Back to my infatuation with struggling pitchers...Cliff Lee has officially matched his loss total of the entire 2008 season, and it's only April 23rd.
Now 1-3 with a 5.25 ERA over four starts this month and a frightening strikeout-to-walk ratio (19/9), the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner allowed two runs and nine hits over eight innings against the Kansas City Royals during his best game of the year on Wednesday. A year ago, the lights-out lefty went 5-0 against them on his way to a 22-3 record and 2.54 ERA.
He didn’t even see his third loss until Sept. 23rd at Boston. Then again, he should be pretty happy with pitching eight innings and allowing only two runs, right?
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Cliff Lee will be just fine. He's already cut his ERA in half over his past two outings, and a rough start is a rough start.
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