Dodger Thoughts: The Dodgers' Most Valuable Pitcher To Date

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Dodger Thoughts: The Dodgers' Most Valuable Pitcher To Date
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog found this 5/14/2008 on dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com [flag]
Based on Value Over Replacement Player, it's Chan Ho Park - despite a strikeout/home run ratio of just over 2:1. [link]

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Pickoff Moves, Lunchtime Edition
Published 5/14/2008 by Rob (noreply@blogger.com) at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
... I doubt the Weav really has that kind of heat, but even a return to 92-93 would be a big deal for him, because he's been scuffling despite a strong spring. The Angels' Best Players Inspired by Jon, the Angels' best pitcher is ... ...

The Prodigal Son Returns: Chan Ho Park Revives His Career
Published 5/18/2008 by Phil Gurnee at SportsHubLA
... across the Dodger Nation. Many performance analysts like to cite VORP (Value Over Replacement Player) numbers, a measure utilized by Baseball Prospectus, when evaluating a pitcher, and even before Saturday’s solid effort against the Angels Park had the highest VORP of any Dodger pitcher . By that standard, it’s fair to say that Park (and Colletti, for that matter) is proving everyone wrong. But there are reasons to be worried. The case against Park starts with ...

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