Monday, January 23, 2017

The Cardinals' Run Prevention Numbers Should Be Better In 2017

The fielding independent pitching (FIP) statistic helps measure what a pitcher’s ERA might look like had he been on the receiving end of league-average defense (and luck) on balls in play. As such, if a pitcher has a bad defense behind him, his ERA will likely suffer to no fault of his own. To see this in practice, in 2016 the ten worst defensively-rated teams by FanGraphs averaged an ERA (4.50) that was 17 points higher than their FIP (4.33), and well above the league-average of 4.19.

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