Comments on: Nobody’s Perfect http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/27/nobodys-perfect/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Brett Matney http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/27/nobodys-perfect/#comment-3735 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:43:52 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10262#comment-3735 Pitcher’s WPA:

Bullpen:
(4 win pitcher (rounding to the nearest .5, as every .5 is a win or loss) ):
Herrera: +2.19

(3 win pitcher):
Davis: +1.66

(2 win pitchers):
Strahm: +1.09
Moylan: +1.00

(1 win pitchers):
Wang: +0.64
Flynn: +0.40
Duffy: +0.34

(neutral pitchers):
Alexander: +0.21
Hochevar: +0.03
Pounders: -0.06
Young: -0.15

(5 LOSS PITCHER):
Soria: -2.29

Total: +9 wins from the pen. Soria has been every bit as costly as people think, but the pen as a whole has been a plus.

Rotation:
(4 win pitcher):
Duffy: +1.80

(2 win pitcher):
Kennedy: +1.11

(neutral pitchers):
Vargas: +0.05
Flynn: -0.24

(1 loss pitchers):
Ventura: -0.63
Medlen: -0.67

(2 loss pitchers):
Gee: -1.22

(3 loss pitcher):
Young: -1.60

(4 loss pitcher):
Volquez: -1.89

Total: 5 losses in the aggregate. The rotation has been much more costly than the pen, despite people’s perceptions. And, the offense has been just as costly as the rotation.

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