Handicapping pitchers

[Foreleft]

I am trying to learn how to handicap pitcher. If you had only 5 stats to handicap a pitcher what would those be?

 

[unusualsusp5]

Re: Handicapping pitchers

1. whip 2. era 3. 3. k-bb ratio 4. quality starts. string of at least 6 ip, 6 hits or less, 3 runs or less. not more walks than k's. 5. home vs road performances. don't fall for the lifetime record vs a certain club. never the same hitters faced previously for the most part.

 

[Foreleft]

Re: Handicapping pitchers

1. whip 2. era 3. 3. k-bb ratio 4. quality starts. string of at least 6 ip, 6 hits or less, 3 runs or less. not more walks than k's. 5. home vs road performances. don't fall for the lifetime record vs a certain club. never the same hitters faced previously for the most part.

Thx for the input

 

[Valuist]

Number 1: game scores. This is to a pitcher what a speed figure is to a racehorse. When you look thru the pitcher's seasonal log, sometimes a couple horrific outings can wreck year to date stats and distort what a typical outing is. Some of the advanced stats have their use and you can customize thru Fangraphs. For instance if you want to see a pitcher's ERA and XFIP in his last 8 starts, instead of full year to date, you can.