Come October the Sox pitching staff will have to work even harder if they want to go deep into those playoffs. As of now, our starting pitchers don’t have pretty numbers. Here’s what I’m talking about....
Mark Buehrle (10-3) 3.86
Freddy Garcia (8-8) 3.18 ERA
Esteban Loaiza (9-5) 4.85 ERA
Jon Garland (7-6) 4.45 ERA
Scott Schoeneweis (6-7) 4.97 ERA
Two of our starting pitchers almost have ERA’s above 5. They still have a lot of time to improve, but will need to have some good shutout innings. All we need in the playoffs are 4 starting pitchers and if we look at it now, it looks like Scotty will move into the BP.
Anyone besides me believe we should get another SP or can we go all the way with what we have?