A Thread For Starting Pitchers That Are Doing Really Well

blake snell through six, 82 pitches

welp

jose ramirez has no respect

bauer through six, but way too many pitches

The Jays like to spot the opposition three-six innings of no-hit baseball most every night.

Not a no-hitter, but Kyle Hendricks is through 8IP at just 71 pitches.

it is a shutout

81-pitch complete game shutout

only 3 Ks

Lot of good D in the outfield today.

yeah but Hendricks didn't even hit a HR, laaaame

Fiers second career no-hitter (also: second career shutout, second career complete game)

I was busy being tortured by Edwin Diaz

I guess that's about as inelegant as no-hitters get...I salute him, anyway (when he tries to salute back, he won't be able to lift his arm).

The Rays are 8 innings into a combined perfect game -- opener Ryne Stanek (first 2 innings) and Ryan Yarbrough (6 IP).

never mind

Rookie Paddack for the Padres. Through 7.

Castro HR, it will never happen for the Padres.

sale has 12 strikeouts through five (89 pitches tho)

Leake perfect through 7, more importantly: he got Trout and Ohtani and he only threw 67 (!!!) pitches.

@BtBScore
Mike Leake has allowed an average exit velocity of 90.9 MPH on 16 batted balls.

This is what it must have been like watching prime Maddux.

Welp, well now he gets to pitch a Maddux.

tsk, slept on Astros' latest combined 0-hitter

Keith Hernandez said they "don't tickle my fancy"

This thread has probably outlived its usefulness--like Keith, I couldn't care less unless it's a CG. (Two guys combining for four home runs doesn't thrill me either.) Anyway, a game I'm watching, Verlander's through five: 73 pitches, 8 strikeouts.

Opener/bulk/middle guy also pitching extremely well for the Jays--one hit.

Buck just called this "a good old-fashioned pitchers' duel." Kind of, sort of.

Through 7, 93 pitches. He may not get it, but I think he has enough to finish. Haven't seen a clear replay, but he might have gotten a call on a full-count pitch to Biggio.

Kind of looking like he will get 9 no hit innings but the game will go into extras in a 0-0 tie.

Struck out the side in the 8th--106 pitches. Getting all the close calls right now. 13 K, game score of 94 (if I've calculated right). Yeah...I hope the Astros score here.

here we go.

he has the lead, 2-0 in the bottom of the ninth, one down

this would be his...third no-hitter?

wtg jv

Yes and second against the Jays in Toronto.

I really hope Kershaw can bounce back like JV did over the last three seasons.

definitely a hall of fame deal-sealing kind of event, one would think

at this point it's just whether he can carry on like this long enough to be a first rounder

I saw the last out (and I still don't care)

Phenomenal. I've caught the last few batters of lots of no-hitters/perfect games online, but (the nothingness of the game aside) that's probably the greatest pitched game I've ever seen where I watched almost the whole thing. He got a couple of close strikes, but I don't think there was anything close to a close play the whole game. I think he hit 100 for game score. I hope such games don't become permanently extinct.

JV and Cole had been very close statistically speaking for awhile but this coupled w/Cole’s last start puts him way out in front for the Cy.

Third guy (Addie Joss, Tim Lincecum) to no-hit the same team twice.

Jays announcers started running down no-hitters the Jays had broken up in the 9th, and they reminded me of something I'd forgotten: Nelson Liriano tripled off Ryan to break one up, and Ryan screamed at him the whole way to third.

I think he was already first-ballot, Karl.

Please Astros acquire and fix Felix.

If Verlander had retired this morning, here's how he'd stack up against Halladay:

V: 220-128, 3.35, 2943 IP, 2949 K, 128 ERA+, 3.43 FIP, 1.140 WHIP, 69.6 WAR
H: 203-105, 3.38, 2749 IP, 2117 K, 131 ERA+, 3.39 FIP, 1.178 WHIP, 65.4 WAR

Very close, but with Halladay drawing 85% support his first year on the ballot, I can't see where Verlander wouldn't do as well or better.

Please Astros acquire and fix Johan.

I should have added K/BB to that comparison above. Slight edge to Halladay, 3.58 to 3.50. These guys are really close.

That was the 15th nine-inning Game Score of 100+.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_score

Impressive list. Brandon Morrow's the only guy on there without much distinction. Cain and Wood derailed by injuries, Gerrit Cole, and eight guys who are in the HOF or should/will be.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/justin-verlander-earned-that-no-hitter/

All no-hitters are impressive, as navigating an entire game without allowing a hit is a feat unto itself and generally comes with an excellent defensive performance combined with a great outing from the pitcher. Verlander’s no-hitter is one of the most impressive in recent history due to how little he relied on his teammates to complete the task.

Re: Yu Darvish' hot hand

"Since at least 1893, no pitcher in Major League Baseball history has ever had five consecutive starts without walking a batter while striking out at least 8 guys each time out."