Milkman delivers Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 19, 2005 -> 12:21 PM) Burnett right now is doing exactly what he's done his whole career. Right around the trading deadline he was unbeatable...now he's getting beaten around. Moving leagues does not change who a pitcher is. AJ Burnett is a clone of Kerry Wood. He has dominating stuff at times, but at other times he just gets knocked around. He doesn't seem to learn from his mistakes. And every time he goes up, he comes just as far back down. There's no reason to assume that somehow switching leagues or teams would make him a totally different pitcher in 2 months. I think it does make a difference if a team has never seen a pitcher, or if they have hardly ever seen him. A lot of times you see a pitcher moving from the NL to the AL, having a lot of success for a few months (which would be great for a stretch run and playoffs), but then come back down to earth very hard after a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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