Marco Gonzalez' last two starts have been superb, ace written all over them. 14 innings, four runs... unfortunately two losses. M's offense fell asleep on him both times. Indeed, his last four starts were all strong, 28 innings, 5 runs. Yes, that's a 1.60 ERA.
He showed a lot this season and lived up to Dipoto’s expectation as a model for the new Ms. There were a couple of down moments, a particularly immature midseason meltdown over an ump's bad call that set up a loss, but he apologized for that and settled down and acted like the leader his team needs the rest of the way.
He could have easily notched 20 wins. Six of his losses were by one-run. He's not over-powering, but he mixes up his pitches and gets the job done. He's young to be a veteran, but on this team he is. This was an important season for him, a time when he was asked to step up, not just as the head of the rotation but as a team leader. He did just that.
Job well done!
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