Tim Redding

Has he been good? He has certainly been up and down, and with Livan going nowhere, Nieve pitching well, and Maine and Perez coming (hopefully) back soon.

If we go with the easy stats his ERA is 6.27 which is bad, and his W-L is 0-2, so at first glance he looks bad, as those are the two stats most commonly associated with a starting pitcher, and for Tim they are not good. Another simple stat, which I actually like is quality start ( 6 IP 3 ER), and he has 3 of these in 6 starts, which is very good, so why are people calling for his head?

His 3 starts that were not quality were against Boston, Florida, and Baltimore, so they are against a team you do not expect a quality start from, but two teams that you should expect one. Also, in his non-quality starts he has pitched 16 innings, and allowed 17 runs, so he is all or nothing, remind you of anyone? (Ollie?).

If you look into some of the deeper stats, his BB/9 is 4.4, which reflects that his BABIP needs to be good, because when you are allowing runners on balls not in play, when the ball is in play it needs to be an out, and his BABIP is .298, which is okay.

I think Redding deserves to stay in the rotation, with Nieve pitching the 8th?