Moving on to The Man ... Roy Halladay in 2008:
| 25+ wins, World Series MVP |  20 (7.91%) |
| 18+ wins, Cy Young Award contender | 186 (73.52%) |
| 15 or so wins, but sub-Roy performance | 35 (13.83%) |
| League average | 1 (0.40%) |
| Excellent when healthy, but lots of time on the DL | 5 (1.98%) |
| Back off, Roy -- Dustin's The Man now! | 6 (2.37%) |
| Other (what?) | 0 (0.00%) |
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I think Roy will stay mostly healthy and have a good year. He's not as overpowering anymore, but having an excellent defense behind him should help his numbers.
My first thought was... well, last year Doc went 16-7, 3.71. Face it, kids. He's just not the mighty force he was in 2003 or 2005. Although he's still plenty good.
OK, but. (I thought some more!) In the two starts immediately preceding, and the two starts immediately following his DL stint for the appendectomy, Halladay went 1-2, 10.02. (Three of those games were absolute stinkers, the other was his masterpiece against Mark Buehrle.) Over the rest of the season, Halladay was 15-5, 3.08 in 27 starts.
He's not going to have an appendectomy this year, I promise.
And his bullpen coughed up three Halladay wins in the ninth inning, and another in the eighth. Doc also pitched nine complete innings twice without even getting a decision.
And y'know, just from watching him pitch last year... he was Pretty Darned Mighty Looking.
OK, but. (I thought some more!) In the two starts immediately preceding, and the two starts immediately following his DL stint for the appendectomy, Halladay went 1-2, 10.02. (Three of those games were absolute stinkers, the other was his masterpiece against Mark Buehrle.) Over the rest of the season, Halladay was 15-5, 3.08 in 27 starts.
He's not going to have an appendectomy this year, I promise.
And his bullpen coughed up three Halladay wins in the ninth inning, and another in the eighth. Doc also pitched nine complete innings twice without even getting a decision.
And y'know, just from watching him pitch last year... he was Pretty Darned Mighty Looking.