Originally posted by Tony Mosrite: that's exactly what happened with Matt Cain for me today. 5 IP, 15 outs, 5H, 3 ER, 2BB, 8 K, but the fuckin' Giants didn't score a single run to support him. anyway he carried the loss and ended up with 2 Fan Pts. now, Tom Gordon pitches 1 inning, allowing 1 hit and striking out 2. he got the save and more than double Cain's pts (5). I'm sure everyone will have an example of your own.
How come no one complains about the scoring system when their starter pitches like shit and gives up 4-5 runs in 5-6 innings, but escapes with some some points because his offense bails him out with a big night and he gets the extra 7 points that go along with picking up the win?
Maybe we should take away Wins & Losses as stat categories, so each pitcher is graded strictly on the basis of his performance as if he were pitching in a vacuum.
Doing that would have given Johann Santana (16-7, 2.87) more points last year than Chris Carpenter (21-5, 2.83).
