It's happened more often than you think, sometimes even later in the season. The most obvious is Trader Jack replacing Torborg and leading the Marlins to a championship.
Only because the sortables can't be edited beginning the beginning of the TB series. Duke 0.00 ERA Presley 2.08 ERA Gibson 2.92 ERA Hildenberger 5.40 ERA Hughes 7.71 ERA Reed 9.00 ERA Odorizii 9.64 ERA Berrios 11.25 ERA Hale 12.00 ERA Rogers 12.00 ERA LaMarre 13.50 ERA Lynn 14.73 ERA Busenitz 16.20 ERA Duffey 27.00 ERA Moya 40.50 ERA Kinley 54.00 ERA Rodney infinity ERA
Already this has turned into last year where we just cycle through ****ty pitchers game after game because they can't put together a competent pitching staff.