Quote:If you know the stats, the how can you possibly claim that the #1 pitcher in xFIP over the last 5 years (among qualified pitchers) is not an ace? Anyone "worth their salt" and claims to "know the stats" should realize how valuable of a tool xFIP is when evaluating a pitcher.

 

xFIP top 10 among qualified Starting Pitchers since 2010:

1. Stephen Strasburg

2. Cliff Lee

3. Adam Wainwright

4. Chris Sale

5. Felix Hernandez

6. Clayton Kershaw

7. Roy Halladay

8. Yu Darvish

9. Zack Greinke

10. Cole Hamels

 

 

The guy is an ace. I know you won't change your opinion despite the fact that all of the stats are against you, but I still feel obligated to keep you from swaying the general public with your nonsense. Who are aces?

 

Of that group I like Wainwright, Kershaw, Hernandez,... I loved Jose Fernandez - HE was my textbook definition of "Ace"....as is Tanaka this year. Halladay too for his first several Phillies years, pre-decline. 

 

Not a Grienke or Sale guy...

 

Hamels is trash this year, probably playing hurt. 

 

Darvish?.....maybe in time, still seems a bit too up/ down. 

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