Kershaw has the lead in Fangraphs WAR
― polyphonic, Thursday, 3 September 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
& counterpoint, greinke does on baseball-ref
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 September 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link
WARP computed using DRA, Greinke by 6.70-6.49
(BP)
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 September 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
'building a case' doesn't mean 'automatic winner', but yeah, I do give importance to xFIP.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 3 September 2015 19:14 (eight years ago) link
what is DRA?
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 3 September 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link
I like James's rankings, which take a longer view than four or five months (the logic that every year puts a couple of guys into the All-Star Game on the basis of a fast start and little else).
http://www.billjamesonline.com/polls_ratings/starting_pitcher_rankings/
The gap between Kershaw (#1) and Greinke (#2) there is as large as the gap between Greinke and Cueto at #9. I think the Top 6 are exactly right. (Bumgarner gets credit for what he did in the postseason; ignore that, and he probably drops out.)
― clemenza, Friday, 4 September 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
xp deserved run average, here's the BP explanation http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=26195
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 4 September 2015 15:41 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO9jMi2UsAEMjmi.png:large
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-20150915-story.html
Definitely a Cy argument for Kershaw--a strong one--but unless he has a couple of bad starts, Greinke will win. Which is fine.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 19:14 (eight years ago) link
300 K
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 4 October 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link
@based_ballClayton Kershaw, OPS allowed, final2013: .5212014: .5212015: .521
Clayton Kershaw, OPS allowed, final
2013: .5212014: .5212015: .521
― Andy K, Monday, 5 October 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
Totally missed his first start. Not too shabby, says Adam Sandler.
― clemenza, Thursday, 7 April 2016 00:19 (eight years ago) link
95 Game Score today--and knocked in the only run.
― clemenza, Sunday, 1 May 2016 23:42 (eight years ago) link
Missed that last start of his...Has a 19.25 K/BB ratio (77/4); the record's 11-something. Basically takes one lousy start to cut that in half, though.
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 May 2016 15:33 (eight years ago) link
Basically he is having last season without the (relatively) first two months.
Newest member to the 50 fWAR club.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 14 May 2016 17:08 (eight years ago) link
Seaver was as 51.7 at the end of his age-28 season, Pedro 52.0, Clemens 54.2. So he should stay ahead of those guys for another season, although keeping up with Clemens at the other end will be near-impossible.
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 May 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
(I was going by Baseball Reference.)
Pretty sure Fangraphs/ xFIP rates him more. Here's to another 50 WAR.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 14 May 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
Probably a dumb question but is it possible to figure out which game he'll likely be pitching in the Cubs/Dodgers series at the end of the month or is too far away to predict reliably?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
you could guess just by following the 5-man rotation and seeing when his turn would be up again. but it could be altered by rainouts, injuries, and weird baseball(tm) occurrences
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 16:07 (eight years ago) link
A month-plus out, we left it to chance and it almost worked out--missed him by a day.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 22:22 (eight years ago) link
I like looking up mismatched odds. You have to bet $375 on Kershaw today to win $100. That's about as long as baseball odds ever get--I guess Kershaw vs. the Braves would be even longer.
― clemenza, Monday, 23 May 2016 13:39 (eight years ago) link
he's sposed to pitch vs Bartolo (again) in NY next Sunday night, which means there should be some decent tix available due to the time switch
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 May 2016 14:02 (eight years ago) link
(ok, not as many as there wd be on a non-holiday weekend)
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 May 2016 17:26 (eight years ago) link
not as many as there were when i bought in anticipation 3 weeks ago
― normcore strengthening exercises (benbbag), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 01:12 (eight years ago) link
wow kudos
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 01:47 (eight years ago) link
maddux alert through 8
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 24 May 2016 04:09 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/SamMillerBP/status/734966240888819712
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 24 May 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Obviously a little giddy and premature, but I love this:
•In five May starts, he has had more shutouts (three) than walks (two).
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/180219652/clayton-kershaw-goat-may-2016-dodgers?partnerId=ed-10369488-658620023
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 May 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
his k/bb ratio rn is 100/5 o_o
― johnny crunch, Monday, 30 May 2016 01:05 (eight years ago) link
10 ks and no walks in 7.2 IP and who gets the win? adam liberatore, who blew a save in seven pitches.
this has been your daily outrage over something no one cares about anymore
― qualx, Monday, 30 May 2016 06:44 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/BillPetti/status/737280851524911105
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 May 2016 14:54 (eight years ago) link
I was messing around last night with a six-year peak (consecutive seasons) comparison between some recent pitchers--I didn't write anything down, but I think it was Pedro first, Kershaw or Maddux second, Johnson and Seaver and Clemens behind them.
― clemenza, Monday, 30 May 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
Years and years of research here:
http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/pitchers_zpso9ar9u74.jpg
In honor of Adam Liberatore, I included wins and losses.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 00:43 (eight years ago) link
Seaver was hurt in '74--I should have gone '68-72 for him:
100-53, 2.38, 147+, 1.030, 3.52.
With that in mind, I'd rank them 1) Pedro, 2) Kershaw/Maddux, 4) Johnson, 5) Clemens/Seaver.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
Aargh--let's try Seaver again, '68-73:
119-63, 2.32, 151+, 1.021, 3.58.
Same ranking.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 00:51 (eight years ago) link
At home, against Atlanta, opposing pitcher 1-6 with an ERA near 6.00. Dodgers won last night, the Braves have lost two in a row. Betting $100 on Atlanta wins $400+. If I could, I would make that bet--the set-up is just too perfect.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 June 2016 14:03 (eight years ago) link
Just for fun--my own--Kershaw's line minus his one bad start against Miami:
Games started - 12W/L - 9-0Team W/L - 12-0QS - 12Average game score - 77IP - 93.2R - 13ER - 12H - 53BB - 5K - 112ERA - 1.15WHIP - 0.622K/BB - 22.40
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 June 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
@McCulloughTimesClayton Kershaw is being flown back to Los Angeles to see team doctors.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
Stay healthy, please.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
ffs please
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 29 June 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
at least it's a sore back, to counterpoint the trendy arm apocalypses.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link
got an epidural(?!), going on the DL
― mookieproof, Thursday, 30 June 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
:( hope the birth goes well stay strong little kersh jr
― qualx, Thursday, 30 June 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
@McCulloughTimesDave Roberts initially said the team hoped Kershaw would be back after the break, but then he backed off that. May be a little longer.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 June 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3TuOQkN7e0
― Edgard Varese is god (of music anyways) (outdoor_miner), Friday, 1 July 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
@McCulloughTimesClayton Kershaw "didn't feel great" on Sunday, Dave Roberts said. He's shut down until his back pain goes away. His return? "Uncertain."
― Andy K, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/17108426/clayton-kershaw-los-angeles-dodgers-shut-due-continuing-back-pain
SMH
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 20 July 2016 00:16 (seven years ago) link
Out until at least Aug. 27.
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/dodgers-ace-clayton-kershaw-moved-to-60-day-dl-080316
I'd shut him down for the year, but they're close enough in the standings to complicate that.
― clemenza, Thursday, 4 August 2016 01:23 (seven years ago) link
The starting pitching is doing very well without him iirc
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 4 August 2016 02:15 (seven years ago) link