If Garcia and Romano would have come into game, they would have wasted a masterful performance by Bassitt.
Wth a rested bullpen Schneider let Bassit go through the games best offence 4 times in a close game
THIS IS CRUCIAL AS THE MORE TIMES BATTERS SEE A PITCHER THE MORE THEY CAN HIT
HIM AS THEY FIGURE HIM OUT
That means he does not trust the bullpen
Forget Bassits first start and here is the pecking order of our starters
Bassit 5-1 with a era 1.9 which are Cy Young stats
20 walks he puts a lot of runners on base
then leaves them there, so far, but this may be his downfall
he is much better than expected if you forget his first start
kikuchi is 5-0 era 3.3
8 walks he looks surprisingly real but time will tell
Gausman is 2-3 era 3.3 he is a hard luck pitcher with a couple of really bad starts screwing up his era
and deserves a better record
7 walks
berreios 3-3 era 4.9
8 walks
manoah 1-3 era 4.8
25 walks
he puts a lot of runners on base
and, unlike BASSIT, they score
bassit and kikuchi and Gausman are the big top three in that order with berrios a
quality picher for number four and manoah a decent number 5 who will throw some
inconsistant quality starts
with no one in a rested bullpen you can trust
