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What is the consensus on his abilities when he returns from the DL? I'm nervous about starting him, but I don't think he can be dropped.

Thoughts?

 
What is the consensus on his abilities when he returns from the DL? I'm nervous about starting him, but I don't think he can be dropped.Thoughts?
Too much upside to drop him.Sit him his first start and hope for the best
 
Not that this really means anything, but looking through Beckett's stats I saw an interesting trend with his ERA:

'09: 3.861

'08: 4.032

'07: 3.282

'06: 5.024

'05: 3.384

'04: 3.803

'03: 3.042

'02: 4.114

His ERA gets better in odd years/worse in even years.

His average ERA in even years = 4.294

His average ERA in odd years = 3.422

With Beckett being out indefinitely, I'm guessing we're looking at maybe 12-15 more starts from him this year. With the way he was struggling, hopefully he can find his groove and get 8 or so wins in those starts. The concerning thing for me was that his walk rate was ~2x average Beckett.

 
Probably speaking too soon since he's tossing against the Yanks in the Bronx tonight but he's looked damn sharp lately. I think he's back.

 

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