2015: COMPLETE GAME #3--WE GO INTO THE RED...

Now pitching for the Yankees: Chubby Checker's
"full-pack" nephew..Tubolard Playingcard...

Shiver those timbers, mates, we fell asleep in the crow's nest and somehow managed to overlook the biggest iceberg in the ocean...back on Monday night (4/20), the Yankees' C.C. Sabathia was locked up in a pitcher's duel with the Tigers' Alfredo Simon. C.C. had a 1-0 lead going into the seventh, aided in part by the Yankees turning three double plays, but Detroit scored twice in the bottom of that inning and made it stand up for a 2-1 win.

C.C. went all the way to get the loss, dropping his won-loss record to 0-3. (This was another 8 IP CG, by the way...)

That means that complete game pitchers are actually "in the red" in terms of won-loss record: they are 1-2 thus far in 2015. (The usual WPCT for CGs in recent years is upwards of .750...and, yes, we do expect to see something similar by the end of the year.)

We note that 100+ pitch outings are starting to rise--after 12 games per team, the total is up to 97 for the young season, as opposed to 143 over the same span of games in 2014. Instead of being down 50%, as was the case the last time we checked, 100+ pitch games are now down only 33%...