Friday, April 23, 2004
The Danny Wright Threat Matrix
I have to admit, I liked Danny Wright for a long time. The August 11, 2001 game against Seattle really sucked me in - I thought he was going to be a #1 or #2 starter with the stuff he showed early in his White Sox career.
Since then, it's been all downhill. Here's the matrix of how Danny's starts have gone, well, wrong.
That's ugly. Of 65 career starts, he's got 24 quality starts. By comparison, he's given up 5 or more runs 22 times and gone fewer than 5 innings 23 times. He's gone 7 innings or more only 11 times, meaning that Danny Wright chews up the bullpen.
65 career starts is a lot - it only took the White Sox 67 career starts before they decided to give up on Kip Wells. (Someday I will write why Kip wouldn't have done nearly as well had he stayed in Chicago - I think he just needed a change in scenery). I hope the White Sox give up on Danny Wright as a starter soon and put him in the bullpen where he belongs.
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I have to admit, I liked Danny Wright for a long time. The August 11, 2001 game against Seattle really sucked me in - I thought he was going to be a #1 or #2 starter with the stuff he showed early in his White Sox career.
Since then, it's been all downhill. Here's the matrix of how Danny's starts have gone, well, wrong.
| Runs | >1 IP | >2 IP | >3 IP | >4 IP | >5 IP | >6 IP | >7 IP | >8 IP | >9 IP | 9 IP | totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 runs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 run | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 runs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 runs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 runs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 runs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 runs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 runs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 runs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 65 |
That's ugly. Of 65 career starts, he's got 24 quality starts. By comparison, he's given up 5 or more runs 22 times and gone fewer than 5 innings 23 times. He's gone 7 innings or more only 11 times, meaning that Danny Wright chews up the bullpen.
65 career starts is a lot - it only took the White Sox 67 career starts before they decided to give up on Kip Wells. (Someday I will write why Kip wouldn't have done nearly as well had he stayed in Chicago - I think he just needed a change in scenery). I hope the White Sox give up on Danny Wright as a starter soon and put him in the bullpen where he belongs.
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