So here is a summary of the SP results using the HQS/QS/Avg/Poor/Blowup rating system.
Some conclusions:
1) The SP got even better in May. In fact the SP have gone 12 straight starts that were HQS or QS. Last year the most was 6 in a row (6/27 to 7/2).
2) Of the present SP, only McDonald has a HQS/QS/AVG % less than League Average of ~74% Last year only Ohlendorf was league average-everyone else was below average.
3) The Buc SP is now better than the Reds were last year.
4) Maholm is pitching like an Allstar. He is pitching as well as Drabek did back in 92. In fact, he is pitching better than any of the top 45 pitchers of last year. Josh Johnson was tops last year with a HQS/QS/Avg=89%
| 2011 Pirates April | 2011 Pirates May | YTD 2011 Pirates |
2010 Reds | 1992 Pirates | 2010 Top 45 | |
| Innings Pitched Per Start | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| Hits Allowed Per 9 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.7 |
| Runs Allowed Per 9 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| BaseRunners per 9 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 11.6 |
| ER Per 9 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| BB Per 9 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| SO Per 9 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 7.2 |
| HR Per 9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| HQS | 26% | 41% | 34% | 34% | 35% | 34% |
| QS | 26% | 33% | 30% | 19% | 25% | 26% |
| Avg | 11% | 7% | 9% | 16% | 17% | 13% |
| Poor | 7% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 6% |
| BlowUp | 30% | 11% | 21% | 24% | 19% | 21% |
| %HQS/QS/Avg | 63% | 81% | 74% | 69% | 77% | 74% |
| %Poor/Blowup | 37% | 19% | 26% | 31% | 23% | 26% |
| Pitcher | Starts | HQS | QS | Avg | Poor | BlowUp | %HQS/QS/Avg |
| Correia | 11 | 27% | 36% | 9% | 9% | 18% | 73% |
| Karstans | 8 | 25% | 50% | 0% | 13% | 13% | 75% |
| Maholm | 11 | 27% | 36% | 27% | 0% | 9% | 91% |
| McDonald | 11 | 36% | 18% | 9% | 0% | 36% | 64% |
| Morton | 10 | 60% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 80% |
| Ohlendorf | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
Poll
What is your prediction of the SP performance for the rest of the year?
It will only get better (9 votes)
They have been lucky so far. They will fall back.to being bad. (23 votes)
Stay about the same (46 votes)
78 total votes
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