We often hear April and May are pitcher months and hitters need time to catch up. How about the "Dog Days" of summer? For the past couple of weeks I have noticed a great number of games going over the total especially day games with 90+ degree temperatures. You can see the pitchers wilting under the heat.
I tend to think the hitters have an edge here and the OVER.
If someone has the O/U numbers post all-star break please post them.
Anyway, I picked this up at Covers. I think it has relevance for this time of year. Pitchers records for the month of August last 3 years.
AUGUST GOOD PITCHERS
A.J. Burnett 11-5, Noah Lowry 11-4, Greg Maddux 12-5, John Maine 9-4, Brett Myers 9-3, Roy Oswalt 11-4, Andy Pettitte 14-5, Johan Santana 13-5, Tim Wakefield 9-2, Chien-Ming Wang 9-3, Jeff Weaver 13-4, Jake Westbrook 13-3.
AUGUST BAD PITCHERS
Jeremy Bonderman 5-12, Boof Bonser 3-8, Chris Capuano 4-10, Josh Fogg 5-11, Dustin McGowan 3-7, Gil Meche 2-12, Oliver Perez 3-7, Nate Robertson 4-13
I tend to think the hitters have an edge here and the OVER.
If someone has the O/U numbers post all-star break please post them.
Anyway, I picked this up at Covers. I think it has relevance for this time of year. Pitchers records for the month of August last 3 years.
AUGUST GOOD PITCHERS
A.J. Burnett 11-5, Noah Lowry 11-4, Greg Maddux 12-5, John Maine 9-4, Brett Myers 9-3, Roy Oswalt 11-4, Andy Pettitte 14-5, Johan Santana 13-5, Tim Wakefield 9-2, Chien-Ming Wang 9-3, Jeff Weaver 13-4, Jake Westbrook 13-3.
AUGUST BAD PITCHERS
Jeremy Bonderman 5-12, Boof Bonser 3-8, Chris Capuano 4-10, Josh Fogg 5-11, Dustin McGowan 3-7, Gil Meche 2-12, Oliver Perez 3-7, Nate Robertson 4-13