By: David Cohen
Why you would feel Jackson is a good buy is anyone's guess. He averages 6 innings or less. OK so you say, our many other pitchers pitch that way. Ok, but they do not ask $11 million or more for...
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Player A ERA since 2008: 4.42, 3.62, 4.47, 3.79, 4.03 Player B ERA since 2008 3.41, 4.60, 4.47, 3.69, 4.07 Player A is Edwin Jackson. Player B is Joe Saunders. Where do you see the sizeable difference?...
View ArticleBy: Steve Shoup
@Gary- The Starting pitching was the biggest problem last year, and the one thing the O's didn't have a problem with was "clutch runs". I'm obviously fine with Swisher, but Upton doesn't make sense...
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@David: Jackson for the last 4 years has averaged 6.48 innings pitched per start, over the same time period Jason Hammel has averaged 5.83 (just counting innings as a starting pitcher). That might not...
View ArticleBy: Steve Shoup
Look at these numbers over the last 4 years: K's per 9 innings: Jackson: 6.77, 7.78, 6.67, 7.98, Saunders: 4.89, 5.05, 4.58, 5.77, that is on average an extra 2-2.5 strikeouts per nine innings pitched...
View ArticleBy: Matt Bennett
Wouldn't let me reply to the other post, so I'll just put it here. You mention many statistics, but the most important one. Saunders and Jackson have let up the almost exactly same amount of runs the...
View ArticleBy: Steve Shoup
Runs are not entirely in a pitchers control which is why many people look at stats like FIP or xFIP, ERA-, etc. that normalize things based on fielding, and league and ballpark factors. Jackson does...
View ArticleBy: Matt Bennett
ERA can be flawed over a year. But not over 5. There is no way you can get unlucky or lucky over 5 years. These are two entirely different pitchers…..that let up the same amount of runs. You will not...
View ArticleBy: Steve Shoup
The Orioles have no choice but to "buy their way" into the playoffs, Baltimore doesn't have the current talent to get back there. And counting on two pitchers who only pitched half seasons sums that up...
View ArticleBy: Matt Bennett
Okay, its official! You can only pitch starting pitchers if they've had a full year in the majors. Makes perfect sense. And it also makes zero sense to buy the same caliber pitcher for much less money....
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