FIP+: American League West

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.
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Jamie Burke getting a swinging strike was one of the most awesome things about the Mariners' season.
You’re unlikely to find anyone who think JJ Putz had anything but a subpar year, and many people thought Felix was great. I know it’s not fair to directly compare closer and starters, but I still think it’s interesting that JJ looks better here.
Oh Felix, when will you stop teasing up all and make good on your immense talent?
Also, Roy Corcoran’s GB rates were absolutely ridiculous. They’re not sustainable in any way, but he still looks like a useful piece going forward. Bavasi quite obviously understood the concept of freely available talent as it relates to the bullpen; why he was seemingly unable to apply that knowledge to any other position I will never ever understand.
J.K.L.
by acblue on
Oct 27, 2008 3:15 AM EDT
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Putz looks better due to the innings.
In reality he was above average, but not to the level you would expect from relievers. For instance, last year he finished with a FIP+ over 160, and a handful of relievers this season had FIP+ over 200 (namely Mariano Rivera who one of the best seasons in his career).
by R.J. Anderson on
Oct 27, 2008 1:13 PM EDT
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'06 Putz was my favorite.
His ’07 looks better at first glance but it was largely propped up by a .199 BABIP. He was still great, but in ’06 he was unhittable.
J.K.L.
by acblue on
Oct 27, 2008 3:35 PM EDT
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Dear Zeus,
I hope the A’s young starters’ misgivings were primarily a product of inexperience and not of true talent level. Most of the A’s starters have the stuff to get it done, but they walk way too many (Mr. Gallagher I’m looking at you). If they could some how exercise more control over their pitches, or get more swinging strikes, the A’s might be a legit contender next year (especially if they get a bonafide hitter or two, or get rid of BoCro). Unfortunately, at this point, it’s a wait and see game to find out who is real and who is not.
'That's something we do...thirteen hits and not score'-Terrence Long
by DyeLongJustice on
Oct 27, 2008 1:54 PM EDT
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i know it's a pain in the ass...
but i’d still like to see FIP+ (and ERA+) use two different league-average FIPs/ERAs for starters and relievers.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on
Oct 27, 2008 6:09 PM EDT
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It's probably a worthwhile thing to attempt.
by R.J. Anderson on
Oct 27, 2008 7:27 PM EDT
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it gets obnoxious splitting innings for guys who both started and relieved
if you can get that data, you’re home-free. replacement-level ERA is about 5.75 for starters and 4.75 for relievers. but the league-average numbers are much closer, something like 4.50 and 4.25, I think. that’s because starters are better pitchers as a whole than relievers. so i’m not sure what numbers you’d use, exactly. maybe keep the starters at their actual average ERA and make the relievers’ average ERA one run less? that 3.50 seems a bit much… 3.75? 4.00? yeah, a pain in the ass
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on
Oct 27, 2008 7:34 PM EDT
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