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Originally Posted by Thrillhouse
The thing that sucks is that he hasn't pitched this bad his whole career. Some point out that Vasquez pretty much the same numbers as Buerhle last year minus the W/L and ERA. That goes to show how lucky he was last year but still has been a high 3 ERA pitcher his whole career.
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Oh don't get me wrong - I think Buehrle's a quite solid pitcher, and has been for years. I really like the guy - it's just that his decline probably isn't as precipitous as it has looked, that was more my point: his numbers looked lots better last year due to the w/l record, when he'd slipped a little (and really gave up a LOT of hits).
Combine that with more walks and almost zero strikeouts, and he's going to struggle a little - hopefully he figures it out.