Stories tagged with "starting pitching"

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Derek Lowe Loves Groundballs

by Eric Simon on Jan 2, 2009 7:37 PM EST

If Brandon Webb is the Zeus of big league groundball machines, Derek Lowe must be Hephaestus (or Apollo, if you wish), churning out a higher ratio of grounders to flies than any starting pitcher excep...

Mets Starter SNLVAR By Decade

by Eric Simon on Jan 5, 2009 8:00 AM EST

Back in November, I ran this column on Mets batter VORP by decade. It generated some good debate and interesting dialogue, and prompted a similar list for pitchers. VORP for pitchers is a little wonky...

Mets Make Offer To Lowe

by Eric Simon on Dec 30, 2008 11:56 PM EST

Per Mets.com (and corroborated by the New York Times, the Mets have reportedly extended an offer to Derek Lowe for three years and $36 million. The Times article mentions that Lowe was seeking a fi...

Ben Sheets Or Oliver Perez?

by Sam Page on Dec 30, 2008 1:42 PM EST

Derek Lowe is the best remaining free agent starting pitcher. Many people still debate whether Oliver Perez or Derek Lowe should be the Mets main target, but there's no contest. Oliver Perez had one s...

Could The Mets Sign Lowe AND Perez?

by Eric Simon on Dec 28, 2008 10:44 AM EST

After they patched a couple of gaping holes in their bullpen, the Mets turned their attention to the starting rotation and smart money had them targeting either Derek Lowe or incumbent Oliver Perez. A...

Surveying The Starter Market

by Sam Page on Dec 23, 2008 12:05 AM EST

The CHONE projection system now features its own site, complete with individual player pages. It's a neat site and provides rough estimates of each player's value if you do a little defensive guess wo...