Make your Case: Roy Oswalt or Roy Halladay

[the one and only]

which roy do you like?

[chipper]

Toss up.

Halladay slightly better stuff
Oswalt pitching in NL

[fiz]

it's really close. i lean towards oswalt. not sure what to make of halladay's lower Ks last year.

[DevilDriver]

I'd give the edge to Oswalt - pitches in an easier league and division, and I think Halladay is dealing with an injury

[greenandgold]

I give the slight edge to Oswalt because he K's more. Really close IMO.

[Pogotheostrich]

Oswalt. Halladay's declining K's make him less valuable.

[bigh0rt]

Oswalt. Halladay's declining K's make him less valuable.

Oswalt's K's haven't been what I'd call steady, either. Other than steadily declining over the past half decade.
K/9:
6.7689 - 2006
6.8517 - 2005
7.7508 - 2004
7.6355 - 2003
8.0343 - 2002

[gostanford07]

Looks like Halladay's K/9 has been more steady over the years (albeit lower), except for taking a pretty good sized dip in 06. Neither are anything to scream about.

The funny thing is the K/BB graph. Just look at Halladay's... makes me dizzy lol. At least Oswalt seems to be on a steady increase in the category lately.

[spamnon]

oswalt, mostly because he is in the NL and isn't as injury prone.

[The Artful Dodger]

I prefer Oswalt by a slight margin. I'm not quite sure what's alarming: Oswalt's steady K/9 decline or Halladay's K setback in '06. At any rate, I'd lean with Oswalt in the more pitching-friendly NL.