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#69199	10/31/2019 2:23:14 pm	Feb 15th, 2043	Ignore
michaeltodd2 Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 325 Paradise Valley Cubs II.2	Pitching, oh pitching. Always such a problem for me it seems. Anyway, my pitching staff year after year seems to play below their FIP, or should i say their ERA's are consistently above their FIP. Is there some Management technique that maybe i'm not using, a setting perhaps to squeeze the best out of my pitchers? Any suggestions? Thanks.
#69202	10/31/2019 2:56:15 pm	Feb 15th, 2043	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9588 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Not necessarily a bad thing. Better defenders might help, but having a lot FIP just means they don't walk a lot of guys. If ERA is higher, it usually means they give up a lot of hits. Sometimes its the defenders fault, sometimes its the pitchers fault. Generally a low FIP isn't a bad thing.
#69217	11/01/2019 11:02:43 am	Feb 19th, 2043	Ignore
michaeltodd2 Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 325 Paradise Valley Cubs II.2	I generally try to look for players on the Free Agent/Waiver list with FIP's in the 4's or below. Is there something else in particular that you look for?
#69223	11/01/2019 12:28:36 pm	Feb 19th, 2043	Ignore
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 626 Denver Broncos IV.4	I look at a free agent pitcher with low FIP and high ERA to indicate that his supporting cast on the field and/or the manager just sucked.
#69317	11/07/2019 9:54:53 am	Mar 12th, 2043	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9588 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I look at K/BB/IP, HR/IP, H/IP, and GB/FB.
#69479	11/12/2019 9:09:14 am	Mar 25th, 2043	Ignore
michaeltodd2 Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 325 Paradise Valley Cubs II.2	On the GB/FB, what exactly do you look for?
#69482	11/12/2019 11:08:59 am	Mar 25th, 2043	Ignore
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1269 Corvallis Ravens II.1	For pitchers, I imagine he's looking for a GB/FB of, at a bare minimum, 1.00, though that floor could also be in the 1.10 range too. The logic being that pitchers with a propensity to give up more flyballs than groundballs will have a higher propensity for giving up home runs.
#69490	11/12/2019 6:29:30 pm	Mar 30th, 2043	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9588 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Yep. Its worth looking at in combination with HR/IP. I have a few guys with GB/FBs above 1.5. A high GB/FB doesn't necessarily mean fewer HRs, but its a warm fuzzy to see a guy with low HRs allowed who also has a high GB/FB. More likely that he can maintain.
#69498	11/12/2019 10:09:54 pm	Mar 30th, 2043	Ignore
Splinter_9 Joined: 08/30/2019 Posts: 69 Inactive	Although in real life a ground ball pitcher will always give up more hits than a flyball pitcher. The flyball pitcher just gives up bigger hits. Flyball pitchers tend be be higher strikeout guys too.
#69502	11/13/2019 6:20:21 am	Mar 30th, 2043	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9588 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Probably happens here too. But there are other numbers I'm looking at for that. Namely K/BB/IP. You can choose which ever strategy you prefer, and build your ballpark to support it. If you go with flyball pitchers, I would go with a large park with big foul territory and lower walls. That means OFs with very high range, and more lineball hitters on your own side.

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