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Originally Posted by Snowman
Laugh all you want, but the numbers that actually matter, the ones that aren't subject to luck were nearly identical to his prior years (12.0 K/9 vs 12.3, 3.4 BB/9 vs 3.3, 3.35 FIP vs 2.82 and 3.42). If that's not "ever so slightly elevated", then I don't know what is.
But you can keep looking at ERA if you want to. The imbeciles always do.
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So a 20% jump in FIP is "ever so slightly"?
His home runs were up 40%. OPS was up 20%. Line drive% was up 33%. All that stuff says guys were hitting the ball hard off of him A LOT more than the previous year - and the rest of 1998 and the next four years.
Please specify the EXACT number of starts and/or innings to qualify as NOT a small sample size. Just for grins.
p.s. Name-calling reflects poorly on you. Do better.