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Game 83 Open Thread - Oakland Athletics (50-36) vs. Kansas City Royals (40-42)

Is Cool Stuff fighting for his rotation spot at this point?

By Max Rieper
Ed Zurga

Tommy Milone

#57 / Pitcher / Oakland Athletics

6-0

205

L

L

Feb 16, 1987

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2013 - Tommy Milone 7-7 17 17 0 0 0 0 105.2 107 54 49 19 26 81 4.17 1.26

Wade Davis

#22 / Pitcher / Kansas City Royals

6-5

225

R

R

Sep 07, 1985

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2013 - Wade Davis 4-6 15 16 0 0 0 0 82.2 113 58 51 11 37 73 5.55 1.81

I predict a good start by Cool Stuff tonight. Seems like he'll do just enough to stay in the rotation without being a good pitcher overall. I call this the "Luke Hochevar Phenomenon."

And by "good start", I mean a line of 5 IP 8 H 3 R 3 ER 4 BB 3 K, 96 pitches. Cool Stuff!

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