Note: Livan Herrnandez has been Good
Yesterday, in a win against the Nationals, Livan Hernandez pitched seven scoreless innings, while striking out four batters.
“He’s been huge,” Manuel said of Hernandez, following yesterday’s game. “Obviously, we need good pitching, and that was outstanding pitching today.”
Hernandez is 5–1 with a 3.88 ERA in 11 starts this season, during which the Mets are 7–4.
He has thrown six ‘quality starts,’ i.e., at least six innings pitched while allowing three runs or less.
…three things, 1) it looks like he pitches without a game plan, and simply adjusts to each hitter as the hitter adjusts to him, sometimes in the middle of the at bat, 2) he has no issue working inside the strike zone, it’s like he’s fearless, or just really confident in what he’s doing, and 3) he is striking out batters at essentially double the rate he had been over the last few years, and i think this is a result of making half of his starts against the young, free-swinging Marlins, Pirates and Nationals…
Hernandez told reporters he was feeling sick before the game, and all through the previous night, when he got very little sleep, adding, “But, I don’t care… I like to pitch no matter what.”
…i wonder if he, too, ate a funky batch of fried food and buffalo wings…
