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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Monday, December 05, 2022Rick Porcello Announces Retirement
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Posted: December 05, 2022 at 10:42 AM | 26 comment(s)
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1. RickA. Posted: December 05, 2022 at 10:46 AM (#6107999)* In all honesty, being a better searcher than I am isn't difficult, but I never find any long-time SP who come particularly close.
Heck, not even 32 when he pitched his last game, though he had a fair-sized career because Detroit brought him up at 20. Gotta respect the career he had, though - took the ball pretty dependably, was awful close to league-average over the course of his careers, won a World Series, had some notable highs.
I've looked in various eras and various types of starters, and I've never found anyone particularly close (even peak-young, low IP starters like Brandon Webb or Teddy Higuera come in at normal ranges).
The only player I saw who beat him was one of the relievers I looked at (for obvious reasons): Elroy Face was at 6.9.
Awesome that he cites family as his reason.
Well, he wasn't going to cite going 1-7 in 2020 as the reason...even though....
With the last year as the COVID year, no less.
OTOH, maybe sucking in a short season at reduced pay in empty ballparks while getting nasally probed makes you reevaluate what you want out of life. My organization certainly had a lot of surprise departures after COVID let up.
Was hoping he could be a rubber arm and clear the 4000 IP mark, and fashion a Dennis Martinez length career, but alas, he fell short.
Ironically, his best FIP season was his final one, how often does that happen, though his ERA was woeful with awful BABIP and LOB%.
I wonder how much that list expands if you count minor league innings. Porcello had one full year in the minors after he was drafted, and was then essentially in the majors for good. From his age 20-24 years he made most of his starts but kept his innings in the 170-190 range. He didn't have a big IP (220+) year until his CYA season, when he was 27. Looking at those other guys, Kershaw and Felix were both 23 in their first heavy usage seasons. Bumgarner was 22 if you count his playoff innings.
Overall, it looks like Porcello's workload was managed well (not that you said it wasn't). He was never a hard thrower to begin with and I imagine he lost his effectiveness quickly once his velo started ticking down.
The first guy I tried was Edwin Jackson, who comes it at 8.17 (better than Walt's finds). 7.62 is going to be REALLY hard to outdo I am thinking. Anything below 8 looks probably rare. Jason Bere also 8.17. Jose Lima and Jeremy Bonderman 8.21. Pettitte at 8.11, getting closer. I thought the key might be dudes who had tons of complete games from the 70s, but that doesn't seem to be the key. Then I though dudes who played for historically great teams, but that doesn't either, though it at least seems to point in the general direction. Fellow Red Sock Daisuke Matsuzaka gets under 8 - 7.98! Maybe the key is Red Sox. Mike Maroth 7.85! I'm getting warmer. Brian Bannister at 7.67, but maybe you say 667 IP isn't enough. Kyle Davies 7.13 - 770 IP. These early millennium Royals are very fertile ground for this exercise.
Naturally, the lower you go in IP, the more likely you'll find someone who defies the norm. But I haven't found anyone near his number in anything resembling his IP total (over 2,000).
Good searching.
Among SPs with a lot of innings, he was the closest I found to Porcello.
Try looking for struggling pitchers on teams with bad offenses. Lots of 4-5 inning Ls.
The Royals infamously had a pitcher complain that his teammates wouldn't pick him up enough to get any no-decisions.
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