yankees.lhblogs.com - 12/13/2007
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Here is an e-mail I just received. It was, of course, anonymous:
Wang doesn’t strike anyone out and depends on the ridiculous number of groundballs he’s able to create being turned into outs. This is not a reliable strategy that will produce consistent results over a career. It is working in the short term, but as Bill James as pointed out in the past, no pitcher with a K/9 ...
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Do the Yankees already have a No. 1 starter?
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Again and again this off-season it has been said that the New York Yankees need an ace. In a pair of posts at his fantastic LoHud Yankees Blog, beat writer Peter Abraham makes a pretty impassioned defense of Chien-Ming Wang as already being that guy. In his first post Abraham points out that one bad playoff series should not erase all the good work Wang has done for two seasons. It’s interesting how 5.2 innings against Cleveland in October turned Chien-Ming Wang into a bum in the eyes of some. Andy Pettitte went to bat for the Wanger today. But many comments and e-mail disagreed. One guy wrote to ...
LoHud: Abraham: The great debate on Chien-Ming Wang continues
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LoHud: Abraham: The great debate on Chien-Ming Wang continues Ok...Who’s the wiseass that switched the Michael Kay Mailbag on me? Here is an e-mail I just received. It was, of course, anonymous: “Wang doesn’t strike anyone out and depends on the ridiculous number of groundballs he’s able to create being turned into outs. This is not a reliable strategy that will produce consistent results over a career. It is working in the short term, but as Bill James as pointed out in the past, no pitcher with a K/9 below the league average has gone on to have a meaningful career. He’s in no ...
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