Jumping back on the Banda Bandwagon!

[Brandon]

Anthony Banda was acquired from the Dodgers for very little and with great fanfare since he was low cost and has talent with results the last few seasons.  This year he got off to a good start in his first 6 games giving up 1 earned run in 5.33 innings.  Then the wheels came off as he gave up 10 earned runs over his next 5 outings and 4.67 innings.  I think in one of those outings he was asked to pitch a second inning and got hit hard that one.  since then, he has 14 more outings with 1 implosion and that was 10 appearances ago.  in his last 14 appearances he has 12.67 innings giving up only 6 hits and 5 walks with still a low 9 K's and 4 earned runs including 3 in one outing for a 2.84 ERA which is more in line with expectations and hopes.  It seems the ship has been righted and moving forward we can expect to see his ERA continue to go down as he is now back under 6.00 overall after today's game.