Fun with pitching stats

Losses
Fernando Rodney - 4
Rest of team - 4

Starters
Jeremy Bonderman: 4 starts, 28 innings pitched, 0-0 record, 2 home runs allowed, 2.25 ERA
Nate Robertson: 4 starts, 26.1 innings pitched, 2-1 record, 1 home run allowed, 2.39 ERA
Justin Verlander: 4 starts, 26 innings pitched, 1-0 record, 1 home run allowed, 2.08 ERA
Mike Maroth: 3 starts, 16.2 innings pitched, 2-0 record, 2 home runs allowed, 5.40 ERA
Chad Durbin: 3 starts, 13.2 innings pitched, 0-1 record, 5 home runs allowed, 10.54 ERA

Put another way:
Chad Durbin: 3 starts, 13.2 innings pitched, 0-1 record, 5 home runs allowed, 10.54 ERA
All other starters: 15 starts, 97 innings pitched, 4-1 record, 6 home runs allowed, 2.51 ERA

Sometimes pitching problems are tough to diagnose. But not this year:

1. Fernando Rodney needs to stay out of games whose outcomes are still in question until he regains control of his pitches and stops making a mess of every situation he puts in.
2. This is the wrong time and place for Chad Durbin, period. A career 6.31 pitcher should not be in the starting rotation of any team that's in a division that has four realistic contenders and isn't at all guaranteed to produce the Wild Card team, let alone the defending American League champions.