Week 24 Pitchers Poll: Gavin Floyd Makes His Case

The competition for the third starter spot should the White Sox make the playoffs hasn't really been much of a competition, unfortunately. Right now the leader for the spot is Gavin Floyd and he's miles ahead of both Francisco Liriano and Jose Quintana.

And while I'm not exactly upset to see Gavin pitching well. While his ERA this month is a typical Gavin 4.58, in his three starts since returning from the disabled list he's walked 3 batters in 17.2 innings while striking out 18.

I'll take that 6-to-1 strikeout ratio anytime.

RANK	PLAYER	POINTS	LW	+/-
1	Chris Sale	302	2	15
2	Jake Peavy	288	1	0
3	Gavin Floyd	174	3	18
4	Jose Quintana	134	4	1
5	Matt Thornton	102	5	4
6	Nate Jones	94	7	6
7	Addison Reed	89	6	4
8	Phil Humber	77	8	0
9	Hector Santiago	75	9	1
10	Jesse Crain	66	10	0
11	Francisco Liriano	54	12	4
12	Dylan Axelrod	47	11	0
13	John Danks	34	13	0
14	Brett Myers	31	16	4
15	Donnie Veal	25	15	2
16	Zach Stewart	21	14	0
17	Brian Omogrosso	12	17	1
18	Will Ohman	10	18	0
19	Eric Stults	7	19	0
20	Deunte Heath	3	21	2
21	Brian Bruney	2	20	0
22	Leyson Septimo	1	21	0
23	Jhan Marinez	0	23	0
23	Dewayne Wise	0	23	0
25	Pedro Hernandez	-4	24	0

Not a great week for the pitching staff point wise, as Gavin and Chris Sale did the majority of the damage. Though both of them did make two starts, which lessens that performance a bit.

Still the concern is that Jake Peavy, Jose Quintana and Francisco Liriano combined for a whole 5 points between them. Nate Jones had 6 points just working out of the bullpen.

That's going to have to change if the Sox not only want to hold off the Tigers, but also if they want to actually accomplish something during the postseason.

Last week's rankings can be found here.