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Originally Posted by philthepat
I'm too lazy to check the exact numbers, but Clayton Kershaw had a pretty rough (by his standards) start to the 'real life' season this year.
Basically... it happens.
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This is exactly what I was going to respond with. Clayton Kershaw was 3-3 with an ERA of just under 4 in his first 10 games this year and is already back down to a 2 ERA 15 starts later. It's very premature for you to have said he "sucks in this game" in just over 1/3 of a season, especially without looking at this peripheral stats. A big key I've noticed to having good pitching is improving defense up the middle. Find high range guys at the shortstop, centerfield and catcher positions (and to a lesser extend 2B) and your ERA vs. FIP should be much closer, if not actually getting to a FIP higher than your ERA