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Originally Posted by jd1020
Your entire argument is based on a stat sheet that is taking in the horrible first half the entire staff had while ignoring the obvious improvement in each and every one of them throughout the season.
Lester had a hiccup for a handful of games after the ASB but overall kept the other team in check.
Quintana had nearly a 2 month stretch later in the year when he had a sub 2 ERA.
Hendricks started with a 5+ ERA and ended with 14 wins and a 3.44 ERA.
A lot of the Cubs ugly rotation numbers came from Tyler Chatwood who isn't in the rotation any more and I suspect the Cubs will extend Cole Hamels to get his number down for next year.
So you keep on looking at stat sheets and I'll keep watching the actual games.
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Yeah you keep watching Cubs, I'll keep watching the Royals. It's the same exact rotation so we can both speak about the other. Hamels pitched really well and was the only diff between the rotations. If you're ok being the same SP as the Royals headed into 2019, which you will be w/o Hamels (and maybe even with him if he reverts to recent form), I won't stop you.