Jeff Sackman continues his work on performance by rotation slot
More Fun With Rotation Numbers -- The Hardball Times
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Another way to look at this would be to figure the averages for last year's playoff teams. Of course, playoff teams needn't have great pitching staffs; some of them aren't even in the top half of their league. Here are the results for those eight squads:
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Lg #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
MLB 3.40 3.81 4.34 4.91 5.80
AL 3.36 3.75 4.27 4.93 5.65
NL 3.43 3.87 4.41 4.89 5.95
Man do the fifth starters on teams suck. Which makes me wonder why some teams sign bad starters to long contracts.
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I'm sorry I left for a while. I needed a vaction, and then work changed substantially. I'm over 50 hour weeks, plus two hours a day of commuting time.
A few weeks ago I launched my own blog about Seattle Sounders FC and Life in Puget Sound. I won't be by these parts often as my focus has changed. Sorry about the unannounced retirement.
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