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Originally Posted by Machiavelli
McGowan is definitely underachieving. He has the best stuff of the pitching staff but has to learn to work with it.
Litsch is overachieving. Even at 7-1, I was wary that he'd start to come back to earth, and he has a bit, losing his last 3 decisions. He's just the opposite of McGowan; he has the worst pitches in the rotation and it's only so long before hitters figure him out. When he gets hit, he gets hit hard, because his lazy balls always hover somewhere around the zone.
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IMO, it's a matter of how the defense behind the pitcher is used. McGowan's stuff is so good that the defense doesn't get used as often, or the hits are so hard that the defense doesn't have much of a chance. Litsch on the other hand has stuff which usually results in ground balls or other softer hits for the defense to field. With as good of a defense as the Jays have, it's a recipe for success - if the bats can score some runs.