Cortes has been very effective for the Yankees and Pivetta is a 5+ career ERA pitcher. I don’t like this matchup. I don’t like any of the pitching Matchups in this series. I am hoping that Dalbec keeps up his hot hitting and wrecks a couple of Cortes’ pitches today.
I'm hoping the trend continues where Pivetta does well after you criticize him or bring up a not-so-great stat.
Yes, his career ERA is 5.20, but much of that is a result of his 6.02 rookie year ERA. That being said, a 4.94 ERA after that year is pretty close to 5.00, so the point you make has merit.
His 5.60 ERA from 2019-2020 didn't help, and he only had 15 starts in those two seasons combined.
The bright side is maybe this: in his two seasons with 28+ GS'd he put up these numbers:
4.77 in 2018 (164 IP)
4.63 in 2021 (144 IP)
Those are decent 4/5 slot numbers, but doing it for a few years in a row is something he has yet to do.
No doubt, the guy has some "good stuff, but his BB/9 rate has not improved, this year (3.9 vs career 3.5). A good game, here would go a long way in improving our opinions of him.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
I disagree.
I do think head to head batter-pitcher data matters, but this sample size is so small.
Pivetta was in the NL for years and has very little playing time vs NY.
He faced 4 NY batters twice and 5 once in his start, this year.
LeMahieu: K, GO
Rizzo: Fly out and groundball single
Judge: BB, BB
Gallo: Fly out, GO
Stanton: line drive 1B
Sanchez: Bloop single down RF line
Gardner: Sac Fly
A Velazquez: Ground ball single & SB that led to a run
I'm not sure why this has more to do with anything than anything else.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?