Winning 20 games is an uncommon achievement these days in baseball, what with pitchers being tied to tight pitch counts. But Aaron Harang of the Philadelphia Phillies has a shot at an even tougher feat: losing 20.

Losing 20 games requires a lot to go right. (And, of course, wrong.) Besides typically needing to be on a miserable team, the pitcher needs to be healthy enough to get a lot of starts and unlucky enough to be credited with a lot of decisions, yet decent enough to stay in the rotation.

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