Brandon Beachy was an absolutely critical part of the 2011 Braves rotation. He was third on staff in fWAR at 2.8, despite only throwing 141 2/3 innings. The two players better were Craig Kimbrel, the best reliever in baseball, and Tim Hudson, who threw nearly 75 more innings than Beachy. So that 2.8 fWAR is a pretty solid number considering Beachy's body of work. He missed about a month with a strained oblique in May-June, and while that hurt the team overall, I think it may have helped...just because it limited Beachy's innings. He threw 135 in 2010, and the team probably didn't want to overexert him, though another 30 innings wouldn't have hurt.As for Beachy's on-field performance, it was stellar. He led the pitching staff (AS A ROOKIE) with 169 strikeouts, and had a solid 3.68 ERA, which was backed up by an even better 3.19 FIP (and 3.16 xFIP for that matter). His 10.74 strikeout rate led all of baseball for a pitcher with at least 140 innings pitched. To call...
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