Inside the Dodgers has the news that Brett Tomko has landed the 5th starter’s spot. This is not a bad thing, despite what has turned into a pick from the “least bad” pool. It’s okay for three reasons:
- Because who knows, maybe he’ll step it up and kick butt for long enough to be helpful.
- He’s not Mark Hendrickson.
- This is for the 5th starter spot.
This is where we’re at for the 2007 starting pitchers:
- Jason Schmidt
- Derek Lowe
- Brad Penny
- Randy Wolf
- Brett Tomko
Contrast this with 2006 opening day:
- Derek Lowe
- Brad Penny
- Odalis Perez
- Brett Tomko
- Jae Seo
Yeah, I think things have improved. Just a smidgen. Next, the bullpen.
By the way, Hendrickson had a 0.84 ERA (10.2 innings pitched) during his relief appearances in 2006. Small sample size, granted, but nothing to sneeze at.
[...] 3/25/07, old friend Brett Tomko had won the fifth starter’s spot: “Tomko on tap-ko”. I compared the 2007 rotation to 2006’s as of opening day. Here’s this year as [...]