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Originally Posted by texasmame
For me - it's all about the CONTROL.
I can't stand for my pitchers to walk anyone.
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What I love about this answer is that it hits on the point that what is good is also somewhat subjective.
I too hate it when my pitchers give up walks (especially to the first hitter of the inning or to the opposing pitcher- no DH in my world), and yet my one starting pitcher who has very poor control has led the league in ERA two years in a row. Great movement, good stuff (used to be very good, actually now trending towards poor, but he's 37 and very unlikely to get the third ERA title in a row). And extreme groundball guy with great infield defense behind him. Works out of a lot of jams with a timely K or, more likely these days, double play ball. So I've dealt with it. But if drives me to distraction sometimes.
What's good can be so contextual. But it's also about personal preferences.