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Hendricks is my guy, and I'm going to use him regardless. I would have like a POTM card for June, but no dice. I'm just getting aggravated that they keep on lowering him. It really is bogus considering there is no reason for it with how well he is pitching. They have lowered him 3 times now this year? GTFO. Give him back his original 79 rating.

@lewisnadasurf1_psn said in Give Cubs SP Kyle Hendricks some love already! MLB leader in wins and he gets a downgrade!?:

As much as I agree what OP said that pitchers win you games. Ultimately. You can have a perfect game every game but still need the team to put up a run. So. They’re right, it’s a team thing for Win/Loss

That is where the quality starts category comes into play. A stat used to measure whether you put your team in a position to win or not by pitching at least 6 innings and giving up 3 runs or less.
From mlb.com glossary: A starting pitcher records a quality start when he pitches at least six innings and allows three earned runs or fewer. A starting pitcher has two jobs: to prevent runs and get outs. The quality start statistic helps to quantify which pitchers did a "quality" job in those two departments. As I said above. Hendricks is 2nd in the MLB with 16 QS

@dewrock_psn said in Give Cubs SP Kyle Hendricks some love already! MLB leader in wins and he gets a downgrade!?:

@snowninja_mlbts said in Give Cubs SP Kyle Hendricks some love already! MLB leader in wins and he gets a downgrade!?:

138 hits (only 3.7 ERA) and still has 13 wins and only 4 losses? What does that tell you!? Pitching clutch much? Now if you cant agree he should go up, tell how he is going down and Alzolay is higher rated. The should at least switch the two.

He's given up more hits than innings pitched. His team averags almost 5.5 runs per game for him. He's not even top ten in any category except for Wins and Starts. We can quibble over what his ranking should be on DD but pointing at his win totals isn't the way to do it.

Quality starts? 16 is 2nd in the entire MLB.

Explain yesterday then. Hendricks only gave up 1 run with only 1 walk through 7 innings on 4 hits. Alzolay today has given up 4 runs and 6 walks (including walking the bases loaded) through 5 innings on 7 hits. Just compare their last 15 games pitched. There is no way you can make the argument Alzolay should be rated higher than Hendricks! Hendricks is at least a 78-80.

@yankblan_psn said in Give Cubs SP Kyle Hendricks some love already! MLB leader in wins and he gets a downgrade!?:

Above average pitcher + good team + run support + good bullpen + luck = 22-3 record too.

Explain yesterday then. Not really a good team anymore, only gave up 1 run, and bullpen almost blew it for him. Just saying. Now look at how Alzolay is doing against same team (Nats). Dude walked the bases loaded (thankfully only 1 run scored) and has given up 4 runs. No way you can make the argument Alzolay should be ranked higher than Hendricks.

@lankyryan_psn said in Give Cubs SP Kyle Hendricks some love already! MLB leader in wins and he gets a downgrade!?:

@snowninja_mlbts said in Give Cubs SP Kyle Hendricks some love already! MLB leader in wins and he gets a downgrade!?:

Shutouts all that matters? Give me a break. He doesn't walk batters AND have you checked the Quality Starts category? That is what really matters. Hendo again is only 2nd in the entire MLB with 16 quality starts behind W. Buehler. You know what complete games do? Wear a pitcher out and ruin his longevity. And the live Series goes off how the current player is doing at the time. Look at Hendricks last 15 starts. 11-0 with a 2.78 ERA.

Live Series is based on the last 3 seasons, with the current season being the last of the 3.

Still doesnt explain how he is going down. How is he going down?

At least explain to me how Hendricks is going down? And how Alzolay has a higher rating? I'll wait...

Shutouts all that matters? Give me a break. He doesn't walk batters AND have you checked the Quality Starts category? That is what really matters. Hendo again is only 2nd in the entire MLB with 16 quality starts behind W. Buehler. You know what complete games do? Wear a pitcher out and ruin his longevity. And the live Series goes off how the current player is doing at the time. Look at Hendricks last 15 starts. 11-0 with a 2.78 ERA.

138 hits (only 3.7 ERA) and still has 13 wins and only 4 losses? What does that tell you!? Pitching clutch much? Now if you cant agree he should go up, tell how he is going down and Alzolay is higher rated. The should at least switch the two.

I get on to play Diamond Dynasty and to see whst SDS did with SP Kyle Hendricks from the Cubs after picking up his MAJOR LEAGUE LEADING 13th win (13-4 record) last night. Instead of getting an upgrade, he goes down from a silver 76 to a bronze 74!? Come on SDS. What is going on!!!??? I see gold pitchers in the live series doing much worse than Hendricks. And to make it worse, you have teammate Adbert Alzolay ranked silver 78!? How the heck...have you compared their stats!? Hendo had two bad starts at the BEGINNING of the year where he gave up 7 runs in both before you call out his ERA. He hasnt lost a game in almost three months. I'm not saying he should be diamond or anything, but man, give the guy his due credit. He definitely shouldnt be going down! Just like the ASG, he gets snubbed by SDS.