Dipre

A) When evaluating "Talent" this is the wrong stance. B ) Pedroia does not have better range than Cano.

So the fact that he has more power, about the same ability to hit for average, better range and was much more highly regarded by scouts doesn't make him more talented?

Cano has better range and more power. Pedroia's the better OBP threat. Remember the term "talent". Cano has better tools, but he's easily distracted and is not all there. Pedroia doesn't have that many tools, but he makes the most of what he's got. We may be Red Sox fans, but that shouldn't blind us to the truth.

Cano's more talented. Pedroia has more heart. That's not even a discussion.

If you're that interested, i suggest you look for the members who would join, and let's vote for a person to run it.

I don't mean to be a dick. But someone with prior experience should organize it.

Then again, it could, and you wouldn't look like the only poor Englishman in the universe. Just sayin'.

I'm game.

I'd play in both.

The idea is solid, but the calculation is fundamentally wrong, because you're not separating the source of the IP for your formula. Starting pitchers and relievers are completely different beasts, so what you'd have to separate both IP and ER from starters, which is entirely possible by using the following Fangraphs link: http://www.fangraphs.com/teams.aspx?pos=all&stats=sta&lg=all&type=0&season=2009&month=0 Export to Excel, and calculate from there. Using this separation of starters and relievers, you come up with the following results: 2009 Starter's IP: 28,251 2009 Starter's ER: 13,977 First, ERA: 2009 Starter's ERA: 4.45 Now let's use your formula to determine how many runs could a pitcher give up from innings six to nice for a start to be considered a "Quality start". 28,251/6: 4,708.5 28,251/7: 4,305.8 28,251/8: 3531.3 28,251/9: 3139 6 IP: 13,977/4708.5: 2.96 (Round up to 3) 7 IP: 13,977/4305.8: 3.24 (Round down to 3) 8 IP: 13,977/3531.3: 3.95 (Round up to 4) 9 IP: 13,977/3139: 4.45 (Round down to 4) It's essentially the same result as the typical quality start, but for pitching eight or nine innings, allowing four runs instead of three would still result in a quality start, all of this utilizing the League average as a benchmark. Even more interesting is the fact that the league average ERA is exactly the 4.45 mark that you would receive from an average pitcher's nine-inning start.

Lol Rosenthal.

This was not planned. Completely spontaneous, and completely full of win.

He had an argument with a woman. That explains the drop in percentage.

A) http://blogmeisterusa.mu.nu/archives/koolAidPacketGrape.gif B ) Backpedal. C) Not your initial argument.

Really? I'm a smug twit? From the Lord of smug twits? I'll take that as a compliment. See, you mumbling idiot, the issue is that you're talking like he's a sure thing. He's not. Holy f***, i just used logic. Don't try it, you might get an aneurysm!

Potential. That is all. If he can improve his pitch selection. If he can add some muscle to his frame. If he starts showing no platoon issues like he did in the past. He can show all of those things in 2010. If he does, then i'll agree with you, if he doesn't, then maybe he's not all soxprospects has cranked him up to be.