Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Top 10 Reasons Sidney Ponson Must Go

There are so many reasons why Sidney Ponson should no longer be pitching in the Major Leagues for the Minnesota Twins but in great respect to David Letterman, we will limit it to 10.

10. Ten RP and even three KC Royal pitchers have more wins

9. Nine Walks compared to only 12 K's for a K/BB Ratio of 1.33

8. 8.44 ERA (Only 3 SP with > 20 IP are worse: McCarthy, Seo, and Fossum)

7. GB/FB ratio of 2.18. Unfortunately, those GB's are making it to the OF.

6. Six HR's in 4 games or 1.5 HR per game

5. Averaging 5 IP per start

4. Offense against splits of .368/.429/.642

3. KC averages 3.8 runs per game. Except two Ponson starts (7.5 runs)

2. Ratio of 2.07(44 base runners in 21.1 innings pitched)

AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON PONSON MUST GO.......

1a. Kevin Slowey (3-0, 1.05 ERA and K/BB Ratio of 14.0) or

1b. Scott Baker (2-0, 1.57 ERA and K/BB Ratio of 7.7)

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