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Jimenez the REAL Cy Young winner?
dcaudle70
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Hands down has had the best start this season. Not Halladay, not Lincecum, not Wainright, not Carpenter. Can he keep it up for a full season?
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dcaudle70
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<< <i>Hands down has had the best start this season. Not Halladay, not Lincecum, not Wainright, not Carpenter. Can he keep it up for a full season? >>
Can he keep up an undefeated record and a 0.87 ERA? I'm going to go out on a limb and say "no."
Can he keep up a Cy Young-caliber season? Perhaps. The dude looks like the real deal, though pitching half his games in Coors Field could hurt him.
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<< <i>Hands down has had the best start this season. Not Halladay, not Lincecum, not Wainright, not Carpenter. Can he keep it up for a full season? >>
Can he keep up an undefeated record and a 0.87 ERA? I'm going to go out on a limb and say "no."
Can he keep up a Cy Young-caliber season? Perhaps. The dude looks like the real deal, though pitching half his games in Coors Field could hurt him. >>
Does pitching at Coors Field really hurt a pitcher anymore since they invented the humidor? I would bet the scoring average in a game is not much higher there than anywhere else if you take only thelast few years. Look how much "power" Todd Helton lost when they starting using it.
<< <i>He will have more losses than wins by the end of the season! >>
Now that I dont see happening.
<< <i>flash in the pan >>
He has 2 solid seasons before this one and was still hitting 98 on the radar gun in the 9th inning of his no-hitter. The only thing holding him back to this point has been control and he is still working on that but barring any arm troubles he is no flash in the pan.
2009 Post AS Break - 9 - 3, 3.08 ERA, .209 BAA.
the humidor has suppressed HRs at Coors, but it's still a hitter's park due to the cavernous OF. Coors inflates batting avg and runs more than HRs now...of course it also helps that the Rockies no longer have many power bats with Holliday gone and Helton off the gas. Helton's drop in power has much less to do with the humidor, and more to do with the juice...err Creatine.
*Park Factor compares the rate of stats at home vs. the rate of stats on the road. A rate higher than 1.000 favors the hitter. Below 1.000 favors the pitcher. Teams with home games in multiple stadiums list aggregate Park Factors.
RUNS SCORED at HOME 2009
1 Coors Field 1.24
2 Chase Field (AZ) 1.19
3 Wrigley Field 1.14
4 Sun Life Stadium (Miami FL) 1.13
5 Kauffman Stadium (KC) 1.11
6 Mall of America Field (MN) 1.09
7 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 1.08
8 Fenway Park 1.07
9 U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago) 1.06
10 AT&T Park (San Francisco) 1.05
11 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 1.03
HOME RUNS ALLOWED 2009
1 Yankee Stadium 1.26
2 Angel Stadium of Anaheim 1.22
3 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 1.19
4 U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago) 1.19
5 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 1.18
6 Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati) 1.17
7 Sun Life Stadium (Miami, Florida) 1.12
8 Mall of America Field (Minneapolis) 1.11
9 Coors Field 1.08
10 Miller Park 1.06
<< <i>flash in the pan >>
I hope that was in sarcasm. He needs to cut down on the free passes, but postive trends show a development into a legit ace. Color me impressed.