I wrote about the position players yesterday; Adam Jones is clearly playing over his head (we don't know by how much, but I'd wager that he doesn't end the year with 50 home runs), but otherwise things seem relatively reasonable overall. There will be some drop-off there, but maybe not a huge amount. It's on the pitching side where I think more people are holding their breath. After years and years (and years) of poor pitching, the O's staff has done some work this year. Their 3.44 ERA is probably unsustainable, but the 4.01 FIP and 3.97 xFIP are both better than average as well (if only by a little). The starting staff has been pretty average across the board overall:
ERA
FIP
xFIP
K/9
BB/9
HR/9
GB%
O's starters
4.17
4.16
4.12
6.8
3.0
1.1
42.2%
AL starters
4.28
4.21
4.09
6.7
3.1
1.1
44.7%
Jason Hammel has been fantastic - 8.5 K/9, 2.9 BB/9, 60% groundball rate. The new two-seamer plus increased use...
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May 16, 2012
