Keep your eyes on these guys...

All of these pitchers had 4 losses in April --- a pace that projects to over 20 for the year.

E Bedard SEA
N Blackburn MIN
M Bumgarner SF
P Coke DET
J Danks CWS
J Happ HOU
D Hudson ARI
M Latos SD
F Liriano MIN
P Maholm PIT
J Niese NYM
J Zimmermann WASH

LEADERS

Detroit's Mike Maroth is the only player to collect 20 losses in a season since 1981. He went 9-21 in 2003.

(special tip of the hat to Minnesota for putting two guys on this list in just 26 games)

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i love your doomsday threads. the one about the 08 lions was epic

My money's on Maholm

Add Ubaldo to that list because he is sucking serious ass this year.

Guy Hecker was 52-20 in 1884.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heckegu01.shtml

52 wins in a year is incredible

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72 complete games that year in 73 starts with 670.2 innings pitched and an ERA of 1.80



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And hit .297 with 378 plate appearances.

Happ, Liriano, and Bedard take the mound today to try to become the Major's 1st 5 game losers of the season.

Ugh and of course liriano is on my fantasy team. Keeper from 21st round so not too bad. Can't just drop him though. Too early

Uh, yeah, Liriano is dismissed. No hitter.

Chose not to start him in my Roto league because he had been so awful this season. What does he do? Freaking no-hitter. Son of a *****!

Danks takes sole possession of the lead. May has only just arrived and he's already a quarter of the way there.

0 and 5

Danks does it again...

0 and 6.

His current pace projects to 26 losses for the entire season.

Here's to the ChiSox keeping him in the rotation.





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Danks now 0-7. 1/3 of the way there. Chicago using a 6 man rotation, gotta wonder how much longer he has. He hasn't been overly terrible, just bad enough.

I wasn't aware the ChiSox were trotting 6 starters out there. That's unfortunate.

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He hasn't been overly terrible, just bad enough.

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...and this is the key. The recipe for 20 losses is to pitch well enough to stay in the rotation and continue to get piss-poor run support.

Don't know if you're aware, Paul Maholm registered his 7th loss the other day. His numbers are pretty good, too.

Stay tuned, this may be fun to watch.

Yeah I believe they're going with 6 because Peavy is back. I want to say I read that Humber is going to be the 6th man at least through the end of May, but I can't remember for sure.

Good news: Danks moves to 0-8.

Bad news: His ERA has ballooned to over 5 and you've gotta think Guillen will ship him to the bullpen now.

I'm trying to contain my excitement...

Bedard and Hudson have been solid lately.

Your monthly update...

It's June 1st and these guys are still on pace to lose 20:

J Danks CWS
P Maholm PIT
B Fuentes OAK
J Guthrie BAL

In the past 30 days this list has gone from 12 to just 4. Hopefully, June will be more fruitful.

LEADERS

(special tip of the hat for Fuentes and Guthrie finding their way on to our radar this month)

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Double special tip of the cap to Fuentes for making the list as a reliever. That's not easy to do.

Your update as we surge past the season's halfway point...

Only one pitcher still maintains the pace for 20 losses (currently at 10).

F Carmona CLE
(and he hasn't even been on our radar this year)



However, these 7 throwers have 9 losses apiece and stay very much in the hunt.

M Bumgarner SF
J Happ HOU
P Maholm PIT
C Richard SD
J Francis KC
J Guthrie BAL
H Kuroda LAD

(kudos to the ChiSox' John Danks for extricating himself from our list by picking up 3 wins in June)

Guthrie now in strong contention with 11 losses. Bonus for him is that his ERA is a very respectable 4.23, meaning he has the perfect mix of just barely good enough stats and bad luck.

I'm putting my money on him.

Danks, Richard, and Guthrie are or were on my fantasy team. I sure know how to pick em.

Carmona goes full retard and ends up on the 15 day DL:



What a way to avoid 20 losses.

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Happ stays in contention with loss #11 tonight. Playing for the Astros, he should be "favored" to lose every game he starts from here on out.

Will his dignity be back in shape in 15 days?

What the hell happened to Fausto there???

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Looks like a baby bird trying to fly for the first time, and failing miserably.

Guthrie with another loss today

Strangely enough, he picked up loss number 12 in relief today. His manager must be watching this thread. Good stuff.

I'm thinking Guthrie has a very good chance - which is too bad because he really has had an average season so far.

Showalter trots Guthrie out to the mound right out of the chute...

He gives up 2 blasts in the first inning.

Loss number 13 is in the books.

He's beginning to separate himself from the pack.

Current pace: 23 losses



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Guthrie is an unfortunate fellow...

Lost a game with 0 earned runs over 8 innings, lost two giving up just 1, etc...

Surely going to lead the league in losses 2 out of the last 3 years.