ERA should be an ideal evaluation of pitchers. The goal of pitching is to prevent runs from scoring, and ERA tells us basically how well a pitcher does that. How many runs does he allow, on average, that are his fault in a given game?
That campaign featured the first of Ryan's seven no-hitters and his 383 K's, a Modern Era record. Within a few years, both pitchers were Angels All-Stars. Tanana made three trips to the Midsummer Classic while Ryan made four with California before signing with Houston in free agency. ...
RPR Average: Calculated by averaging together all RPR scores in a player’s career to look at value added in an average start and reward a higher baseline level of performance. 30-Game Peak Average: Calculated by averaging together a player’s top 30 RPR scores throughout a career, even if...
While a 12-pitcher limit could incentivize teams to let starting pitchers go deeper into games, it would add more stress to bullpens. It also could prompt teams to shuttle their middle relievers from the majors to the minor leagues even more — regardless of th...
Why the Mariners took him here: Cijntje was one of the hottest names on draft boards in the final weeks ahead of Sunday, and he's going to a franchise that has done very well at developing starting pitchers in recent years. Yes, being a switch-pitcher has garnered ...
Kyle Hendricks, Chicago Cubs --His average fastball velocity was 87.8 mph, ranked 69th out of 73 qualified pitchers, but he demonstrated in 2016 that he might have the majors' best changeup and an unusual feel for pitching. Carlos Martinez,St. Louis Cardinals--He took another step forward ...
Houck has been a revelation on the mound for Boston. / Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports Starting Pitcher: Tanner Houck, Red Sox, 28 Houck is among the league leaders in ERA, ERA+, FIP and home run rate. He has obtained at least 17 outs in 16 of his 17 starts. He has been so effic...
If there’s been a theme of this baseball offseason … well, OK, it’s the Dodgers signing every member of your extended family. But if there’s another theme, it’s that starting pitchers have been doing quite well in free agency. In a sport desperate for pitching, the starting pitchi...
There is a relative dearth of dual-start options this coming week of fantasy (and real MLB, for that matter) baseball. There are just eight starters to grace the top tier in Week Twelve, although there are nearly equal numbers of middle tier and bottom tier pitchers to either consider ...
To put Wagner’s career numbers in perspective, among pitchers with at least 900 innings since the live-ball era began in 1920, he ranks: • Second in ERA behind only Rivera’s 2.21 • First in strikeouts per nine innings • First in lowest batting average allowed (.187) ...