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Sox pitchers and FIP
FIP is a metric by which pitchers are judged based on how they pitch. Luck, defense, etc. are intended to be eliminated by the use of this metric. It takes into account how well a pitcher strikes out hitters, controls walks, etc. It is roughly analogous to ERA, though a better measure of how a...
Another Wasted Start? Kind of.
via www.fangraphs.com Summary: All right. It wasn't really wasted. But when your up-again, down-again young LHSP puts together his best start in the history of ever, it'd be nice for him to get a W to go along with it. Instead, Paps (who started off the 9th as well as ever, then needed a bit of...
Game 5/6 Recap: Two Pissed Off.
courtesy of www.fangraphs.com courtesy of www.fangraphs.com I forgot how much harder these are to write when we lose, after the positive-fest that was Game 4. Sure, we had missed opportunities, but we cashed in later, and Jon Lester was pretty good. Not going to gloss anything...
Game 4 Recap: Sox @ A's
courtesy of www.fangraphs.com Summary:Sox traded non-blows with the A's until the 7th. The Sox loaded the bases with no outs in the first, and in a combined effort to make my blood pressure reach critical, scored a total of zero runs. Have to give some of the credit there to...
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