Unfortunately when you watch a lot of baseball, there's guys who at the eye-level look awesome (whoa, not like that though!) that turn out to just never put forth the numbers. You get this big lumbering Canadian, with this long but smooth delivery, hitting high-90s at times, and you get all excited and... It turns out to be James Paxton's bumpy start to his career. A few nice stretches, but very inconsistent Ks, inconsistent control, AND THE INJURIES!! Long-term lat strain last year, he sprains both his forearms tripping in Spring Training, then sprains a finger tendon which keeps him out almost this entire season. Hey Pax, I have a finger with a sprained tendon for ya too!
Even with all these injuries, I still think I'll rank Paxton favorably next year... Eesh, I just know I will... But I did want to see his final starts of 2015 before my off-season work... So I decided to break down his return off the DL yesterday afternoon hosting the Rockies to see if he's worth a spot start or two for the stretch run, or will be the worst ranked pitcher yet again in my 2016 ranks:
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