He's not been spectacular. I don't care what his ERA has been in his past 18 starts or whatever. I watch him and I don't get the impression that he's dominating teams and/or shutting them down. He's just been average, meh, okay...
Jake is being very average, which is usually what he's been recently.
inb4 Jordan4Life tells me I'm wrong, but I don't care because I see a guy who is struggling
Yeah but you do understand that earned runs are not necessarily indicative of how much or how little a pitcher struggles, right? Take last inning as an example. Peavy gave up 2 but his struggles were a lot greater than the final tally indicates. He walked a couple and loaded the bases too.