The Unofficial Bronson Arroyo Bandwagon

[valnas]

Just wow. Anyone else who picked him up this year, pat yourself on the back after today. Here's the line so far

OPP Dec IP H ER BB K
CHC W 6.2 6 3 0 7
@ CHC W 7.0 6 0 0 4
@ STL ND 5.0 6 5 3 3
@ MIL W 8.0 6 1 2 8
@ WAS W 8.0 1 0 2 8

4-0, 34.2 IP, .92 WHIP, 2.34 ERA, 7.9 K/9

If thats not a shot in the arm from your number 5 starter I don't know what is. Not to mention most people probably benched him in St. Louis. Keep it going Bronson !!!! (and keep getting road starts, your home park is gonna kill ya).

[benjapage]

(and keep getting road starts, your home park is gonna kill ya).

...and there's the rub.

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[RynMan]

Exactly. I'll start him on the road, no worries.

[Havok1517]

Making the trade waaaaaaaaaay 1 sided in Cincy's favor! ;-D

[PlayingWithFire]

hopping on for now.

[tgalv]

this bandwagon is going to come to a crashing halt

[TheYanks04]

this bandwagon is going to come to a crashing halt

You would think so. If the NL is that lame that it makes Arroyo into an Ace, then I would like to know what is wrong with Mulder and Hudson.

[Kurtangletn]

I picked him up glad I did, I thought I would just ride him till hes done but now im shopping him and offered him a bunch of trades (one for Andy Pet )

[garf112]

He hasn't faced the strongest offenses, but I don't think it is only the fact that the NL is weaker this year than in the past. I think he has matured as a pitcher. He is 29, has three years of starts under his belt, had a good K rate in 2004, had decent minor league numbers. His slider looks pretty unhittable, and I think it took the Red Sox trading him (which he was pretty pissed about) to get him to wake up and realize how good he is.

We'll see at the end of the year, but I think I might have picked up another winner this year (last year I picked up John Patterson).

[Havok1517]

[quote="garf112"]He hasn't faced the strongest offenses, but I don't think it is only the fact that the NL is weaker this year than in the past. I think he has matured as a pitcher. He is 29, has three years of starts under his belt, had a good K rate in 2004, had decent minor league numbers. His slider looks pretty unhittable, and I think it took the Red Sox trading him (which he was pretty pissed about) to get him to wake up and realize how good he is.

We'll see at the end of the year, but I think I might have picked up another winner this year (last year I picked up John Patterson).[/quote]


Well, he pitched against the Cards (didn't do to hot), but the Cubs and Brewers have 2 pretty good offenses and aside from the Was win all the parks he's pitched in are hitters parks. Not saying that this will continue like this but his performances have been legit.