Opening Day Thoughts

[AussieDodger]

An early xFIP update in the NL for the many who are surely interested:
1. Roy Halladay: 2.31
2. Ubaldo Jiminez: 2.62
3. Tim Lincecum: 2.80
4. Dan Haren: 3.47
5. Chris Carpenter: 3.80

How many kittens did you just kill? [gets out calculator]

[Art Vandelay]

Any stat that says Halladay pitched better than Lincecum yesterday is obviously flawed. Timmy was dealing.

[mweir145]

And 9K in 7IP with a 56.3 GB% isn't?

[mweir145]

An early xFIP update in the NL for the many who are surely interested:
1. Roy Halladay: 2.31
2. Ubaldo Jiminez: 2.62
3. Tim Lincecum: 2.80
4. Dan Haren: 3.47
5. Chris Carpenter: 3.80

How many kittens did you just kill? [gets out calculator]

You are the expert on such things.

[knapplc]

In my H2H Keeper I (foolishly) built my team around pitching this year. Linc and Weaver are keeping me afloat right now. It would be nice to have a bat touch a ball from my 1-9, though.

[Art Vandelay]

And 9K in 7IP with a 56.3 GB% isn't?

"Dealing" isn't a quantifiable stat.

[mweir145]

And 9K in 7IP with a 56.3 GB% isn't?

"Dealing" isn't a quantifiable stat.

Sure it is. That's what the point of these stats are...to measure the extent of their "dealing."

[MTUCache]

"Dealing" isn't a quantifiable stat.

In my opinion, "dealing" would be directly defined (or at least some function of) swings-and-misses.

Filthy stuff is hard to quantify, but if you've got guys routinely looking like complete fools, rather than just nibbling corners and hitting the black, I think that's definitely got a lot more "dealing" value.

[fezzik]

An early xFIP update in the NL for the many who are surely interested:
1. Roy Halladay: 2.31
2. Ubaldo Jiminez: 2.62
3. Tim Lincecum: 2.80
4. Dan Haren: 3.47
5. Chris Carpenter: 3.80

I think it's naive to think elite SPs have no control over HR/FB%...therefore...an early FIP update in the NL.

1. Tim Lincecum 1.44
2. Roy Halladay 1.72
3. Ubaldo Jimenez 1.94

[mtxdevil]

My thought is "finally baseball is back."