Mike, interesting thought on the pitch count. I obviously couldn't see his games from last season but this season he's tended to run into trouble in the early innings. I'll lower it some and see if that helps, not sure but at this point I'll try anything.
Also the league seems about average offensively (last full season average was .263 BA, .330 OBP, .424 SLG, .754 OPS, this season is almost the exact same with BA, OBP, OPS each .002 higher, SLG the same)