With Ryu on the DL and Hill being Hill, Alex Wood has gotten his time to shine in the rotation and boy did he ever tonight with a line of 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 Hits, 1 BBs, 11 Ks against the Pirates. This follows up a rugged 4 ER start against the Giants and I'm sure you're excited if you ran with him. That's a 11.53 K/9 and 3.03 BB/9 across the season with a 2.17 FIP and 2.80 xFIP to boot. Holy Wade Boggs' Mustache! Then the groundball rate well above 55%...Hard Contact under 30%...wait, that headline was for good luck! Dang straight, I want Wood to stick in the rotation so badly. Please keep McCarthy and Ryu on the DL or send Hill to then pen or limit Urias' innings. I want Wood to pitch as a starter as he increased his Changeup usage and does a great job of keeping it low in the zone. I want this kid to be the man I thought he could be entering 2015. Please, please give him a chance. Oh, are you talking to us owners too? Sure am, 23.3% owned in ESPN leagues just isn't fair.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
