More charts today, this time I'm posting WHIP and ERA. Again, like average, WHIP and ERA are still extremely volatile.
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Luke is easily leading the pack in both WHIP and ERA, with all of his pitchers, with the exception of Brian Bannister, pitching extremely well. Halladay and Felix have been at the upper ends of their expectations, and waiver pickup Ervin Santana has been spectacular.
In the past week or so, both Caleb and I have each had some very, very good days. From 4/30 to 5/2 my pitching staff managed a run of good games that took a full 0.5 off my ERA and 0.1 off my WHIP. Yesterday, with only two starters pitching, Caleb managed to take 0.2 off his ERA and 0.05 off his WHIP.
Spencer, on the other hand, was not quite so lucky. With three starters imploding on one day, his WHIP rose from 1.38 to 1.45, and his ERA jumped an incredible 0.56, from 4.66 to 5.20.
Even with Luke's considerable lead in the pitching categories, a blow up on par with Spencer's would put him right back in the pack for ERA and take away most of his lead for WHIP. Fortunately for Luke, it is pretty difficult to field a staff that pitches 18 2/3 innings, giving up 42 baserunners and 24 earned runs.
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Even though these are volatile, there hasn't been a whole lot of change in the ranking. Beside Bill pulling his WHIP down a bit, it's been same old same old. I guess 15 days isn't a huge sample size, so maybe that will change.
Now that my team is healthy, I expect to see HUGE improvements to my pitching numbers. Newcomers Olson and Galarraga are hidden gems ready to shine brightly. Once I catch up in innings, it should be a whole new world.
Yeah, Olson is a real gem. Last year he had an amazing K:BB ratio of 1:1. Of course, Carmona would kill for that raio this year.
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