and Rey Lopez should be included too.

He’s shown flashes after a brilliant month last September. Time to give up on him though. I mean the great ones never struggle at first.

Rodon is toast.

Son, they’re gonna beat on your white ass like it’s a rented mule

No bueno. He’ll figure it out.

Son, they’re gonna beat on your white ass like it’s a rented mule

I’ll have you know that Lucas Giolito has the worst xFIP in the history of xFIP.

Going into last night Lopez is three spots away from Giolito in the same category.

Going into last night Lopez is three spots away from Giolito in the same category.

Going into last night Lopez is three spots away from Giolito in the same category.

Son, they’re gonna beat on your white ass like it’s a rented mule

The saber community has sat in anticipation of Lopez failing all year and he continues to go out and provide quality starts. It is similar to Avi last year

What was Quintana's xFIP before the Cubs traded Jimenez and Cease for him?

Also quite the opposite of Moncada, who they said would bust out based on his exit velocity and he has considerably improved. Garcia has regressed this year. Small sample size for Lopez but doesn't look promising.

Well, Avi has been hurt. Lopez doesn't look promising? That's not clear. He's the definition of promising (looks good for the future based on a small amount of starts).

I've been hesitant to buy for a few reasons.
1) For Roto leagues, in today's pitching environment, a 6.29 K/9 is a killer when most teams are racking up more than a K/IP (and his K/9 last year was 5.66, so I'm not holding out hope for a major K spike this year, though it's possible in the future as he learns to really pitch).
2) He walks 10.4% of the batters he faces so far, with a K-BB% of only 6.6%. That's not good. It's one thing to be kinda wild and strike out everybody. It's another to walk a lot and not K a lot to offset.
3) He appears to have been the beneficiary of some good fortune. His BABIP is .202 while his LOB% is 82.6%. Digging deeper, he's 14th in the league in IFFB%, which obviously lowers BABIP. His soft contact of 25.4% is 8th in the league, while his hard contact of 33.1% is 42nd in the league. So there's some evidence to suggest he may outpace league average BABIP, but a .202 still feels really low. IFFBs would help leave guys stranded, in theory, as would a high GB-rate or a high K-rate, neither of which Lopez has.

Son, they’re gonna beat on your white ass like it’s a rented mule

Also quite the opposite of Moncada, who they said would bust out based on his exit velocity and he has considerably improved. Garcia has regressed this year. Small sample size for Lopez but doesn't look promising.

Not sure. What do you suppose it was? Is it relevant to Giolito and Lopez?

I'd like to judge the accuracy of xFIP in determining good pitchers from bad.

It's presumably available on fangraphs. Google it.

How many no hitters would Giolito have to throw for the rest of the season to make this thread become reality?

This may have been a poor thread.

+1

Still early.

Paul Casella@paul_casella

Jacob deGrom has a 1.55 ERA this season. The Mets are 5-9 in his starts.

Lucas Giolito has an MLB-worst 7.09 ERA. The White Sox are 5-8 in his starts.

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