Fake Teams: Who Is This Season’s Brian Bannister?

Dunno…but I’ll keep checking Poz’s blog to see if there’s a log change.

Last season, former Met Brian Bannister defied his K/9, K/BB and GB/FB ratios to finish the season at 12-9 with a 3.87 ERA and 1.21 WHIP - heady stuff for an American league starting pitcher.  In the off-season, he became a sabre fave with his ubiquity across the internet discussing how he uses statistics to get himself into more favorable pitching situations i.e 0-1 and 0-2 counts.  This year he hasn’t been as fortunate with his peripherals.  Despite fairly similar K/9, K/BB and GB/FB, Bannister finds himself with a 4.94 ERA.

...However, there were two pitchers who continued to defy the Statistical Gods - Joe Saunders of the Los Angeles Angels and Gavin Floyd of the Chicago White Sox.  They faced each in a pitching duel.  Saunders threw 8.1 innings allowing just a run with 4 Ks and 3 walks for the Win.  Floyd was the hard luck loser in a complete game where he walked four and struck out three.

Something has to give, right?