What is the story about?
Disappointing is probably the best way to categorize Andrew Painter’s season. No one really expected ace-hood from him straight out of the gate, but he has struggled this year. Like any other pitcher, he’s exchanged good starts with poor ones, but those poor ones are far too often. His last five starts have shown this Jekyll and Hyde act where the first three, he gave up five runs in 17 1/3 innings. These last two, he’s allowed ten runs in eight innings.
The question becomes: should he make his next
start? The team doesn’t really have much depth below, so optioning him for a while is probably out. Maybe they could skip his next start, or use a bullpen game instead.
Or they might just keep moving forward with him.
