Ok, so my new favorite stat regarding pitchers, especially starters, is pitch efficiency. Basically, I look at the one of the following two categories: pitches thrown per inning (P/IP) or pitches thrown per plate appearance (P/PA). For this thread, I am looking at pitches thrown per inning. The MLB average this season is around 14 P/IP. Let's compare this to the Reds starting 5 and bullpen...
Starters:
Leake - 14.42 P/IP
Arroyo - 17.65 P/IP
Harang - 18.58 P/IP
Cueto - 18.64 P/IP
Bailey - 20.13 P/IP
Bullpen:
Rhodes - 13.70 P/IP
Herrera - 14.71 P/IP
Fisher - 16.00 P/IP
Lincoln - 17.10 P/IP
Owings - 17.82 P/IP
Ondrusek - 19.00 P/IP
Cordero - 19.69 P/IP
Masset - 21.89 P/IP
We all knew this team was going to struggle offensively (possibly not to this degree), but we all probably thought that this team would pitch well. So far, this team is throwing way too many pitches...