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Posted by David That being said, my general rules of thumb to pick up a pitcher are Ctl under 3, Dom over 6 and Cmd 2.5 and up. Those guys have the most likelihood not only to survive and keep jobs, but are less inclined to get torched in one outing and kill my era and whip. I also look at the bullpen behind them, their injury history, and the offense supporting them. If you really want to get crazy, look at the offenses in that pitcher's division as well. Finally, I also look at their quality start trends. I use the PQS section of the Shandler book in the offseason and track Quality starts, generally 6 innings plus, 3 earned or less per start during the regular season. For rookies, I don't touch anyone with a MLE BPV of 75 or better from last year, let someone else take that risk, give me a veteran Trachsel type any day. David --Previous Message--
on 3/2/2004, 7:48 pm, in reply to "Free Agent Pitcher Picking"
I have some general rules of thumb I use, but I'd reconsider dropping BL. Comeback year candidate, is efficient, gets deep into games, significantly improved offense, they've got Hoffman back. Lawrence could return this year to better numbers overall, like 14-15 wins. Also, depending upon the size of the league you're in, I'd seriously doubt you'd find much better than him on the wire.
: Hi,
: I'm trying to pick up a SP Free Agent. I'm
: droppiing Brian Lawrence. I'm using the
: method of Command Ratios to pick one up.
: However, all the avalible SP's have horrible
: Command Ratios. Is this normal or bad? Are
: their any other methods I can use? If so, can
: you include the formulas, please? Thank you.
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