I know Montgomery has been bad this year, but he's been decent as recently as last year. Plus, it's hard for me to say anyone is definitively worse than Plutko. And I'd put Junis on par with Plesac.
Need to win one of the first two, and then have Clevinger and Bauer pitch like they're capable of to win the series.
Plutko, yeah, I'd probably have to agree with you. I was kind of shocked when I was pulling numbers for the OP that his WHIP was only at 1.09. Figured that dude was a lock for a 1.4+ at the least. Would definitely still straight up trade him for Montgomery right now though, despite his struggles this year.
Plesac vs. Junis is a bit more interesting. I know that Plesac has only made ten career starts, but he seems to be on a far better trajectory thus far than Junis ever has been throughout his three years.
Here's the number comparison:
Jakob Junis: 21 GS, 4.83 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 0.7 WAR, 3.2 BB/9, 8.7 K/9, 9.3 H/9, 1.6 HR/9
Zach Plesac: 10 GS, 3.50 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 1.1 WAR, 3.3 BB/9, 6.7 K/9, 6.5 H/9, 1.7 HR/9
Plesac blows him away in ERA and WHIP, and also has more WAR than him despite making half his starts. Both are pretty equal in walks and homers. Junis blows Plesac away in strikeouts, while Plesac kicks his ass in hits allowed. Plus Junis turns 27 soon while Plesac won't be 25 until next year.
I'd definitely give the overall edge to Plesac as of now, even though he's obviously only made ten starts so far.
