When thinking about Spencer Turnbull’s first full season in the major leagues, I’m reminded somewhat of Jeremy Bonderman. Sure, the comparison isn’t perfect — Turnbull was over six years older than Bonderman was at the start of their respective rookie seasons — but the end results are fairly similar; Bonderman posted a 6-19 record with a 5.56 ERA for a godawful 2003 Tigers team, while Turnbull takes a league-leading 15 losses into the final week of the 2019 regular season.
Fortunately, neither of them will lose 20 games.
Unfortunately, Turnbull might get closer than he is right now.