Good ol' Bobby Howry

[Kid]

<!--quoteo(post=105724:date=Jul 15 2010, 11:53 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Jul 15 2010, 11:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=105723:date=Jul 15 2010, 10:51 PM:name=Kid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid @ Jul 15 2010, 10:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->It was a really bad outing, but I think it's been completely ignored that, at least before tonight, he's been pretty decent since he's been back.

Coming into tonight's game, he had a 1.69 ERA and a 1.250 WHIP as a Cub this season. Obviously those numbers will go up quite a bit after tonight, but for comparison's sake, Marmol has a 1.224 WHIP and Cashner has a 1.393.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Small sample size. Compare him with Cashner, fine...but Marmol?
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Relatively small sample size, I grant you, thought this was his 20th appearance as a Cub this season. I wasn't comparing him to Marmol to say he's 10% the pitcher Marmol is, but to show that he hasn't just had a low ERA (which can be deceiving for middle relievers since they often have to deal more with inherited runners than their own), but that he actually has done a decent job of keeping runners off base.