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The FIP & the Pendulum: Jaime Garcia

SIERA: more than just another advanced pitching metric with a long formula? It's worth finding out.

Continuing from last week's Counting Rocks, we refresh our readership on the pitching metrics that we throw around Purple Row.

Which pitchers are most likely to see their ERAs drop during the rest of the 2009 baseball season? Beyond the Box Score takes a look.

A look at J.J. Putz so far this year.

ERA, FIP, tRA, RAR -- sorting through some different pitching stats and how to use them to establish value above replacement level.