1. Shawn Marcum 2. John Danks 3. Johnathan Sanchez (not surprised the k rate, but the overall production) 4. Gil Meche 5. Ubaldo Jimenez 6. Ricky Nolasco 7. Jeremy Guthrie
Not exactly a hidden gem...but what's up with Roy Halladay?
He's gone from a 5.55 K/9 last season (6.32 K/9 career) to a 7.41 K/9 this season. And he's actually walking signficantly less too. His fastball velocity has also jumped up 1.7 MPH to 2005 levels, and his curveball is sharper than it's ever been.
He's seemingly become a better pitcher than he has at any point in his career at the age of 31 (his FIP is 2.89...the previous best for a full season was 2.97 in 2002).
It makes me suspect that Doc was fighting injuries over the last two years (as I had suspected for a while), and is now healthy again. I did think he was in the decline heading into the '08 season, but it appears that is not the case at all.
Bronson Arroyo 8.27 Scott Baker 7.58 Sean Gallagher 7.52 Jason Bergmann 7.33 Chan Ho Park 7.08 Radhames Liz 7.02 Kevin Slowey 6.86 Brandon Backe 6.71 Greg Smith 6.21 Tim Wakefield 6.09
These are just a few that caught my eye or suprised me a little
mweir145 wrote:Not exactly a hidden gem...but what's up with Roy Halladay?
He's gone from a 5.55 K/9 last season (6.32 K/9 career) to a 7.41 K/9 this season. And he's actually walking signficantly less too. His fastball velocity has also jumped up 1.7 MPH to 2005 levels, and his curveball is sharper than it's ever been.
He's seemingly become a better pitcher than he has at any point in his career at the age of 31 (his FIP is 2.89...the previous best for a full season was 2.97 in 2002).
It makes me suspect that Doc was fighting injuries over the last two years (as I had suspected for a while), and is now healthy again. I did think he was in the decline heading into the '08 season, but it appears that is not the case at all.
Yup, everytime I look over league leaders or whatever I always stop to look at Halladay....no matter how many times I see how well he is doing this year it still catches me off guard. He's really turning things around.
mweir145 wrote:Not exactly a hidden gem...but what's up with Roy Halladay?
He's gone from a 5.55 K/9 last season (6.32 K/9 career) to a 7.41 K/9 this season. And he's actually walking signficantly less too. His fastball velocity has also jumped up 1.7 MPH to 2005 levels, and his curveball is sharper than it's ever been.
He's seemingly become a better pitcher than he has at any point in his career at the age of 31 (his FIP is 2.89...the previous best for a full season was 2.97 in 2002).
It makes me suspect that Doc was fighting injuries over the last two years (as I had suspected for a while), and is now healthy again. I did think he was in the decline heading into the '08 season, but it appears that is not the case at all.
I have been pondering a Halladay trade for a while now, but thought his K rate would fall off. Still not sure, but like you said maybe he was working through some injuries. I like that his fastball is better now than the last couple years. Thanks for the input.
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mweir145 wrote:Not exactly a hidden gem...but what's up with Roy Halladay?
He's gone from a 5.55 K/9 last season (6.32 K/9 career) to a 7.41 K/9 this season. And he's actually walking signficantly less too. His fastball velocity has also jumped up 1.7 MPH to 2005 levels, and his curveball is sharper than it's ever been.
He's seemingly become a better pitcher than he has at any point in his career at the age of 31 (his FIP is 2.89...the previous best for a full season was 2.97 in 2002).
It makes me suspect that Doc was fighting injuries over the last two years (as I had suspected for a while), and is now healthy again. I did think he was in the decline heading into the '08 season, but it appears that is not the case at all.
If Halladay was fighting injuries, I'm sure JP Ricciardi would have told us.
I didn't target Halladay in any of my leagues this year and I only have him in one keeper league beacause he was already under contract. He has been a pleasant surprise this year. If Halladay got Kyle Kendrick kind of run support, he would easily have 13W before the break.
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