Week 16 Pitchers Poll: Sale Losing Velocity Here As Well

Yeah, I have no idea what's happening here either

For just about the entire season Jake Peavy and Chris Sale have been swapping first place with every start they make. That's no longer the case.

Chris Sale's lack of velocity in his last few starts has been obvious, and he's starting to lose velocity in the Pitchers Poll as well. Should he skip a start or two over the coming weeks, we'll probably be able to just hand the 2012 title to Jake Peavy.

I mean, unless Gavin Floyd gets his shit together, and yeah, let's just hand the 2012 title to Jake Peavy.

RANK	PLAYER	POINTS	LW	+/-
1	Jake Peavy	211	1	12
2	Chris Sale	196	2	4
3	Gavin Floyd	133	3	3
4	Jose Quintana	97	4	3
5	Phil Humber	76	5	10
6	Matt Thornton	68	6	6
7	Addison Reed	62	7	2
8	Nate Jones	59	8	3
9	Hector Santiago	50	9	2
10	Jesse Crain	42	10	2
11	Dylan Axelrod	37	11	0
12	John Danks	34	12	0
13	Zach Stewart	21	13	0
14	Will Ohman	10	14	0
15	Brett Myers	7	20	6
15	Eric Stults	7	15	0
17	Donnie Veal	5	16	0
17	Leyson Septimo	5	18	3
19	Brian Omogrosso	4	17	0
20	Brian Bruney	2	18	0
21	Jhan Marinez	0	21	0
22	Pedro Hernandez	-4	22	0

Getting only 10 points in a week from Gavin Floyd, Chris Sale and Jose Quintana combined isn't exactly a winning formula. Particularly when Phil Humber manages 10 points in his only start. A start against the Rangers.

Yeah, the offense has been able to cover a lot of it recently, but the truth is that Sox pitchers just aren't pitching all that well right now. So no matter how many times Hawk tells you Gavin had a great start in Texas that was ruined by the team's defense, just know that Gavin Floyd's start was no where near great.

He got 2 points from it. If Gavin Floyd's "great" start is worth 2 points, then Phil Humber's start against the Rangers has to be one of the top five pitched games in baseball history.