2007-07-28 15:34:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
No, no, and no!!!!!!!!
He's very inconsistent! Some days he's good, average, or just plain awful. His ERA has been over 4 the past 5 years. His BB on ball numbers are always around HALF of how many strike-outs he has. He hits about 10+ per year. He has 20 more career wins than losses.
Listen, I love the Sox, but I was very, VERY unhappy when they resigned Wake. He's a nice guy, but I just don't even consider him a great pitcher. Maybe average, but never awesome!
2007-07-28 15:39:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tim Wakefield has always been my favorite pitcher. I love his knuckleball. I remember when he was a rookie pitcher playing for the Pirates alongside Barry Bonds.
Wakefield carried them through the second half of the season as a starting pitcher & did everything he possibly could during the playoffs against the Braves. Pirates lost game 7 in the bottom of the ninth inning.
2007-07-28 16:22:22 · answer #2 · answered by Magic Man 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Awesome might be a bit too much. I have always loved the Sox, you can tell by the scar tissue around my heart, but anyway, when he is "ON", he is unbeatable, but he is inconsistent. He is however, much better indoors than out. I still wouldn't get rid of him for any other pitcher on ANY team. GO SOX!!
2007-07-28 23:17:45 · answer #3 · answered by marks_your_man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say good but not awesome. When his knuckle ball is working and he is throwing it for strikes he is very difficult to hit. However, when he is not throwing the knuckle ball over the plate and has to come in with a 80mph fastball he is very hittable. He is 12-9 with an ERA of 4.59 and a WHIP of 1.35 and that is very average.
2007-07-28 15:44:05 · answer #4 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know about awesome pitcher... but i love him! lol i love knuckle balls and when i was little i saw how he threw them in a magazine and ever since then i throw it all the time. hes def. my favorite pitcher just for that one fact, even if he plays for the red sox. but other than his knuckleball, he doesnt have that great of pitches. but the knuckleball sets them up.
2007-07-28 16:46:17 · answer #5 · answered by BK 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when he is on his game yeah but thats only like 1/3 of the time. way to inconsistent.
2007-07-28 16:19:16 · answer #6 · answered by George C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he isnt that great, hes average. thats all a knuckleballer can be, because some days he has it, some days he doesn't. thats just the way knuckleballers are
2007-07-28 15:38:10 · answer #7 · answered by Dan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋