Our starting pitchers have had their share of ups and downs so far this Spring, but how about our NL East rivals, the Braves (3-1), and the Phillies (2-2).
On the Braves side, three of their big guys have starts under their belts being Glavine, Hampton, and Hudson. Glavine in his first outing pitched 2 innings where he let up one hit, which was a homer, and had 2 K's (4.50 ERA)
Hampton out of the three had the best first outing where he went 2 innings allowing a H and striking out one.
Hudson struggled, but still made it out. 2.0 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, K, (4.50 ERA)
On the Phillies side, two of their three starters went out for 3 innings. Which is surprising for this early in the Spring, and because its the Phillies, its a little scary.
Moyer had the best start going 3 innings, allowing a hit and striking out three.
Kenderik also went 3.0, had 3 hits, ER, HR, K
Hamels struggled, 2.0 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 2 HR, 2 BB, 2K.
This makes me feel better about Santana's first start. But I have to keep telling myself that not only is it Spring Training, but it is also the first week of Spring Training games, so none of these stats really mean anything yet, and they won't until they get more innings pitched.
