WHIP it Good! :=8)

by The MooCow on Oct 2, 2009 3:24 PM EDT Comment 5 comments

Starters

Starters	Cards		Dodgers		Rockies		Phils
1	Carp	1.01	Billingsly	1.32	Jimenez	1.14	Lee	1.13
2	Wainy	1.21	Wolf	1.08	Marquis	1.36	Hammels	1.28
3	Jo-el	1.14	Kershaw	1.24	De La Rosa	1.40	Blanton	1.30
extra	Lohse	1.38	Kuroda	1.14	Cook	1.41	Happ	1.22

Closer

Closers	Cards		Dodgers		Rockies		Phils
Closers	Franklin	1.15	Broxton	0.97	Street	0.93	Lidge*	1.84

Bullpen

Relievers	Cards		Dodgers		Rockies		Phils
1	Miller	0.93	Troncoso	1.39	Bentacourt	0.92	Madsen	1.22
2	KMac	1.28	Belisario	1.13	Morales	1.39	Durbin	1.51
3	Denny's	1.34	Mota	1.20	Hammel	1.39	Pedro	1.25
4	Smoltz	1.18	Garland	1.27	Fogg	1.15	Park	1.40
5	Hawk	1.08	Pedilla	1.28	Daley	1.13	Myers	1.37
6	Motte	1.39	Weaver	1.52	Flores	1.37	Moyer	1.36
7	Boggs	1.80	Kuo	1.17	Embree	1.62	Walker	1.17

I know many of you hate WHIP, but I'm posting this anycow. These tables tell me a couple of things:

1. Our Big 3 match up game for game with anyone in the play-off - my only cowcern would be game 2 of a series with the Dodgers, pitting Wainy VS Wolf. That could be trouble, esp. since he is a lefty.

2. Franklin is a bit weaker than the others, depending on what Philly does. If Madsen or Pedro closes, they are stronger, but not as strong as Franklin. if Lidge stays - WOOHOO!! But Franklin is not as good as Broxton or Street, and this is cowcerning.

3. Overall our pen matches well, although Bentacourt is a marvelous set-up guy. That tells me that we need to get to the Rock's starters, and early, if we're going to beat them in a series. We don't want to be behind late and run into the Bentacourt and Street buzzsaw.

There are udder points to be made too, but I;ll leave it for the rest of you to come up with stuff - preferably besides moaning cow bad a statistic WHIP is. I am a lazy cow, and this is all I cud come up with today.

:=8)

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DOH!

That stupid table string published, even after I erased it several times!
>:=8/

Big McLargehuge!
:=8O

by The MooCow on Oct 2, 2009 3:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

WHIP sucks ;)

by vivaelpujols on Oct 2, 2009 4:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I've got nothing against the WHIP

But there are other stats that come into play. Intangibles too, like how people have pitched in the home stretch. Lee, for example, has been very vulnerable the last month. And of course, some guys just seem to pitch against the St. Louis hitters well.

Still, interesting read. I think our lineup stacks up favorably. BUT. We have to hope that the starters can go deep. Chris and Adam need to conserve pitches and make it through seven innings each time out.

by JWO on Oct 2, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs