August 10, 2003
EMT
Kevin Correia of the Giants was called on to make an emergency start and did an excellent job. He allowed 7 hits over six innings, and only one run. He threw seventy two of his 110 pitches for strikes. A great job in his first start as a big leaguer.
A few years ago, people were lamenting the quality of pitching in the majors. I tried to convince people this all went in cycles, and eventually, pitching would come around again. What I thought would really drive it is that pitchers would become more valuable than hitters. I'm not sure that has happened yet, but there were seven pitchers making over $10,000,000 last year. Whatever the reason, I think this crop of young pitchers is start of the tide turning away from offense and back to a more neutral game.
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