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<blockquote data-quote="FollowTisdale" data-source="post: 1481553" data-attributes="member: 619279"><p>ERA+ is just adjusted to a league average of 100 so you can compare across years (a 4 something ERA today is not equal to a 4 something ERA from "year of the pitcher" 2013, or steroid fueled years of late 90s/ early 2000s).</p><p></p><p>FIP is the best one to look it. It just tries to assign pitcher value to the ones doing the work. So Hudson has a poor FIP and better ERA, because he induces a bunch of groundballs of which the very good Cardinal infield defense takes care of and doesn't really strike anybody out. That's why Fangraphs WAR uses FIP instead of ERA (baseball reference uses ERA), it gives Kolton Wong/ Paul Dejong that value on defense instead of giving it to Hudson, since they did the work.</p><p></p><p>As far as pitching matchups, tonight should be fun. Flaherty and Hudson are like two top 5 pitchers in the 2nd half. Wacha in a Wrigley day game could be a nightmare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FollowTisdale, post: 1481553, member: 619279"] ERA+ is just adjusted to a league average of 100 so you can compare across years (a 4 something ERA today is not equal to a 4 something ERA from "year of the pitcher" 2013, or steroid fueled years of late 90s/ early 2000s). FIP is the best one to look it. It just tries to assign pitcher value to the ones doing the work. So Hudson has a poor FIP and better ERA, because he induces a bunch of groundballs of which the very good Cardinal infield defense takes care of and doesn't really strike anybody out. That's why Fangraphs WAR uses FIP instead of ERA (baseball reference uses ERA), it gives Kolton Wong/ Paul Dejong that value on defense instead of giving it to Hudson, since they did the work. As far as pitching matchups, tonight should be fun. Flaherty and Hudson are like two top 5 pitchers in the 2nd half. Wacha in a Wrigley day game could be a nightmare. [/QUOTE]
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