Who Has the 2nd Best 1-2 Punch in Baseball?

[jhedrick]

great convo... heading into a short post season series... i want carpernter/wainwright and then beckett/lester... been there and done that...

[BettorsChat]

Hard vote on all of these as 1 starter for each of those teams is what I would consider really good while the other ones I would consider good on some days, really good on some days, but really shitty on other days.

[kbsooner21]

Hard vote on all of these as 1 starter for each of those teams is what I would consider really good while the other ones I would consider good on some days, really good on some days, but really shitty on other days.

Verlander and Jackson have brought their big boy panties to every game they've started this year for the most part

[mavskidd02]

1. Stl / Boston
2. Stl / Boston
3. NYY
4. Atlanta

[kbsooner21]

Atl before Det? Really?

[mavskidd02]

Atl before Det? Really?

I see Jackson imploding second half. JMO. But for right now, yes, you're right, Det over Atl.

[kbsooner21]

The 3 that voted for Chicago, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta need to have their voting privileges taken away

[poskid]

From a numbers stand point I think it's hands down Detroit at this point. However I think the arguements for other teams make sense particularly the ones when you take the possibility of a Jackson meltdown. Without using numbers I really like Cards as I think they are both big game pitchers. I also like TB though and would be pretty torn between the 2 teams.

PK

[mavskidd02]

Going by strictly ERA of these two starters:

1. St. Louis
2. ATLANTA
3. Detroit
4. NYY
5. Boston
6. Tampa Bay
7. Chicago

[kbsooner21]

Are they that good to only fall 10 games behind Philly?

[mavskidd02]

Are they that good to only fall 10 games behind Philly?

Who the Braves? 6 behind Philly and two out of the WC. Their pitching is phenomenal, the rest of the team is a different story, but they have been playing GREAT lately.

[joshuab1]

i would take carpenter and wainwright over any of those other two..carpenter is one of the ebst in the game and waitwright as a 2.50 era..hes very under rated

[frankb03]

Below is the team's record for the two mentioned starters and the teams record with other starters.

Detroit 24-17 Other 28-30
Boston 28-12 30-29
Cubs 21-15 31-31
Yanks 25-17 36-22
Cards 23-15 32-33
Rays 20-22 35-24
Braves 21-21 30-28

IMO it's clearly Red Sox

In some cases the mentioned starters isn't the 2nd best start on their respected team. Obviously, this only reflects this seasons results.

[frankb03]

Giants Lincecum /Cain

28-13 26-33

The Giants do have the best duo based on team records.

[frankb03]

Cubs Lilly/Zambrano

24-14 28-32