The starting pitching at a glance

Heading into 2012, the projected starting rotation for the Mets consists of Johan Santana, R.A. Dickey, Jon Niese, Mike Pelfrey, and Dillon Gee. Last year, the members of this rotation won 39 games (with Gee winning 13 of those 39), and pitched to a 4.17 ERA, walking 234 and striking out 491 and allowing 71 home runs in 720 1/3 innings pitched combined and averaged just over six innings per start. According to FanGraphs, Bill James predicts Gee will go 8-10 with a 4.33 ERA in 160 innings, Niese will go 9-10 with a 4.28 ERA in 160 innings, Dickey will go 12-11 with a 3.89 ERA, Pelfrey will go 9-11 with a 4.36 ERA in 188 innings, and Santana will go 14-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 189 innings. Michael Baron: The only prediction I question is the one for Santana, only because I don’t know if he will be able to throw that many innings right now. It concerns me that there is so much of a dependency on Santana’s return from capsule surgery. Despite the belief he is ready to go for Sp...