Another Westbrook Rant

There hasn't been a lot of baseball posting lately, mainly because I have been either traveling or too busy to really watch much baseball yet this year. But I did get to see a couple innings of the Tribe at White Sox last night, and my old friend Jake Westbrook was on the bump. The FSN Ohio play-by-play and color guy kept up a steady "Jake is a real hard-luck pitcher" dialogue during the time I watched.

Now, it's true that Westbrook has not received a lot of support from his teammates. Only 2.7 runs, on average, scored in his 12 starts.

But let's be clear--his E.R.A. is 5.30 (with a 2-8 record).

So even if, say, the Indians scored 3.7 runs a game behind Westbrook, he'd still be struggling. There is no such thing as a hard-luck pitcher with an E.R.A. over five.