Barz, my concern about Oswalt has nothing to do with BABIP. He had zero K's Saturday, which is unusual, and could indicate lack of movement or velocity. His fastball didn't seem very effective. And he had biceps pain, tingling, etc. in the sixth, said it went away, but then he pitched poorly after the event. All of those things together seem like bad signs. Otherwise, I would agree with you about the BABIP comparison.

On a more positve note, Roy O goes through periods every season in which he pitches poorly and many times he will blame it on a dead arm, which is more like a fatigue issue. So this isn't that unusual for him. Hopefully, it is something which will pass. If that is the issue, maybe he will need to skip a rotation turn at some point...which is also something that has helped him in the past.

Update: Baseballmusings.com says that Oswalt has had a few starts in his career with 1 K, but he has never had a start with 0 Ks, like Saturday's game.


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