Yesterday, we cycled through the hitters on our way to creating the perfect point system. Everything worked out dandy, so it’s onto the pitchers today.
A Quick Note: these rankings do not take into account scarcity, which we’ll get into when I rank the players. Simply applying the formula by itself to rank players will give you the best players, but you’ll end up with 10 SP and no RP.
Wins:
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
| TOP-10 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 16.5 | 17.2 |
| TOP-5 | 18.6 | 20.4 | 19.2 | 18 | 20.4 |
| MAX | 19 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 22 |
This is probably the easiest to predict because it remains pretty static from year to year.
Weighted Average: 19.2 Wins
TOTAL POINTS FOR ONE WIN: 5.21
Strike-Outs:
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
| TOP-10 | 211.7 | 197.5 | 199.65 | 191.3 | 195.1 |
| TOP-5 | 247 | 224.4 | 230.6 | 219.4 | 217.2 |
| MAX | 269 | 265 | 240 | 245 | 238 |
Weighted Average: 233
TOTAL POINTS FOR ONE STRIKE-OUT: 0.43
Saves:
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
| TOP-10 | 36.1 | 35.4 | 36.5 | 35.5 | 38.55 |
| TOP-5 | 44 | 46 | 43.6 | 42.4 | 44.6 |
| MAX | 48 | 62 | 47 | 47 | 47 |
Weighted Average: 44.2
Small Adjustment for K-Rod’s ridiculous 2008 season.
TOTAL POINTS FOR ONE SV: 2.23
IP:
This is where we end up with a bit of a head-ache, at least in terms of explaining it. IP is used in both WHIP and ERA, and will be split up like this, although it doesn’t really matter.
One Inning Pitched when calculating WHIP = 0.95
One Inning Pitched when calculating ERA = 0.90
One Inning Pitched is worth 1.85
Walks and Hits:
Now we have to start penalizing the things we don’t like. Walks and Hits are equal when it comes to WHIP in Roto & H2H; so they’re equal here too.
One Walk or Hit is Worth: NEGATIVE 0.5
Earned Runs:
Earned runs follow the same pattern as WHIP and show just how dominant Zach Greinke’s was in the 2009 season. Not only did he have a 2.16 ERA, but he did it over 230 IP. It’s almost exactly on par with Roger Clemens’ 1.87 ERA over 211 IP in 2005.
