I haven’t posted anything about the Bulls this year, new manager and all that. But the time has come.
In all the years I’ve been following the Durham Bulls I don’t think they have ever started off dead last. But here they are. Twenty-one games into the season and 5 games below .500.
Why? Pitching, pitching, pitching.
They do have a team OPS of .843, but that is somewhat driven by that extraordinary 28 run game on April 9th and two 12-run games after that. Nevertheless, they have the worst record of the 20 teams in the International league.
The pitching is dismal. The team ERA is 639, 19th of 20; the WHIP of 1.57 is 17th; and the Opponents’ Batting Average is .282 -- 20th.
Will things get better at home (they’ve only played 6 of their 21 games at home this year -- thanks IL schedulers)? We can hope so. But they come home to face the best team in the IL this year. We’ll have to see.
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