This is an absolute load of shit. Casey is the face of the franchise and the best bat handler on the team; deal Kearns, not Casey.
Dave Williams, Cincinnati fans, and Cincinnati ownership are in for a rude awakening. GABP will chew Williams up and spit him out:
Dave Williams (4th season in majors: 2005 w/ Pit):
#P/PA: 3.71
#P/IP: 16.0
K/9: 5.71
K/BB: 1.52
AVG: .261
OBP: .342
SLG: .453
G/F: 0.90
Eric Milton (4th season in majors: 2001 w/ Min):
#P/PA: 3.75
#P/IP: 16.0
K/9: 6.40
K/BB: 2.57
AVG: .257
OBP: .308
SLG: .446
G/F: 0.59
This comparison shows Milton and Williams in their fourth MLB seasons. A fairer comparison with each at the same age, years of experience, and without skewing Milton's numbers with the GABP-effect than using strictly '05 numbers. Not that PNC and the HHH are comparable parks, but it's certainly a better measure than PNC and the GABP.
While Eric Milton's 0.59 groundball-to-flyball ratio is comically awful, Williams' 0.90 isn't anything to write home about either. Anything below approx 1.25 will be a disaster in GABP (for comparisons sake, the StL Cards didn't have a starter with a G/F ratio worse than 1.5; Mulder posted a 2.5).
Statistically speaking, at the same age, WIlliams is inferior to Milton in every single important category. Sure, he's not a flyball pitcher to the extreme that Milton always has been, but he's a flyball pitcher nonetheless. He issues more walks, strikes out fewer, and tees up an insane number of doubles. He's Eric Milton with less control.
Williams will be in the minors before July.
Dave Williams, Cincinnati fans, and Cincinnati ownership are in for a rude awakening. GABP will chew Williams up and spit him out:
Dave Williams (4th season in majors: 2005 w/ Pit):
#P/PA: 3.71
#P/IP: 16.0
K/9: 5.71
K/BB: 1.52
AVG: .261
OBP: .342
SLG: .453
G/F: 0.90
Eric Milton (4th season in majors: 2001 w/ Min):
#P/PA: 3.75
#P/IP: 16.0
K/9: 6.40
K/BB: 2.57
AVG: .257
OBP: .308
SLG: .446
G/F: 0.59
This comparison shows Milton and Williams in their fourth MLB seasons. A fairer comparison with each at the same age, years of experience, and without skewing Milton's numbers with the GABP-effect than using strictly '05 numbers. Not that PNC and the HHH are comparable parks, but it's certainly a better measure than PNC and the GABP.
While Eric Milton's 0.59 groundball-to-flyball ratio is comically awful, Williams' 0.90 isn't anything to write home about either. Anything below approx 1.25 will be a disaster in GABP (for comparisons sake, the StL Cards didn't have a starter with a G/F ratio worse than 1.5; Mulder posted a 2.5).
Statistically speaking, at the same age, WIlliams is inferior to Milton in every single important category. Sure, he's not a flyball pitcher to the extreme that Milton always has been, but he's a flyball pitcher nonetheless. He issues more walks, strikes out fewer, and tees up an insane number of doubles. He's Eric Milton with less control.
Williams will be in the minors before July.
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