't point out how well A's pitchers are doing and invoke the "Jinx."
(Read this for an explanation of why lesson #2 is a joke.)
You forgot #3:
ReplyDeleteNever compare anyone to Michael Jordan, Barry Bonds, Wayne Gretzky or Mariano Rivera.