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Originally Posted by dylanmarsh
I don't think CC has any mental issues preventing him from winning a big game; it's physical. The problem starts and and ends with the "manager of the year". 40 extra IP killed CC down the stretch and he was physically spent by the time the Red Sox rolled into the ALCS. If Wedge limits CC's work down the stretch and even skip a few starts, CC is probably fresh for the playoffs.
Francona sat Okajima and limited Beckett and look how that turned out.
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I Split G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP
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1st Half 19 19 0 12 3 0 2 1 133.1 3.58 138 58 53 15 18 0 119 4
2nd Half 15 15 0 7 4 0 2 0 107.2 2.76 100 36 33 5 19 1 90 4
I Split G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP
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April/Mar. 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 34 3.18 37 15 12 4 8 0 35 1
May 7 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 47 4.21 51 22 22 7 6 0 40 2
June 6 6 0 4 1 0 2 1 48.1 2.23 40 14 12 1 3 0 41 1
July 5 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 31.2 5.12 41 21 18 5 4 0 29 1
August 6 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 42 2.57 38 12 12 2 10 1 31 3
Sept./Oct. 5 5 0 4 0 0 1 0 38 2.37 31 10 10 1 6 0 33 0
There's a couple problems with all of these statements about Sabathia.
1) He was better in the second-half then the first half, by 3/4 of a run in ERA. He also threw almost 26 fewer innings.
2) He had his second-best month in September while throwing his third-fewest innings. And historically, his career ERA in September is 2.88, 2/3 of a run lower then any other month.
Considering he has only appeared in one previous playoff series before this year, couldn't he just have had a bad two weeks?