Mets Pitchers Versus The League

by Eric Simon on Jan 27, 2009 8:00 AM EST

Mets starter and reliever K/9 compared to the league:

Mets starter and reliever BB/9 compared to the league:

Mets starter and reliever HR/9 compared to the league:

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Hmm . . .

our pitchers walk too many batters but, other than that, everything is peachy?

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jan 27, 2009 9:03 AM EST reply actions

If you wanna know the difference

between a 97 win team and an 89 win team, just follow the purple lines.

by cjmulrain on Jan 27, 2009 9:12 AM EST reply actions

Bingo

Starting pitching was fine, and actually improved in 2008 (thanks, Johan!), but the relief pitching deteriorated precipitously last year.

by Eric Simon on Jan 27, 2009 10:06 AM EST up reply actions

I don't think a graph was needed...

Or?

" PLEASE! CHANGE THE PATCH! "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jan 29, 2009 5:01 AM EST up reply actions

Just one

Taking a cab to a Dominican restaurant in Miami at 2 am is a bad idea.

by Reg Dunlop on Jan 27, 2009 9:25 AM EST reply actions

best answer so far

The graphs show that our relief pitching has plummeted to below the league average since 2006. But, I think we all kind of already knew that. I’m very excited about our relieving corps this year, although I would love a good long reliever similar to what Darren Oliver did for us back in 2006. Consequently, I am hoping that we sign both Oliver Perez and Ben Sheets and send Tim Redding to the pen. I could also envision bringing Niese up with the club and putting him in the pen grooming him the same way the twins did with Johan Santana by putting him in the pen to start his career. People seem to forget that Johan’s first three years was as a reliever/spot starter.

by djbutler73 on Jan 27, 2009 9:49 AM EST up reply actions

Stokes

could possibly fill the long reliever role, though based on what I saw last year I actually like him as the 7th-inning type guy. And I agree, I’d like to get both starters and move Redding to the ’pen, I think he could be pretty effective like that.

by cjmulrain on Jan 27, 2009 11:57 AM EST up reply actions

Perfect illustration

Of what Oliver Perez brings to a rotation.

by TBlz on Jan 27, 2009 9:40 AM EST reply actions

mets had a really good bullpen in 2006

at least compared to the NL RP average that year. the bullpen was walking one less batter per nine innings than league average and striking out about .6 to. 7 batters more per nine innings than league average. seems like that’s a good recipe for bullpen success.

by englishgrey on Jan 27, 2009 10:41 AM EST reply actions

one way to make the graphs easier to read

maybe put the mets SP and RP averages in blue and orange? i kept forgetting which color represented what as i read the graphs…

by englishgrey on Jan 27, 2009 10:42 AM EST reply actions

Yea

I’ll do something to make them more readable next time.

by Eric Simon on Jan 27, 2009 11:26 AM EST up reply actions

HR's

Considering how bad our bullpen has been, I’m surprised it’s remained better than league average in HR/9. Could be park factors though. The starters have really gained here as well. It’s amazing what a horrid bullpen can do to an otherwise 95 win team.

by whynot on Jan 27, 2009 11:53 AM EST reply actions