Los Angeles of Anaheim Angels
NAME | IP | FIP+ |
Alex Serrano | 1 | 364 |
Kevin Jepsen | 8.3 | 145 |
Francisco Rodriguez | 68.3 | 136 |
Jose Arredondo | 61 | 134 |
Darren O'Day | 43.3 | 130 |
Ervin Santana | 219 | 126 |
Darren Oliver | 72 | 121 |
Scot Shields | 63.3 | 111 |
Jered Weaver | 176.7 | 108 |
Shane Loux | 16 | 100 |
Joe Saunders | 198 | 96 |
Dustin Moseley | 50.3 | 92 |
John Lackey | 163.3 | 92 |
Jon Garland | 196.7 | 89 |
Rich Thompson | 2 | 82 |
Jason Bulger | 16 | 80 |
Chris Bootcheck | 16 | 79 |
Justin Speier | 68 | 74 |
Nick Adenhart | 12 | 74 |
If you hadn't heard, the Angels had a really good bullpen. Everyone knows about Francisco Rodriguez, everyone will know about Jose Arredondo, and everyone is going to be amused by Darren O'Day's throwing style, a bit side-armish. Darren Oliver and Scot Shields were extremely solid as well. Only two of the Angels starters were above average; Ervin Santana and Jered Weaver. Joe Saunders and John Lackey were just touches below average though. A quick way to find out which general manager should be fired: whoever gives Jon Garland a big contract. Justin Speier was abysmal, in part to an extraordinarily high homerun rate, look for that to regress.
Oakland Athletics
NAME | IP | FIP+ |
Joey Devine | 45.7 | 234 |
Kiko Calero | 4.7 | 212 |
Rich Harden | 77 | 152 |
Jerry Blevins | 37.7 | 137 |
Joshua Outman | 25.7 | 132 |
Huston Street | 70 | 131 |
Brad Ziegler | 59.7 | 119 |
Kirk Saarloos | 26.3 | 118 |
Justin Duchscherer | 141.7 | 116 |
Chad Gaudin | 62.7 | 108 |
Santiago Casilla | 50.3 | 104 |
Dana Eveland | 168 | 104 |
Joe Blanton | 127 | 101 |
Alan Embree | 61.7 | 98 |
Andrew Brown | 35 | 95 |
Dallas Braden | 71.7 | 94 |
Gregory Smith | 190.3 | 89 |
Sean Gallagher | 56.7 | 88 |
Lenny DiNardo | 23 | 77 |
Jeffrey Gray | 4.7 | 76 |
Keith Foulke | 31 | 72 |
Dan Meyer | 27.7 | 68 |
Gio Gonzalez | 34 | 60 |
Fernando Hernandez | 3 | 55 |
Generally speaking, it's never a good sign when only one of your pitchers tops 180 innings and only two actually log more than 150. Gregory Smith was a nice surprise, although it will be interesting to see how his poor K/BB rate plays moving forward, same with Dana Eveland. Joey Devine, Jerry Blevins, Brad Ziegler, and Santiago Casilla were extremely solid in relief. Alan Embree and Andrew Brown weren't awful either. Gio Gonzalez should be good one day, that day was not last season.
Seattle Mariners
NAME | IP | FIP+ |
Arthur Rhodes | 22 | 179 |
Jamie Burke | 1 | 135 |
Justin Thomas | 4 | 117 |
Sean Green | 79 | 116 |
Roy Corcoran | 72.7 | 116 |
Cesar Jimenez | 34.3 | 116 |
J.J. Putz | 46.3 | 113 |
Felix Hernandez | 200.7 | 112 |
Randy Messenger | 12.7 | 100 |
Erik Bedard | 81 | 97 |
Mark Lowe | 63.7 | 95 |
Brandon Morrow | 64.7 | 95 |
Ryan Rowland-Smith | 118.3 | 93 |
Carlos Silva | 153.3 | 91 |
Jarrod Washburn | 153.7 | 90 |
R.A. Dickey | 112.3 | 82 |
Ryan Feierabend | 39.7 | 80 |
Cha Seung Baek | 30 | 71 |
Miguel Batista | 115 | 70 |
Jake Woods | 19 | 59 |
Eric O'Flaherty | 6.7 | 56 |
Jared Wells | 5.3 | 41 |
Arthur Rhodes was shockingly good and sold high for a pretty decent young arm. Sean Green, Roy Corcoran, Cesar Jimenez, and J.J. Putz were the bright spots on the Mariner staff along with Felix Hernandez. Erik Bedard cannot be fairly assessed at this point, but Carlos Silva was pretty awful regardless of the defense behind him. I'm still unsure why the Minnesota Twins wanted Jarrod Washburn.
Texas Rangers
NAME | IP | FIP+ |
Brian Gordon | 4 | 159 |
A.J. Murray | 7.7 | 140 |
Frank Francisco | 63.3 | 138 |
Franklyn German | 21.7 | 124 |
Eddie Guardado | 49.3 | 115 |
Kameron Loe | 30.7 | 113 |
Jamey Wright | 84.3 | 109 |
Sidney Ponson | 55.7 | 109 |
Kevin Millwood | 168.7 | 109 |
Wes Littleton | 18 | 103 |
Warner A. Madrigal | 36 | 95 |
Luis Mendoza | 63.3 | 91 |
Dustin Nippert | 71.7 | 89 |
Josh Rupe | 89.3 | 87 |
Vicente Padilla | 171 | 87 |
Kason Gabbard | 56 | 85 |
Matt Harrison | 83.7 | 85 |
Joaquin Benoit | 45 | 84 |
Brandon McCarthy | 22 | 83 |
Joselo Diaz | 1 | 82 |
Scott Feldman | 151.3 | 81 |
C.J. Wilson | 46.3 | 81 |
Douglas Mathis | 22.3 | 76 |
Eric Hurley | 24.7 | 73 |
Robinson Tejeda | 6 | 67 |
Tommy Hunter | 11 | 60 |
Jason Jennings | 27.3 | 55 |
Elizardo Ramirez | 2.7 | 42 |
Kazuo Fukumori | 4 | 39 |
Bill White | 4 | 33 |
Frankly speaking, the Franks German and Francisco were solid for the Rangers. Kameron Loe has seemingly been around forever. Jamey Wright and Sidney Ponson weren't awful but Vincente Padilla and Jason Jennings were. There's a ton of room for improvement here, especially considering more than half of the pitchers were below average.