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Originally Posted by tkirch
You have obviously never watched or heard of Chris Capuano. Let's see he led the league in pickoffs last year. Led the NL in strikeouts for a lefty and fourth in the league overall. One person has stolen a base in his last 36 starts against him. He has allowed 3 runs or less in 19 of his 26 starts last year and in 16 of his 19 this year. That is 3 runs or less.
HR's allowed are a misleading stat. Some of the best pitchers in baseball give up HR's. If no one is on base its not that big of a deal. He has given up only 25 walks this year. That is 1.3 per start. I'll take that.
I'm not saying he is elite but he is above average. Statistically he is the top tier of players in Wins, ERA, K's, Walks allowed, WHIP.
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-Pickoffs? So? Give him a good holding runners rating. This means almost nothing. Moving on.
-Led 1/2 of 1/3 of MLB in Ks. Wow, whoopy. Meaningless.
-QS. Meaningless.
HRs allowed is NOT a misleading stat. It is what it is. All pitchers give up HRs. It's the interplay between Hits, Walks, Ks, and HRs that determine the overall effectiveness. And until this season Capuano basically rated as an average NL pitcher.
Stop quoting wins as an indicator of pitching ability. By doing so, you are immediately putting a giant "ignore this" sign in front of the rest of your argument. Wins are meaningless.