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THE AVERAGE COST OF THE BEST PITCHING PERFORMANCES OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Neil R 3 comments

I looked at the last 10 years for this data and used the criteria of a minimum of 4.0 WAR for starters and 2.0 for relievers. 2008 SP TEAM PLAYER WAR SALARY ARI Dan Haren 6.1 $4,050,000 ARI Brandon Webb 5.7 $5,500,000 BAL Jeremy Guthrie 4.1 $770,000 BOS Jon Lester 6.1 $421,500 BOS Daisuke Matsuzaka 5.4 $8,333,333 CHC Ryan Dempster

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THE FUTURE OF PITCHING

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Neil R 6 comments

There was a time when there was no such thing as bullpens and closers. In fact saves! weren’t even an official statistic until 1969. Starting pitchers were expected to pitch the whole game, and relief pitchers were used for spot starts and multi-inning relief appearances when a starter would struggle or get injured. Things changed however… starters went from pitching

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