[The Iceman Cometh]

In 2006 Gil had 18 groundball-dominant games and 11 flyball-dominant games (with 3 even-ratio games). Here are the splits:

FB Games: 6-1 3.56 ERA, 1.23 WHIP
GB Games: 5-5 4.35 ERA, 1.43 WHIP
Even Games: 0-2 5.56 ERA, 2.56 WHIP

FB Games: 8.50 K/9, 3.15 BB/9, 13.43 FB / 7.81GB / 4.11LD.
GB Games: 7.14 K/9, 3.94 BB/9, 7.80 FB / 13.29 GB / 5.58 LD
Even Games: 5.56 K/9, 10.32 BB/9, 15.09 FB / 15.09 GB / 4.00 LD

FB Games: 5 of 11 Quality Starts; Gave up more than 3ER twice.
GB Games: 10 of 18 Quality Starts; Gave up more than 3ER six times
Even Games: 3 Awful Starts

Oddly enough… Meche WAS a groundball pitcher frequently last year... and not a great one either. He appears to have been at his best with FB tendencies.