It would take forever to look at each pitchers and with no way to find career or recent 3-4 year numbers without a masters in Math.
The 2021 Sox numbers:
Team
.743 first time
.715 second time
.900 third time
(There were only 16 PAs by opps on thier 4th time up vs a SP'er - .615.)
.673 Perez (65 PAs Against) The pitcher seemingly yanked quicker than anyone else!
.780 Eovaldi (182 PAs against)
.819 Sale (26)
.924 Richards (112)
1.011 Pivetta (119)
1.016 ERod 9126)
1.489 Houck (18)
2020
.222 Houck (only 9 PAs)
.571 Perez (49)
1.200 Eovaldi (43)
2019
.466 Eovaldi (39)
.612 Sale (157)
.761 (ERod (232)
Is there any way to find out who the best pitchers are when facing batters the third time through the line-up?
My guess is they throw 4+ types of pitches and will be worth a lot of money.
What's the chances we nab two quality starters, including ERod from this 7 man mix?
Scherzer
R Ray
Gausman
ERod
Rodon
Stroman
Kershaw
Questionable (Any of these you place in the above class?):
Verlander
Syndergaard
Jon Gray
W Miley
D Duffy
S Matz
A Cobb
Foltynewicz
(Anybody you'd add to the 2nd class?)
He might get that in today's market, but I hope not with us.
We need a #1 or #2. I'd settle for a #2 and #3 pushing Pivetta to #5.
I think Pivetta might be one of baseball's best #5's but only an average #4.
The Astros talk shows are talking about their budget being over $70M, this winter (No Verlander, Correa and others).
The Jays have said they will spend more.
The Rays will likely not spend more but find and promote more gems.
The Yanks are the wild card spenders.
There is talk of the Tigers going after Correa or another big name.
It could be a big spending winter.
I know wins are a "team stat," but ERod is a winner- plain and simple.
Replacing him will not be easy.
I hope he takes the QO.
Team Record in ERod Starts:
19-4 2018
26-8 2019
n/a 2020
19-12 2021
That's 64-24 total or a 73% winning %. Does any MLB pitcher have a better team winning percent in their starts? Is this a MLB record for an 85+ start stretch?
His record is 45-19. Despite missing 2020, he's still 6th in wins and just 4 wins from second.
Good comp, and Verlander is older.
Maybe coming back from TJS is more predictable than what Kluber went through.
In all honesty, forgetting what happened in 2021, I'd take this year's Verlander over last year's Kluber and Richards.