After 3 games I wanted to see the immediate effect on what Cliff Lee brought to the table as an Ace for the Texas Rangers.
Vs. Baltimore Orioles July 10th: Cliff Lee gave up 9 hits and 6 earned runs with Texas losing the game 1-6.
Vs. Boston Redsox July 17th: Cliff Lee gave up 6 hits and 2 earned runs with his team losing 2-3.
Vs. LA Angels July 22nd: Cliff Lee gave up 5 hits and 2 earned runs with his team winning 3-2.
Immediate Impact:
With the necessary data and stats provided above the trends point out that the immediate impact Cliff Lee brought to the Rangers was not as great as Texas expected in a highly touted Ace. However, the important trend that was surprising was that in all 3 of the games he started he pitched 9.0 innings in both games against Baltimore and Boston as well as 8.1 innings in his last start against the Halos. The other important trend is pointed out in the lack of run support he has over his last 3 starts with Texas only scoring 1 run, 2 run, and 3 runs. The projection seems to be 4 runs in his next start. All in all however, Texas seems to be making hits as the team had a total of 4 hits vs. Baltimore, 7 hits vs. Boston, and 8 hits in the Angels. Another increasing trend as Texas is aware of trying to give their ace some cushion to provide him with wins. Cliff Lee did earn a 8-3 record with his former club in Seattle.
With about 63 more games left to be played and about 12 starts if Cliff Lee pitches every 5 days he has a chance to improve his current record of 9 wins to possibly 20.
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