xfip Stories - Beyond the Box Score
The FIP & the Pendulum: Jaime Garcia
Jaime Garcia burst onto the scene in 2010 with an excellent rookie season that saw him finish third in the National League Rookie of the Year voting. Garcia posted a 2.77 ERA (which was good for a 69 ERA-) with two-to-one strikeout-to-walk ratio. In his first season post-Tommy John surgery, the...
Out Of The Blue Clear Sky: SIERA
Before we resume discussing advanced pitching metrics, David Pinto posted that ESPN will being a lot more with advanced statistics on their programming this season. It will be interesting to see how they integrate it: in a separate, brief segment, or in their typical shove-it-down-your-throat...
Statistical Metrics II – Pitching
Building on last week's discussion on the various statistical metrics we use to describe and value the production of batters, it's about time to look at the other side of the game: pitching. Because there are so many variables to consider when valuing one pitcher versus another, pitching metrics...
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...
An Early Look At J.J.
The Mets rotation is 10th in the league in FIP (4.29), which is even more awful when you realize that Johan Santana is the only reason it's not 16th. But today I'm trying to be positive, so I'll write about something pleasant. The bullpen has been unquestionably awesome, posting the best FIP in...
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