4 Lefties in Rotation next year?

[ZombieRob]

Sale
Danks
Santiago
Quintana

Has there ever been a Rotation that carried 4 Lefties?

Reading the Trib looks as if Floyd will be the only right hander in the rotation

Plus they have another leftie who's close that throws 98 mph

[DrCrawdad]

Originally Posted by ZombieRob

Sale
Danks
Santiago
Quintana

Has there ever been a Rotation that carried 4 Lefties?

Reading the Trib looks as if Floyd will be the only right hander in the rotation

Plus they have another leftie who's close that throws 98 mph

Seems to me that would be fairly unique. In the end, I don't care if 4 Sox starters are right-handers, left-handers or amphibious so long as they're good.

[ZombieRob]

Originally Posted by DrCrawdad

Seems to me that would be fairly unique. In the end, I don't care if 4 Sox starters are right-handers, left-handers or amphibious so long as they're good.

Also forgot to mention Leesman who is yet another promising leftie. Sox have some really good arms. I even like Omogrosso and Bruney for the short period he was here even though Bruney is a FA he can be had. Hahn has some nice pieces in place.

[SephClone89]

Originally Posted by DrCrawdad

Seems to me that would be fairly unique. In the end, I don't care if 4 Sox starters are right-handers, left-handers or amphibious so long as they're good.

I assume this is a joke/pun.

[Frater Perdurabo]

Originally Posted by SephClone89

I assume this is a joke/pun.

I'm not so sure. Last I heard the Sodfather was working on an aquarium on the mound to accommodate a possible acquisition of Kermit The Frog for two polywogs to be named later.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by Frater Perdurabo

I'm not so sure. Last I heard the Sodfather was working on an aquarium on the mound to accommodate a possible acquisition of Kermit The Frog for two polywogs to be named later.

Think of the homefield advantage. I'd like to see Verlander hit 98 on the gun after treading water for 7 innings.

[Moses_Scurry]

I would rather have Quintana and Santiago fighting over the 5th spot. It would obviously mean that they would have to keep Floyd and sign somebody decent.

Sale
Danks
?
Floyd
Quintana / Santiago

I don't trust Quintana yet. I feel the same about him as I felt about Humber coming into 2012.

[slavko]

Originally Posted by ZombieRob

Sale
Danks
Santiago
Quintana

Has there ever been a Rotation that carried 4 Lefties?

Reading the Trib looks as if Floyd will be the only right hander in the rotation

Plus they have another leftie who's close that throws 98 mph

Kravec, Wortham, Baumgarten, Trout. White Sox 1979.

[ZombieRob]

Originally Posted by slavko

Kravec, Wortham, Baumgarten, Trout. White Sox 1979.

Nice call. I assume it's rare thought isn't it?

[TDog]

Originally Posted by slavko

Kravec, Wortham, Baumgarten, Trout. White Sox 1979.

I was thinking the same thing. After Barrios went down, that was pretty much the four-man rotation, with spot starters (including Ed Farmer) being worked in along the way and Dotson coming up in September. The four lefties led the team in starts, though. A typical Veeck II year, maybe Veeck's worst considering the forfeit to the Tigers that still looms large in his legend.

There was quite a bit of hype about the potential of the four starters. But in 1983, Trout was pitching for the Cubs, and the other three, along with Farmer, were pitching in the A's minor league system. Wortham had an ERA approaching 7 for the Class A Modesto A's.

New York sports columnist Dick Young scoffed at thte idea of a starting rotation made up of four lefties, writing that the more hitters see lefties, the more they will get used to hitting them. He may have had a point.