Visualizing NL East Starters through April (Mets fans, avert your eyes)

by Bill Petti on May 5, 2011 12:00 PM EDT

In response to my last post comparing starting position players in NL East through April there was a flood of requests to do a similar visualization for pitchers. Ok, ok, it was just one commenter. Regardless, what the people want, the people get.

So without further delay, I present for you NL East starters with >=10 innings pitches and their fielding independent pitching (FIP) numbers through April.

A few thoughts:

So, yeah, the NL East is lush with great starting pitching.
It's not surprising that the Phillies and Braves have been the two best teams at keep runs off the board so far this season.
Javier Vasquez's incompetence nicely balances out John Johnson's brilliance over the first month.
I'm so glad Omar spent all that money on Oliver Perez and not Derek Lowe.
Wow, that's a lot of orange below the NL average. The Mets have one starter with a FIP better than the NL average--Dillon Gee. That's not exactly a recipe for success.

Bill Petti is a regular columnist at Beyond the Box Score and an occasional contributor to Amazin' Avenue. He can also be found on Twitter at @BillPetti.

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What has been seen

cannot be unseen. This graph is worse than the HVW.

"Dickey is my starter. I shall not want." - Dickey [43:1]

by CTRefJay on May 5, 2011 12:06 PM EDT reply actions

That is remarkably depressing

by Andrew McCarthy on May 5, 2011 12:26 PM EDT reply actions

is

John Johnson related to Don Johnson?

by Coolpapabell on May 5, 2011 2:46 PM EDT reply actions

not that I know of....and most likely no.

Johnson’s a very common last name :).

"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"

by feslenraster on May 5, 2011 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions

The Mets pitchers are bad

but what really kills me is how in Gods name does Livan Hernandez do it? And why was he so godawful with us? Life just isn’t fair.

Chamption of the R.A. Dickey Face contest and "Cromulent Photoshopper Extraordinaire" of Amazin' Avenue!

by Steve Schreiber on May 5, 2011 5:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

he uses sandwiches.

One day, this team is going to kill me.

by fxcarden on May 5, 2011 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions

#blamebeltran

Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.

by meigs1414 on May 5, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions

was he, though?

I seem to remember like at least a half a year of people saying, Livan is getting lucky but it won’t last. I don’t know what the numbers look like, but it seems like he performed his magic here also, at least for a good while.

by SuperT on May 5, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions

We have guys that will do better,

Could Pelf do worse. Is niese a 4.71 ERA guy? Dickey is what he is, last years not happening again but he’s hella serviceable. Youngs great so far but the Fly ball rates gonna catch up to him unless he finds 2 more mph. Cappy can be better and we’ll get Johan I beleive..

Undefeated is the new "Winning".
Duh, undefeated....

by The real Julio from Paterson on May 5, 2011 6:47 PM EDT reply actions