Week 19 Pitchers Poll: It Wasn't The Best Week

I know it's easy to blame the offense since it's become so home run reliant lately, but the truth is since last week's set of rankings the Sox have outscored opponents 36-33. Going off that and looking at the numbers in the polls this week, it becomes rather apparent that the pitching staff is who should be wearing it for the three losses in Kansas City.

I mean, when you send both Jake Peavy and Chris Sale to the mound in a series against the Royals and can't pick up a win, it's not going to be a good week for your pitching staff.

Just look at these numbers.

RANK	PLAYER	POINTS	LW	+/-
1	Jake Peavy	248	1	5
2	Chris Sale	236	2	3
3	Gavin Floyd	148	3	9
4	Jose Quintana	124	4	18
5	Phil Humber	86	5	7
6	Addison Reed	78	7	6
7	Matt Thornton	75	6	4
8	Nate Jones	67	8	2
9	Jesse Crain	54	9	-2
10	Hector Santiago	50	10	0
11	Dylan Axelrod	37	11	0
12	John Danks	34	12	0
13	Francisco Liriano	28	15	12
14	Zack Stewart	21	13	0
15	Brett Myers	18	14	1
16	Donnie Veal	12	18	7
17	Will Ohman	10	16	0
18	Eric Stults	7	17	0
19	Brian Omogrosso	4	19	0
20	Brian Bruney	2	20	0
21	Leyson Septimo	1	21	0
22	Jhan Marinez	0	22	0
23	Pedro Hernandez	-4	23	0

And now for a list of White Sox relievers who outscored both Peavy and Sale this week.

1. Phil Humber
2. Addison Reed
3. Donnie Veal

Obviously, this doesn't happen often, but it's not a good thing when it does. Hell, even Gavin Floyd outscored Jake and Chris this week, though he tried his damnedest to undo that in his start against the Yankees on Monday.

The good news is Jose Quintana seems to be back on track, and Francisco Liriano rebounded from a terrible start the week before. Hopefully that continues and Peavy and Sale can avoid the Royals for a bit.

Last week's rankings can be found here.