Tigers Rick Porcello Drawing Gooden Comparisons
Rick Porcello wasn’t born yet when Dwight Gooden dominated as a teenager. For history’s sake, that’s good; if he was around then, he’d be too old to set the kind of standards he’s reaching right now.
Gooden was so young when he broke into the big leagues that he won seven straight starts twice — both in 1984 and ‘85 — before he turned 21. Not once since then had anyone that age won more than four straight starts. Porcello’s six solid innings in Wednesday’s 8-3 Tigers win over the Royals got him to five after he lost three of his first four decisions to start the season.
The way Porcello’s going, he could threaten Gooden’s standard, though his next scheduled start comes next Tuesday against the Red Sox. Fernando Valenzuela’s eight-game streak in 1981 isn’t far off from there. - mlb
You mean I shouldn’t have dropped him after 3 bad starts in my fantasy league?
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caterpillarcowboy reblogged this from brooklynmutt and added:
You mean I shouldn’t have dropped him after 3 bad starts in my fantasy league?
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