JJ Not Good, Stanton Good As Marlins Lose to Reds 7-2.

[Swifty]

Nobody cares anyway.

[Namaste]

Mike Stanton keeps me watching and caring.

[Bucklin12]

I only watch Stanton's AB now.

[Party]

I cannot remember a time where I felt so indifferent towards this team. Its kinda been bothering me for awhile.

[nny]

I cannot remember a time where I felt so indifferent towards this team. Its kinda been bothering me for awhile.

2007?

Was even worse then because there wasn't a Stanton. Sure watching Hanley and Cabs and the offense was cool but then you had to watch them on defense and Chris Seddon making starts

[Party]

I still watched that team.

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

That was not a fun game to be at. It was hot and humid all night, the defense was suspect, the offense was bad (accept for Stanton) and JJ was not good. So glad I ran through O'Hare to make sure I could get to this game on time.

[AdamRavs]

JJ not having a good 2nd half. Maybe hit the wall?

[dgriot]

2007?

That's the year I went from casual fan to hardcore (e.g., watching a handful of games to watching or listening to 100+ in full)!

[Madman81]

Jose Veras asked me on the terrace outside the stadium at 3pm how to get to the clubhouse. That was fun.

I met and had brief conversations with Rich and Tommy. It was cool.

[Chewford]

JJ was probably pissed he missed Mark Hamil yesterday.

[HUGG]

JJ not having a good 2nd half. Maybe hit the wall?

Last year he put up a 2.74 era and a .595 OPSa in the 1st half and a 4.00 era and a .682 OPSa in the 2nd half.

So far this season, he's got a 4.17 era and a .722 OPSa in the 2nd half.

In 06, his only other season with more than 14 starts, he had a 2.30era and a .651 OPSa after 14 starts and then a 4.10era and a .757 OPSa the rest of the way.

Maybe this is a thing.

[wanks1212]

Yeah. It's weird. Ricky has the same discrepancy, except he's awesome in the second half but, well, not great in the first half.

JJ kinda makes more sense. He may wear down as the season progresses. Just thinking about that logically, maybe he's not built to throw 220+ innings of Cy-caliber ball, even when considering his stuff and his body type. Maybe it's not a great idea to throw JJfor 110+ pitches in May.

Ricky? Maybe he just takes longer to get his shit together. I dunno. A pitcher who improves his performance as the season progresses and his workload increases would seem to be an anomaly to what would intuitively be expected.

Or it's just random variance that will sort itself out over the course of their careers. But it's something to look at when considering the workload of both JJ and Ricky.