[Soonerfan64]

First time pitching in the majors, first time as a starter in the majors, a pitcher that is normally a reliever getting a start, high pitch count last time out, pitcher left with an injury or nagging problem last time out, how a pitcher does the following game after his last game was either rained out or he started but left early due to long rain delay, how a pitcher does after he is shelled his last time out ( I suppose you could define it as not making through 5 innings or giving up x amount of runs ), how he does his first three starts after returning from the DL, how a pitcher fairs against a team that he has a high winning/losing % against. I would suppose one could go on and on.

I thought for next season we could come up with some categories and reliable people could track a certain stat or two. I would be willing to keep up with a couple either this season or next as we get more ideas gathered.

SF64