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03-20-2010, 10:14 PM

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Re: What did Walt Jocketty do differently?

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Originally Posted by Scrap Irony

And, once again, jojo, FIP doesn't play well with Arroyo's success throughout his tenure as a Red. He's either a FIP outlier or one of the luckiest pitchers in modern baseball.

ERA, perception, scouting, and almost every counting statistic in baseball pegs Arroyo as an above average starter.

Except that isn't accurate. His FIP is a composite of his peripherals....how could they scream he's all that but not lead to a FIP that was?

Perception? His '06 was an outlier and he really, really liked the Reds defense last season.

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