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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5
I don't believe there is currently a very good single metric for evaluating pitchers. And traditional things like wins and raw ERA are even worse. At this point you have to look at all numbers together and do your own math, relying on what I believe to be important things for pitchers.
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Yes, that's why I listed several metrics that speak to career value. So we can't use ERA to evaluate a pitchers performance, raw or adjusted. We also have to dismiss WAR, WHIP, W/L, et al. So what numbers that we evaluate together to do our own math can we use? No-Hitter games admissible? Since the starting point that people are objecting to is my claim that Perry and Ryan are very different types of pitchers ('conventional balance' vs. the K/BB artist) who produced similar value, what numbers can you use to speak against my claim, on a logical, mathematical level instead of an emotional one?