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Harry Lyerly, FIP, and BABIP
I meant to post this prior to this latest gem by Harry Lyerly, as it was true then even though now it is even more true.
Prior to this last CG shutout dominant performance, Lyerly's numbers for the year were decent if unspectacular. But his FIP was still among the best in the league and his BABIP was quite high. Granted, it is not a high HR environment thus far in the WPK this season and this has really helped Lyerly. He has a by far career best HR/9 so far at 0.4. That won't likely hold as the weather warms up and given that his home park, Centennial Stadium, is a pretty good park for power hitters. His BB/9 is up this year though his last few starts have mitigated that somewhat. But his K/9 is also up and is now 10.2.
With his latest outing Lyerly now has a FIP of 1.79 and a FIP- of 57. Really impressive numbers and he is now 4th in the MGL in FIP and 7th in WAR among pitchers.
Still a lot of season to go, but with some fear prior to the season that Lyerly might really take a step backwards, in fact he is performing pretty much as he always has and is on pace at this point to have a season quite comparable to his 1970 Pitcher of the Year campaign.
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