Rating Pitching Staffs maybe with a bit of bias
Posted: July 28th, 2012, 8:22 am
As a Nats fan, it is hard for my to really grasp just how good the Nats are. Living through two consecutive season of being the worst team in baseball and, during that span, not really having a single pitcher you would rate as being even a #3 starter on any contender, this season is surreal. Now their staff is really really good. But where does it rate especially given the recent Greinke trade to the Angels.
Who has the best current five man staff [count Strasburg]? Rate the top 3. My personal take is that the Nats have the best 5-man staff mostly because, at least this season, Jackson & Detweiller are well above pretty much any other #4/#5 SPs.
Who has the best 3-man playoff staff [do not count Strasburg]? Rate the top 3. With Strasburg, I would rate the Nats as #1 but without him I'm not sure how far they drop. I think you can make a case than Strasburg, Gonzalez & Zimermann are all #1 skilled SPs. I'm not sure any other team's top three can make that claim.
The board is a bit quite so I thought I would ask a real baseball question.
Who has the best current five man staff [count Strasburg]? Rate the top 3. My personal take is that the Nats have the best 5-man staff mostly because, at least this season, Jackson & Detweiller are well above pretty much any other #4/#5 SPs.
Who has the best 3-man playoff staff [do not count Strasburg]? Rate the top 3. With Strasburg, I would rate the Nats as #1 but without him I'm not sure how far they drop. I think you can make a case than Strasburg, Gonzalez & Zimermann are all #1 skilled SPs. I'm not sure any other team's top three can make that claim.
The board is a bit quite so I thought I would ask a real baseball question.