| 2013 TEAM PITCHING ROTATION PERFORMANCE |
| TEAM |
IP |
K |
BB |
K/BB |
KPI |
WHIP |
KPI-WHIP |
FINISH |
| WA |
121.0 |
307 |
96 |
3.20 |
2.54 |
1.07 |
1.41 |
1 |
| EL |
126.2 |
303 |
147 |
2.06 |
2.39 |
1.61 |
0.78 |
2 |
| WW |
121.2 |
261 |
104 |
2.51 |
2.15 |
1.64 |
0.51 |
4 |
| HB |
131.2 |
260 |
155 |
1.68 |
1.97 |
2.28 |
-0.31 |
3 |
| DU |
113.0 |
277 |
253 |
1.09 |
2.45 |
2.48 |
-0.39 |
6 |
| KF |
154.2 |
293 |
207 |
1.42 |
1.89 |
2.44 |
-0.55 |
5 |
| BW |
132.1 |
209 |
146 |
1.43 |
1.58 |
2.94 |
-1.36 |
8 |
| IS |
125.1 |
258 |
276 |
0.93 |
2.06 |
3.71 |
-1.65 |
7 |
|
| WSEM |
1026.1 |
2168 |
1384 |
1.67 |
2.11 |
2.32 |
-0.21 |
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2013 Only 3 of 8 team pitching rotations have a sub-2.00 WHIP and a positive KPI-WHIP (37.5%). Top 4 pitching teams take the four playoff spots. #Chalk
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| 2014 TEAM PITCHING ROTATION PERFORMANCE |
| TEAM |
IP |
K |
BB |
K/BB |
KPI |
WHIP |
KPI-WHIP |
FINISH |
| WA |
169.2 |
423 |
110 |
3.85 |
2.50 |
0.96 |
1.54 |
1 |
| EL |
176.0 |
408 |
119 |
3.43 |
2.32 |
1.07 |
1.25 |
2 |
| BW |
180.1 |
441 |
139 |
3.17 |
2.45 |
1.30 |
1.15 |
4 |
| FS |
139.2 |
360 |
168 |
2.14 |
2.58 |
1.80 |
0.77 |
5 |
| ON |
126.0 |
272 |
90 |
3.02 |
2.16 |
1.41 |
0.75 |
7 |
| WW |
115.0 |
233 |
106 |
2.20 |
2.03 |
1.70 |
0.33 |
6 |
| HB |
158.2 |
332 |
178 |
1.87 |
2.09 |
1.89 |
0.20 |
9 |
| KF |
139.0 |
296 |
181 |
1.64 |
2.13 |
1.94 |
0.19 |
3 |
| WO |
133.1 |
208 |
271 |
0.77 |
1.56 |
3.38 |
-1.32 |
8 |
| IS |
93.1 |
165 |
171 |
0.96 |
1.77 |
4.20 |
-2.43 |
10 |
|
| WSEM |
1430.2 |
3138 |
1533 |
2.05 |
2.19 |
1.82 |
0.38 |
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2014 8 of 10 team pitching rotations have a sub-2.00 WHIP and a positive KPI-WHIP (80%). Top 4 pitching teams make playoffs, but the number 8 pitching rotation plays its way in. #Darkhorse
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| 2015 TEAM PITCHING ROTATION PERFORMANCE |
| TEAM |
IP |
K |
BB |
K/BB |
KPI |
WHIP |
KPI-WHIP |
FINISH |
| RC |
169.2 |
409 |
116 |
3.53 |
2.41 |
1.14 |
1.27 |
2 |
| WA |
145.1 |
337 |
84 |
4.01 |
2.32 |
1.12 |
1.20 |
1 |
| SY |
169.2 |
360 |
99 |
3.64 |
2.13 |
1.46 |
0.67 |
8 |
| FS |
172.2 |
407 |
183 |
2.22 |
2.36 |
1.69 |
0.67 |
3 |
| WO |
167.2 |
343 |
161 |
2.13 |
2.05 |
1.56 |
0.49 |
4 |
| EL |
152.0 |
318 |
179 |
1.78 |
2.09 |
1.96 |
0.13 |
6 |
| HB |
176.2 |
367 |
181 |
2.03 |
2.08 |
2.06 |
0.02 |
6 |
| IS |
157.2 |
325 |
195 |
1.67 |
2.06 |
2.06 |
0.00 |
5 |
|
| WSEM |
1310.0 |
2866 |
1198 |
2.39 |
2.19 |
1.64 |
0.55 |
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2015 6 of 8 team pitching rotations have a sub-2.00 WHIP (75%), but all 8 teams post a non-negative KPI-WHIP (100%). The number 8 pitching rotation plays its way into the playoffs along with the top 2 and numbers 4 and 5. #Parity
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Evidently, the performance of pitching rotations around the league has come closer and closer over the years. There is no bad rotation to speak of from the 2015 season. Today's number 8 rotation would fit in the top 4 two years ago. Every staff is now dealing more strike outs than they are allowing walks or hits, and there is no longer a single team far removed from the numbers put up by the rest of the league. This has created a world where the eighth best rotation is good enough to be a playoff team. Every rotation is now throwing in playoff contention. For a deeper look at parity, just compare the average run differential of playoff teams and the shrinking divide of runs allowed over the past 3 years:
|
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
| Average Run Differential of Playoff Teams |
82.8 |
48.6 |
27.4 |
| Difference Between High & Low Runs Allowed |
253 |
266 |
101 |
| Standard Deviation of Runs Allowed |
76.8 |
78.6 |
33.7 |
Average run differential of playoff teams reduced by 58.6% in 2014 with the introduction of the talent cap, then reduced by another 56.4% in 2015 with the salary cap. Read: "Blowouts and domination are dwindling." The salary cap also closed the gap between the highest and lowest runs allowed by a pitching rotation, decreasing it to less than 40% of either preceding year. The standard deviation of runs allowed across the league saw similar reduction by nearly 60% from the previous seasons. #GettingThere
