All ratings are from the 2021 season. I looked at starting pitchers who I thought needed a detailed look. Age: ERA/FIP in IP: K%: BB%: GB %: FB%: FB Velocity (MPH): Pitch #1 (% thrown) & Value: Pitch #2 (% thrown) & Value: Pitch #3 (% thrown) & Value: Pitch #4 (5 thrown) & Value: Notes (if necessary): Alcantara, Sandy
Read moreThe Chicago Cubs signed Craig Kimbrel. This is a good deal for a Chicago team that badly needed a closer. The deal is fair and barring a surprising decline, this should give them a major competitive advantage against St. Louis and Pittsburgh. I don’t think that Atlanta made a mistake not signing him due to the amount of good young
Read moreWhich free agent pitchers are bargains and which are likely to be busts? I decided to analyze the list. BARGAINS 1. LANCE LYNN Lynn’s fastball velocity improved from 92.6 in 2017 to 94.0 in 2018. His Swing% improves from 44.4% in 2017 to 46.3% in 2018. His K/9 rate improved from 7.4 in 2017 to 9.2 in 2018. He also
Read moreBaseball statistics are great…. when they analyze the player’s actual ability. What if there was a statistic that penalized a player’s good performance for having bad teammates and rewarded a player’s bad performance for having good teammates? Would that be a good statistic to measure a player’s value? Should a player’s value be judged by the performance of his teammates?
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