Who’s Unluckier: Hamels or Santana?

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Crashburn Alley: Who’s Unluckier: Hamels or Santana?
Published 7/23/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Crashburn Alley: Who’s Unluckier: Hamels or Santana? I guess whichever Manuel calls the bullpen too early… There are a few metrics which help to measure how lucky a pitcher is. I rooted through both players’ game logs and counted their losses and no decisions (QSL and QSND) in which they had a quality start (6+ IP, 3 or less ER). I looked at their run support (RS), their Fielding Independent Pitching minus Earned Run Average (FIP-ERA), their current Batting Average on Balls In Play (BABIP), and their Expected BABIP (XBABIP), which is LD% plus .120. Then, I logged on ...

Who Is More Unlucky: Johan v. Cole
Published 7/23/2008 by Enrico at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
... Johan Santana could not have been too pleased last night with the lack of support his bullpen showed him. Santana has pitched very well this year for the Mets but his numbers don't reflect his dominance. That got the kids over at Crashburn Alley wondering who is more unlucky, Cole Hamels or Johan Santana? ...

My Night of Many Emotions
Published 7/24/2008 by Eric Seidman at FanGraphs Baseball
... good and seems to be on the decline. And the major reasons for these opinions stem from last year’s 15-13 W-L record and this year’s mere 8-7. From reading some of these articles or listening to some Baseball Tonight analysts you would think that Johan would struggle to cut it as the #3 option on most teams. Frequent Fangraphs commenter Bill Baer wrote a great piece at Crashburn Alley that echoed my feelings last night during the game, that Johan has been incredibly unlucky this year, just like Phillies ace Cole Hamels. My feeling ...