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
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 moreThere 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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