Will Ubaldo Jimenez break Gibson's 1.12 ERA Record?

warriorfan707 · 06-01-10, 01:24 PM

Not a chance in hell. He will get lit up in Colorado at some point.

stealthyburrito · 06-01-10, 01:24 PM

nope, all it takes is one or two bad outings, we're only through a third of the season so far.

Carnage · 06-01-10, 01:27 PM

If it's at .65 by the all-star break. i say yes. will be very hard to accomplish tho for sure.

ProfaneReality · 06-01-10, 01:30 PM

no shot

Brock Landers · 06-01-10, 01:30 PM

The guy is unhittable, i say he can do it

Mr Windy City · 06-01-10, 02:13 PM

he can and will do it.

gryfyn1 · 06-01-10, 02:40 PM

not a chance

Chi_archie · 06-01-10, 02:43 PM

no way, and remember Gibson got to pitch from a higher mound

floridagolfer · 06-01-10, 03:06 PM

It would be a magnificent season if he managed to finish under 2.00 or even 2.50.

I put 1.12 in the stratosphere, never to be matched in my lifetime.

Chi_archie · 06-01-10, 03:10 PM

working on a pretty decent streak of no er's allowed in 20+ innings, but not even half way to Orel's record yet

Squirrel · 06-01-10, 03:13 PM

Not a chance in hell - wait until he faces a stretch of decent offenses. He's faced complete ****ing gonads so far!

Chugs · 06-01-10, 03:18 PM

Heee caaan dooooo iiit!

Willie Bee · 06-01-10, 03:19 PM

Originally posted by Chi_archie

no way, and remember Gibson got to pitch from a higher mound

Good point, Arch. Wish they'd go back to that mound.

One more thing: Gibson logged over 300 innings the season he posted the 1.12 'modern record.' Jimenez will obviously not pitch even near that many, maybe 240 tops.

yisman · 06-01-10, 03:24 PM

No way. He not come that close, even.

His ERA will be over 1.5

Chi_archie · 06-01-10, 03:25 PM

Bob Gibson looks like he could still pitch and stay under a 5.00 ERA today

Arsenal · 06-01-10, 03:44 PM

No chance he breaks Gibson's record.

I was debating with a friend whether he would even win 20 games this year. My buddy had doubts. I think a book needs to post an over/under number for how many wins he gets.

gryfyn1 · 06-01-10, 04:22 PM

Originally posted by Arsenal

No chance he breaks Gibson's record.

I was debating with a friend whether he would even win 20 games this year. My buddy had doubts. I think a book needs to post an over/under number for how many wins he gets.

I think it a good chance to make 20 - he has 21-24 starts left this year and he needs to win 10 - thats a very reasonable number for a guy who throws alot of innings.

If I had to i would put the O/U at 21.5 wins.

katstale · 06-01-10, 04:23 PM

Originally posted by Willie Bee

Good point, Arch. Wish they'd go back to that mound.

One more thing: Gibson logged over 300 innings the season he posted the 1.12 'modern record.' Jimenez will obviously not pitch even near that many, maybe 240 tops.

One other thing about Gibson, he took legitimate cuts in the batter's box and finished what he started. So he would be running the bases etc like any other player. Many modern pitchers come up and wave three times and see ya later.

AMBlai01 · 06-01-10, 08:08 PM

he will come up just short...be right around 1.8. that is my guess

Brock Landers · 06-01-10, 08:09 PM

If you watched him pitch, you know he CAN do this.

Andy117 · 06-01-10, 10:08 PM

I'd be surprised if he can beat Gooden's 1.53 from 1985.

nah0228 · 06-01-10, 10:12 PM

I dont think he'll do it

dynamite140 · 06-01-10, 11:01 PM

He definitely can. Better than Lincecum 2 years ago.

jboy4 · 06-01-10, 11:14 PM

No way, I think he will post one under 2 though.

rthoughton · 06-01-10, 11:34 PM

not a chance. Not a chance in hell.

Albert Pujols · 06-01-10, 11:39 PM

No chance. I'll think he'll be sub 2.00 though.

Time is Money · 06-01-10, 11:45 PM

no way. coors will catch up with him and add about half a run to his ERA by the end of the season. Im gonna ballpark it around a 2.23 ERA by seasons end. Enough to win the Cy.

stealthyburrito · 06-01-10, 11:49 PM

for certain, he's definitely running away with the cy young already but even his era will climb at least 1.5 runs.

canon714 · 06-01-10, 11:50 PM

my vote is no

TexansFan · 06-02-10, 12:07 AM

No.

LVBOUND · 06-02-10, 12:23 AM

Although he is having a great year he does play in Colorado. I would bet his ERA by the end of the year his ERA goes over 2.00

Matt

70kgman · 06-02-10, 12:27 AM

Colorado becomes a hitters park in the hot summer months, I'd be surprised if it was under 2 by the end of the season.

raiders32 · 06-02-10, 12:33 AM

May end up sub 2.00 , but 1.12 is just unbreakable.

mebaran · 06-02-10, 12:35 AM

Interesting to discuss. One would think that pitching at Coors Field will eventually get the best of him at some point...but looking at his splits, he's actually BETTER at home. When you start talking about the sub-1.00 ERA range, you're talking about someone who is beyond baseball. Seems insurmountable.

HOWEVER...Jimenez has been clocked throwing his 2-seam fastball upwards of 98 mph in the NINTH INNING on multiple occasions (obviously you are NOT supposed to be able to do that). This is beyond baseball, fellas. Catch his games if you can, because this has the possibility of being one of the best pitching performances of all time. Brock is right: watch him pitch, drop your jaw, and just wonder for awhile at the very least...