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Originally Posted by mth123
Code:
Year K/9 BB/9 HR/9 FIP ERA WHIP
2001 6.38 2.89 1.59 5.31 5.68 1.45
2002 6.18 3.49 1.3 5.01 4.23 1.39
2003 5.82 2.01 1.35 4.46 4.61 1.27
2004 5.15 3.53 1.3 5.22 5.34 1.63
2005 4.33 2.22 1.11 4.73 4.18 1.43
2006 6.89 3.13 1.07 4.39 5.83 1.53
His Reds tenure has had some extenuating circumstances (first time around the league, cold weather) that could help him be successful. His history suggests he isn't this good. I hope you are right that he has gotten his stuff together.
I get the whole "salary drive" thing, and the whole "maturing as he ages" thing, and the whole "he's in his prime now" thing, but lots of bad pitchers have had good stretches. I need to see a more sustained success to wipe out the 5 years of bad or iffy at best shown above. |
That's not a horrendous track record. 02, 03, and 05 aren't bad numbers considering that was the American League. I'm not sure that Kyle is going to be a steady player on this team, but I believe he's a viable back end rotation pitcher.