Rafael Soriano is Sick

June 18, 2009 at 7:30 pm by Capitol Avenue Club under Atlanta Braves, Pitching, Player Analysis, Stat Leaders, Statistical Analysis

NL Relievers ERA Leaders (Minimum 30 innings pitched):

1. Francisco Rodriguez 0.56

2. Jonathan Broxton 1.36

3. Rafael Soriano 1.47

4. Kiko Calero 2.01

5. Edward Mujica 2.16

NL Relievers K/9 Leaders (Minimum 30 innings pitched):

1. Jonathan Broxton 14.45

2. Rafael Soriano 11.74

3. Mike Gonzalez 11.40

4. Kiko Calero 11.20

5. Ryan Madson 9.96

NL Relievers WHIP Leaders (Minimum 30 innings pitched):

1. Jonathan Broxton 0.70

2. Rafael Soriano 0.98

3. Francisco Rodriguez 0.99

4. Edward Mujica 1.05

5. Angel Guzman 1.07

No, I’ve never heard of Kiko Calero or Edward Mujica either.  Calero signed with Florida this off-season and actually has pretty dang good career numbers.  3.38 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 9.7 K/9.  Mujica was traded to the Padres from the Indians for a PTBNL basically to clear a roster space.  For Mark DeRosa I speculate.  Anyway, he actually sucks and is just having a career year.  Benefiting from Petco Park as well, I assume.  Well, I actually know, because his K and BB numbers don’t indicate he’s that good.  Because he isn’t.

Anyway, my point is Soriano is a damn good pitcher.  The best one in our bullpen.  We should probably just trade him now while he’s healthy because we ain’t goin’ nowhere.

Javier Vazquez: Strikeout King.

June 11, 2009 at 8:16 pm by Capitol Avenue Club under Atlanta Braves, Pitching, Player Analysis, Stat Leaders, Statistical Analysis

Today Javier Vazquez became the first NL pitcher to reach 100 strikeouts and the 2nd pitcher in MLB to do so (the first was Justin Verlander).  It took both of them only 13 starts to accomplish the feat, Verlander has struck out 106 in his 13 starts.  There are only 2 other pitchers in MLB that stand a decent chance of getting to 100 by their 13th start.  Tim Lincecum at 95 K’s after 12 starts and Johan Santana at 91 K’s after 12 starts.  Congratulations to Javier Vazquez.  The NL’s current Strikeout King.

A few stats.

NL K/BB Leaders (mimimum 60 innings pitched):

1. Dan Haren – 7.55
2. Javier Vazquez – 6.56
3. Cole Hamels – 4.67
4. Johan Santana – 4.14
5. Josh Johnson – 3.85

NL K/9 Leaders (minimum 60 innings pitched):

1. Javier Vazquez – 10.97
2. Tim Lincecum – 10.82
3. Johan Santana – 10.37
4. Jake Peavy – 10.14
5. Jorge De La Rosa – 9.62

NL Strikeout Leaders:

1. Javier Vazquez – 105
2. Tim Lincecum – 95
3. Jake Peavy – 92
4. Johan Santana – 91
5. Chad Billingsley – 90

Pretty elite company.

Again, congrats to Javier Vazquez for being the first NL player to reach 100 K’s.  We’ll monitor his process as he hopefully wins his first strikeout crown.  As of right now, though, he’s the NL’s strikeout king.

ERA+

May 7, 2009 at 11:17 pm by Capitol Avenue Club under Atlanta Braves, Player Analysis, Stat Leaders

Best ERA+ in baseball:

1. Zach Greinke – 1168
2. Johan Santana – 476
3. Dan Haren – 315
4. Johnny Cueto – 274
5. Jair Jurrjens – 226

Nobody else is 200 or better.

If you doubted Jurrjens, stick that in your pipe and smoke it like they do in Curacao, mon (I know, wrong Island.  I didn’t have a better way to finish the thought).

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