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Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic
not quite the year before, but close enough (off the top of my head):
SP Bartolo Colon, 2 time 20 game winner, won 21 games as recently as 2005. had a major injury in '06, didn't quite rebound for '07 and is now in the Red Sox' minor leagues. i'm completely surprised he wasn't in the majors.
i'm not debating or aruguing with you, i didn't have last year's version of OOTP so you're more informed than i am re: this issue. i agree a Cy-Young candidate one year shouldn't be in AAA-ball the next year cuz he lost 2 pts off his stuff or something like that. |
He's actually the perfect case for what KSyrup is trying to say. How do we know Colon didn't come back from the injury? His stats were garbage. In 2006, he gave up 71 hits in only 56 innings. He came back in 2007 and put up an ERA of 6.34 in 18 starts.
Then the Angels dumped him.
In OOTP's world, Colon could have gotten a major injury, came back and put up an ERA of 3.56 for half a season and then been cut because his ratings showed he couldn't pitch anymore.
Had Colon had a 3.50 ERA for the Angels last year, he'd be in their rotation this year while Dustin Mosely would be in relief where he belongs.