Rockies Pitchers Are Wormballing Their Way to Success

When pitching half of one's games at Coors Field, it's usually a good idea to induce as many ground balls as possible and keep fly balls to a minimum. That's good for new Rockies manager Jim Tracy who can brag that he has three of the best ground ball pitchers in the National League this year. With some neat stats via Fangraphs, here are your top pitchers in the National League as measured by ground ball-to-fly ball ratio: FellaTeamGB/FBFIPK/9IP Joel PineiroSTL2.773.043.84 Aaron CookCOL2.404.594.59 Jason MarquisCOL2.204.204.20 Ubaldo JimenezCOL2.053.247.40 Mike PelfreyNYM1.904.284.11 First, the non-Rockies on the list. Pineiro's success is obviously not his ability to punch out hitters with the high heat. But his sinkerball is inducing a bevy of groundballs that the Cards infielders are eating up and throwing across the diamond to Gold Glove guy Albert Pujols. He's also giving up just over one walk per nine innings pitched, one of the best rates in...