[quote name='dafoomie']I'm sorry, but when you said that Chris Carpenter was your best pitcher, I laughed my ass off. When Suppan and Carpenter were in the AL, we would light them up all the time. Whats different between then and now? Its easier to pitch in the NL.
The Redsox pitching rotation goes:
Game 1 @ Boston: Tim Wakefield vs Woody Williams
Game 2 @ Boston: Curt Schilling vs Matt Morris
Game 3 @ St. Louis: Pedro vs Jeff Suppan
Game 4 @ St. Louis: Derek Lowe vs Jason Marquis
Game 5 @ St. Louis: Tim Wakefield vs Woody Williams
Game 6 @ Boston: Curt Schilling vs Matt Morris
Game 7 @ Boston: Pedro vs Jeff Suppan
Chris Carpenter is either out for the year or bullpen only.
And don't put a hall of famer like Pedro in the same sentance as Derek Lowe. Though Lowe can be great at times, he does have a no hitter and 2 20 win seasons. I wouldn't exactly call that nothing spectacular. The Cardinals pitching staff is completely average in all aspects.
Again, 6 innings, 1 hit, 1 run against the Yankees by Derek Lowe, on 2 days rest. Thats incredible.[/quote]
Wakefield vs Williams----- I give to Williams, Like I said I like Wakefield and he pitched great vs yankees, but his career numbers just indicate that he is a week game 1 pitcher, Any pitcher can get hot, but overall with an era of nearly 5 this year and that averages 4.29 for career, his drop in strikeouts from last year. have to be taken into account. Williams won 18 games last year, 11 this year and era a bit over 4. W Vs W--defn not a marquis matchup pitching.
Schilling Vs Morris---I give to Schilling obviously, Morris has pitched well at times but really has struggled the past 2years (really it seems since daryl kiles death) Morrjs needs to 'get a bit lucky' for game 2 and rely alot on arguably the best defense in baseball. Schilling, is a monster, I hope his ankle is fine--if not --well lets not even think about that.
Pedro vs Suppan- It would seem to have had pretty comparable years.
Pedro has 2 more games and a huge lead in Strike outs, but ERA are close, hits, homeruns, BB are all very close. If pedro of even last year shows up this is a huge edge to Boston, but the games I've seen Pedro's pitching has been but decent, not great or dominating.
Lowe vs Marquis--Toss up.. I MUST BE DRUNK you might say, "DIDN"T YOU WATCH THE ALCS?" yes I did, but I don't put too much stock in momentum when it comes to baseball, you are only as good as your starting pitcher that day. Marquis has the better numbers over the year, but Lowe was better in the ALCS than Maquis in the NLCS.
I could be dead on with my assessment, or I could be totally wrong, that is the beauty is that games aren't played on paper nor are they played with players from the past (so what if pedro had a no hitter and 2 20 win seasons, of if Matt morris once won 22 games) its only this year, it only the next week or so that matters. One thing is that I KNOW its going to be a fun series to watch with 2 of the best baseball franchises and towns cheering madly, it will be so different for me to no be able to really cheer AGAINST a team (no evil empire) .
Cards in 7