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Jan 14, 2010 Jun 07, 2011 2 762
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Is Galarraga the best 5th starter in the AL?
Here’s a rundown of the AL’s 5th starters:
DET- Galarraga : 3-3, 4.50 ERA, 1.32 WHIP
KC- Lerew : 1-4, 8.54 ERA, 1.63 WHIP
CLE- Huff : 2-9, 6.06 ERA, 1.68 WHIP
MIN- Blackburn: 7-7, 6.53 ERA, 1.67 WHIP
CHW- Hudson: 1-0, 5.06 ERA, 1.69 WHIP
TB- Davis: 7-9, 4.41 ERA, 1.42 WHIP
BOS- Wakefield: 3-8, 5.58 ERA, 1.34 WHIP
TOR- Eveland: 3-4, 6.45 ERA, 1.88 WHIP
BAL- Bergesen: 3-8, 6.51 ERA, 1.62 WHIP
NYY- Vazquez: 8-7, 4.68 ERA, 1.25 WHIP
TEX- Feldman: 5-8, 5.48 ERA, 1.61 WHIP
LAA- Kazmir: 7-9, 6.92 ERA, 1.63 WHIP
OAK- Sheets : 4-9, 4.53 ERA, 1.39 WHIP
SEA- Rowland- Smith: 1-9, 6.27 ERA, 1.67 WHIP
Galarraga just might be the best in the bunch. That's why I'm not sold we need to trade for another starting pitcher. More than anything, we need Verlander, Scherzer, Bonderman, and Porcello to pitch like they're supposed to.
Good to see that people here are finally warming up to Galarraga
He was getting zero fanfare from most people at BYB before his perfect game. He's been up and down, but it was unprofessional for some people here to brand him as lucky because of a few underlying statistics from a few years ago. I think BABIP is Sabermetrics at it's worst. It cancels out great performances and translates them to luck. It's just terrible analysis when used as a standalone statistic. Armando was on his game and making great pitches in 2008. In 2009, he pitched poorly and lost much of his confidence. This year he's been pitching remarkably once again. Getting ahead of hitters and inducing weak ground balls is not luck. It's a combination of skill and confidence.
Austin Jackson is the best example for how poor assumptions can be made based on BABIP.
Time for sabermetric abusers to do the 12 steps and find better ways.
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