His BAA over the past two seasons is .205. Even for a closer that is very, very good. HIs career K/9 is 8.1. The problem the past two years has been the high BB/9.
garf112 wrote:he may be more useful elsewhere, but what team actually employs the theory of having a "relief ace?" It is a great idea, but until I see it actually happen...
Pretty sure it happened last year....and in Chicago. Wood was great, but the best reliever on the team was Marmol.
His BAA over the past two seasons is .205. Even for a closer that is very, very good. HIs career K/9 is 8.1. The problem the past two years has been the high BB/9.
Since when is BAA the standard measure for pitching? Is that a New Zealand thing?
OK, so maybe he is a decent pitcher but his K9 and BB9 are going the wrong direction and moving out of FLA will definitely hurt his numbers overall. 4.85 BB9 is not very good at all.
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garf112 wrote:he may be more useful elsewhere, but what team actually employs the theory of having a "relief ace?" It is a great idea, but until I see it actually happen...
Pretty sure it happened last year....and in Chicago. Wood was great, but the best reliever on the team was Marmol.
He threw more innings, but he didn't mow batters down at a much higher rate, walked a ton more batters, gave up HR at a higher clip, and was severely aided by a .185 BABIP, which was a far cry from any BABIP he's ever had at any other level. There's a reason all the major projections are calling for a regression for him. If his BABIP goes back to the .270 level, where it probably ought to, his ERA and WHIP will be returning to a more reasonable level for how many batters he puts on.
I'd say he was. Those numbers don't take into account that he was over used early. For the first half of the year, Marmol was up there with the best relievers in all of baseball, let alone on his own team.
Part of the reason his numbers didn't stay at that crazy level was due to Pinella over using him. At least to my eyes, he was the more effective pitcher last year
It's hard to call one better than the other, they were both very very good. My main point was that it is possible for a team to use their most effective reliever earlier than the 9th.
I'd say he was. Those numbers don't take into account that he was over used early. For the first half of the year, Marmol was up there with the best relievers in all of baseball, let alone on his own team.
Part of the reason his numbers didn't stay at that crazy level was due to Pinella over using him. At least to my eyes, he was the more effective pitcher last year
It's hard to call one better than the other, they were both very very good. My main point was that it is possible for a team to use their most effective reliever earlier than the 9th.
I dunno. August was his best month of the entire season, and he was good in September, too. He was downright dreadful in June and July, but his ERA was lucky in the latter month. He was walking everybody for that two month stretch, and his K's were down considerably. His innings were down then, but I imagine it was largely due to his ineffectiveness (I don't recall, off hand).
I dunno, I just think that there is a huge potential for Marmol to perform no where near where some believe he will this season, unless he suddenly stops walking so many batters. I have no idea if he'll pitch the 8th or 9th, but I do believe that Gregg was brought in to close, at least initially. His effectiveness of course will determine if he continues in the role.
Yoda wrote: OK, so maybe he is a decent pitcher but his K9 and BB9 are going the wrong direction and moving out of FLA will definitely hurt his numbers overall. 4.85 BB9 is not very good at all.
Obviously Marmol is the better pitcher but I like how your argument against Gregg is based on walk rate. Marmol is in the 4.25-4.50 range. And I wouldn't exactly consider one year to be a trend. Gregg is solid but unspectacular.
he may be more useful elsewhere, but what team actually employs the theory of having a "relief ace?" It is a great idea, but until I see it actually happen...
If there was a place that I would expect to see it happen it would be with Lou Pinella.
Yoda wrote: OK, so maybe he is a decent pitcher but his K9 and BB9 are going the wrong direction and moving out of FLA will definitely hurt his numbers overall. 4.85 BB9 is not very good at all.
Obviously Marmol is the better pitcher but I like how your argument against Gregg is based on walk rate. Marmol is in the 4.25-4.50 range. And I wouldn't exactly consider one year to be a trend. Gregg is solid but unspectacular.
Marmol had a rough stretch and still was more dominant. Also 4 years younger than Gregg so if anything I'd expect Marmol to improve. As for Gregg, guys like him have a couple of good seasons and disappear so while he's been solid I would not expect him to improve.
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by NZ Eff » Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:34 am 
Pretty sure it happened last year....and in Chicago. Wood was great, but the best reliever on the team was Marmol.
