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Saturday, May 24, 2008
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?
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1. rfloh Posted: May 24, 2008 at 06:50 PM (#2793320)He's upped his K rate, reduced his walk rate, and upped his infield fly rate slightly. His GB rate has gone down slightly.
Why aren't those "slightly" increased ratios the same as "fairly similar"? Would "difference without significance" been a better way to describe them?
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