New League Rules Required

Sunday, June 14 2009 @ 10:47 AM EDT

Contributed by: Magpie

Has anyone else noticed that Brandon League has been absolutely lights out coming out of the bullpen this season?

Well, he has. Trust me. League struggles when he's coming out of the dugout.

League has appeared in 23 games this season. Here's what he's done in that first inning, when he arrives at the mound directly from the bullpen.

BULLPEN       IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO     BF
             18.2  12    5    5    1    6    14    72

That's a 2.41 ERA, and League has been scored on in his initial inning just three times in those 23 games.

But when he sits down in the dugout, watches his team hit, and then goes back out to the mound... that's when his troubles begin. That's happened in 8 of those 23 appearances, and the results have been ugly. And it doesn't matter how many batters he faced in his first inning or how many pitches he threw.

DUGOUT       IP    H    R    ER    HR  BB   SO       BF
            7.2   14   11    11    1    2    8       38

That's a 12.91 ERA - he's been scored upon in four of those eight games and had exactly one clean inning.

OK, I'm off to the Dome. Be nice to see if the Jays can beat one of these second division teams...

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