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Originally Posted by JDOldSchool
If you think 339 innings is plenty to go by, you're terribly mistaken. 339 innings is a season and a half for a regular starter. 2 years for a bottom of the rotation guy. I think if we look at the first 2 years of the careers of many great pitchers they would look similar to Leiter.
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Yeah, but most great pitchers would have their 339 average innings before age 25. Leiter got his 339 not till age 28.
Saying it's a shame Leiter didn't have a better career because he didn't turn into a good pitcher before age 29 is similar to saying it's a shame Luis Gonzalez didn't hit anything special before age 31. It's not exactly about chances.
What Leiter did before age 29 would have been enough for him to be a career end of rotation guy, and what Luis Gonzalez did before age 31 was enough for him to be the 3rd best OF on most teams.