Hoffman vs. Corbin; Rockies win in late innings Monday

(Source: MLB.com Video; Jeff Hoffman for the Colorado Rockies)

Patrick Corbin for the Washington Nationals is 1-0 with a 2.36 ERA in four starts. His true run average won-lost record is 1.519 wins and 0.667 losses for a winning percentage of .695.

Corbin's true ERA won-lost record is 1.519 wins and .700 losses for a winning percentage of .684.

His pitching performance this season (regardless of if the Nationals win or not) is four wins and zero losses.

A better way to look at Corbin's pitching performance is to say he has 2.969 wins (meaning he got batters out) and 1.567 losses (meaning he gave up runs) for a pitching performance percentage of .655.

His true ERA pitching performance is 2.969 wins and 1.600 losses for a pitching performance percentage of .650.

There is hope for the Colorado Rockies though.

Corbin has given up the maximum amount of runs (or tied for the maximum amount) for his team in three out of his four outings. He alone gave up the maximum amount of runs in two of three games that he gave up the maximum amount of runs.

Corbin was most responsible for a 6-5 loss at the Mets when he gave up three runs on April 6th (even though he wasn’t tagged with a loss).

Jeff Hoffman is making his season debut for the Rockies tonight.

In three games at Triple-A Albuquerque he pitched 11 2/3 innings giving up 18 runs for a 13.89 ERA in two starts and a relief appearance.

Hoffman has given up 20 hits, five home runs, three hit batsmen, eight walks, thirteen strikeouts, a wild pitch and a balk.

In his last start on April 16th, he gave up 10 runs in just four innings pitched.

Hoffman’s record is 0-2 and his true run average won-lost record is zero wins and 1.935 losses.

His pitching performance (regardless of if the team wins or not) is one win and two losses.

In Hoffman's first start of the season (in this case which is being considered a win), he pitched 3 2/3 innings and gave up four runs out of eleven. So his percentage of innings pitched for the team was higher than the percentage of runs he gave away to the opponent.

A better way to look at Hoffman's pitching performance is to say he has 1.352 wins (meaning he got batters out) and 1.935 losses (meaning he gave up runs) for a pitching performance percentage of .411.

Whatever anyone really wants to think of his won-lost record, the very short version is that he has failed every single time. It really is zero wins and three losses.

In Hoffman's one start that could be considered a win, the Albuquerque Isotopes only scored four runs in that game on the offensive side. He allowed four runs. So at best his won-lost record would be zero wins, two losses and a tie.

The Rockies won 7-5 on Monday night.

For the Rockies, this Tyler Anderson guys sucks. Maybe the Rockies should send him down to the bullpen or perhaps the minor leagues. Or maybe he just needs to go on the injured list again. Or go buy up Dallas Keuchel. Or go get Craig Kimbrel. Or go get both.

Tyler Anderson is clearly the loser on the Rockies pitching side giving up all five runs to the Nationals.

What might even be the saddest thing is that only 20,517 people were there to see it.

Chad Bettis clearly should be the winning pitcher by going three innings and retiring every batter. In his last two outings, he has given up just one run in four innings in relief. Tuesday’s game was the first time this season he hadn’t given up a run.

Bettis is apparently taking on a long reliever role (who can go multiple innings) for the foreseeable future in the short-term.

Seungwhan Oh also pitched great too on Monday. He has only given up runs in four of ten relief outings this season.

Maybe the Rockies should consider letting him be the starting pitcher, “the opener” like the Tampa Bay Rays do and have a relief pitcher start the game and pitch for just one inning.

If his pattern of pitching continues like it has done so far this season, Oh will give up a run in his next outing or for sure the next one after that. He bounced back after giving up a run in his previous outing on Saturday.

Scott Oberg has pitched great so far this season. He gave up a home run to Neil Walker (of the Miami Marlins) to start the season and then pitched 6 2/3 innings pitched of scoreless baseball.

Oberg gave up a home run to Wil Myers (of the San Diego Padres) and hasn’t given one up since. He has thrown five innings of scoreless baseball since then and is probably due to give up another run soon.

After seven scoreless innings pitched to start the season, Wade Davis finally choked on Sunday. He gave up three hits in the final inning (all with two outs).

Davis bounced back nicely on Monday and gave up just one hit and walked one batter.

More importantly, he didn’t give up any runs. And he picked up just his second save on the season.

The Rockies bullpen was all winners on Monday night.