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Ten Starting Pitchers Who Deserve Better ERAs
Continuing with my recent theme of separating the real performances from the flukey ones, I'm going to take a look at starting pitchers whose skills indicate their ERAs are currently too high. You might call these them unlucky. In yesterday's look at the lucky pitchers, I used FIP, an ERA-like...
The Demise of Travis Hafner Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Travis Hafner will probably never again be the incredible hitter he was from 2004-2006. However, he is still far better than his current numbers would indicate. Hafner is hitting .215/.312/.347 so far this year. But when we adjust for the bad luck he has endured, his line should look more like...
Ryan Zimmerman's bad luck
Last season, at age 22, while many of the even best of his peers were in double-A or triple-A, Ryan Zimmerman hit .266/.330/.458 in the majors while playing superb defense and playing half of his game in a pitcher’s park. Zimmerman also smacked 24 homers and 43 doubles. So far this season...
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