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You should point out to Will that the reason Wang continually outperforms his peripherals is that he is a groundball machine.

Posted by musubi Jan 6 '09, 10:59

IIRC, he had the third highest GB rate of all starters, behind Brandon Webb and Derek Lowe.

CC, Burnett and Wang are a pretty formidable front end of the rotation.

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I'm surprised you put Burnett in that list. 13 game winner 1 time and he's 30+ years old. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 11:08 8
- Wins are next to meaningless. AJ's a pretty good pitcher. Overpaid, for sure, but irrespective of that, he's a better than average starter. - musubi Jan 6, 11:18 5
  - The problem is your #2 is a 12 game winner who's usually good for 25 starts a year and needed a torrid 2nd half to finish with an ERA at 4.07. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 11:21 4
    - Again: Wins are meaningless. Saying he's a "12-game winner" means nothing. If he prevents runs, the Yanks benefit, regardless of his record. - musubi Jan 6, 11:27
    - I would switch Wang and Burnett in the rotation. Wang = 2, Burnett = 3. But maybe that's just me. -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 11:25 2
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      - So would I, but Wang's coming off an injury and Burnett is the big ticket FA. The order is pretty much only nominal after the first week anyway. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 11:29
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  - He helps them, but they didn't exactly have a waste at 1b prior. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 11:15
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- That's just it though, it's rare that he's not on. In 95 career starts he has *6* starts that lasted less than 5 innings. - musubi Jan 6, 11:14 1
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- are we still talking about baseball? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 11:01

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You should point out to Will that the reason Wang continually outperforms his peripherals is that he is a groundball machine.

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