Comments on: Building a mystery: finding the last piece of the rotation http://firebrandal.com/2012/12/12/building-a-mystery-finding-the-last-piece-of-the-rotation/ A Red Sox blog analyzing the Olde Towne Team since 2003 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Is Ryan Dempster a fit? | Fire Brand of the American League http://firebrandal.com/2012/12/12/building-a-mystery-finding-the-last-piece-of-the-rotation/#comment-62786 Is Ryan Dempster a fit? | Fire Brand of the American League Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:22:04 +0000 http://firebrandal.com/?p=21357#comment-62786 [...] 997 1/3 innings of 3.74 ERA ball, punching out 911 and walking just 361. As Fire Brand‘s own Hunter Golden pointed out on Wednesday, Dempster does well at limiting walks, and Boston seems to be going after hurlers who [...]

]]> By: A Different Steve http://firebrandal.com/2012/12/12/building-a-mystery-finding-the-last-piece-of-the-rotation/#comment-62785 A Different Steve Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:11:44 +0000 http://firebrandal.com/?p=21357#comment-62785 Yeah, I really think Lohse's stats are a product of Busch Stadium. In Al East ballparks, against AL East lineups, pitching to a DH instead of a pitcher every turn through the lineup, I think the story of Kyle Lohse, Starting Pitcher would get very ugly very fast.

]]> By: Hunter Golden http://firebrandal.com/2012/12/12/building-a-mystery-finding-the-last-piece-of-the-rotation/#comment-62784 Hunter Golden Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:39:58 +0000 http://firebrandal.com/?p=21357#comment-62784 Also worth noting on Dempster – improving FIP over the past few years and a SIERA that's better than a lot of big name pitchers, Jordan Zimmerman and Matt Cain included. Rangers transition wasn't great, but almost all of it was fueled by bad luck. High BABIP, High HR/FB%, Low LOB%. So it's important to be fair to him. He's not the pitcher he was in Chicago. But he's certainly nowhere near as bad as he was in Texas last year.

]]> By: Hunter Golden http://firebrandal.com/2012/12/12/building-a-mystery-finding-the-last-piece-of-the-rotation/#comment-62783 Hunter Golden Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:05:36 +0000 http://firebrandal.com/?p=21357#comment-62783 Yeah me too to be honest… i didn't include it because I couldn't find a reasonable place to shoe-horn it in without it being a distraction BUT – Dempster is kind of the outlier to this group. He has the third highest K/9 ratio in this free agent class, with only Jackson and Greinke being higher. I'm sure the Red Sox see him as the value pickup among higher-strikeout pitchers. His walk rate really isn't that low, either.

But if it came down to it, I'd be more comfortable on a 2 year deal with Dempster than I would with anything re: Lohse. Lohse is just due to blow to pieces…

]]> By: Steve http://firebrandal.com/2012/12/12/building-a-mystery-finding-the-last-piece-of-the-rotation/#comment-62781 Steve Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:26:37 +0000 http://firebrandal.com/?p=21357#comment-62781 Lohse costs a pick as well. I'd pass. I'd take Dumpster on the contract we offered him, but he declined. Maybe offer 3 for 30 but that's about it.

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