Clown Shu Forecast After 16 Games

Sixteen pitchers is probably the largest ranking comparison of players we've ever published. Why sixteen? That is the number we project will reach the 30 IP eligibility for the Clown Shu. All are ranked individually in five stat categories: earned run average (ERA), walks and hits per inning pitched (WHIP), batting average against (BAA), strike outs per walk (K/BB), and strike outs per six innings (K/6). Then, the average of those five is taken to reach the final overall ranking. The large sample size should be an opportunity to shake things up, right?
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# PLAYER ERA
1) Scott Kujawa 0.94
2) Nick Braden 1.24
3) Kyle Tomlinson 1.29
4) Chandler Phillips 1.30
5) Sam Hatt 1.31
6) Travis Strojny 1.60
7) Nicco Lollio 1.71
8) Craig Skinner 2.92
9) Mike Villarreal 3.07
10) Ray Brown 3.52
11) Chris Paquin 4.00
12) Michel Bayley 4.33
13) Caden Irwin 4.41
14) John Skinner 5.29
15) Mike Giguere 6.32
16) David Castle 8.12
# PLAYER WHIP
1) Nick Braden 0.79
2) Scott Kujawa 0.81
3) Travis Strojny 0.87
4) Kyle Tomlinson 1.29
5) Craig Skinner 1.37
6) Caden Irwin 1.53
7) Chandler Phillips 1.57
8) Chris Paquin 1.60
9) Sam Hatt 1.62
9) Mike Villarreal 1.62
11) Nicco Lollio 1.79
12) Ray Brown 1.86
13) John Skinner 2.12
14) Mike Giguere 2.35
15) Michel Bayley 2.39
16) David Castle 2.76
# PLAYER BAA
1) Chandler Phillips .042
2) Scott Kujawa .111
3) Travis Strojny .112
4) Michel Bayley .129
5) Nicco Lollio .143
6) Nick Braden .157
7) Ray Brown .163
8) Kyle Tomlinson .164
9) Craig Skinner .175
10) Sam Hatt .207
11) Mike Villarreal .220
12) Caden Irwin .241
13) Chris Paquin .250
14) John Skinner .282
15) Mike Giguere .318
16) David Castle .370
# PLAYER K/BB
1) Nick Braden 7.88
2) Scott Kujawa 6.21
3) Travis Strojny 4.55
4) Craig Skinner 3.34
5) Chris Paquin 2.52
6) Sam Hatt 2.48
7) Caden Irwin 2.30
8) Mike Villarreal 1.86
9) Nicco Lollio 1.78
10) Chandler Phillips 1.76
11) Kyle Tomlinson 1.69
12) John Skinner 1.56
13) Michel Bayley 1.54
14) Ray Brown 1.51
15) David Castle 1.18
16) Mike Giguere 1.00
# PLAYER K/6
1) Michel Bayley 18.00
2) Scott Kujawa 16.31
3) Chandler Phillips 15.13
4) Craig Skinner 14.83
5) Nicco Lollio 13.71
6) Travis Strojny 13.33
7) Sam Hatt 12.56
8) Ray Brown 11.59
9) Nick Braden 11.12
10) Chris Paquin 9.00
11) John Skinner 8.82
12) Mike Villarreal 8.67
13) Caden Irwin 8.12
14) Kyle Tomlinson 7.07
15) David Castle 7.06
16) Mike Giguere 5.84
# PLAYER ERA
RANK		 WHIP
RANK		 BAA
RANK		 K/BB
RANK		 K/6
RANK		 OA
RANK
1) Scott Kujawa 1 2 2 2 2 1.8
2) Nick Braden 2 1 6 1 9 3.8
3) Travis Strojny 6 3 3 3 6 4.2
4) Chandler Phillips 4 7 1 10 3 5.0
5) Craig Skinner 8 5 9 4 4 6.0
6) Sam Hatt 5 9 10 6 7 7.4
7) Nicco Lollio 7 11 5 9 5 7.4
8) Kyle Tomlinson 3 4 8 11 14 8.0
9) Michel Bayley 12 15 4 13 1 9.0
10) Chris Paquin 11 8 13 5 10 9.4
11) Mike Villarreal 9 9 11 8 2 9.8
12) Ray Brown 10 12 7 14 8 10.2
12) Caden Irwin 13 6 12 7 13 10.2
14) John Skinner 14 13 14 12 11 12.8
15) Mike Giguere 15 14 15 16 16 15.2
16) David Castle 16 16 16 15 15 15.6
Wrong. Scott Kujawa still finds himself first or second in every category, and with a commanding lead as a result. Early in the season there were rumblings that Scott's rotation-mate Mike Villarreal could hopefully be a new name in the running, but he's now outside the top-ten. Chandler Phillips has been dominant and it feels like he should be higher on this list, but - as usual - the walks are dragging him down. Those aren't really hurting his on-field results, though, so don't count him out. Nick Braden is following up a career-best 2018 campaign with even better numbers this year; the 7.88 K/BB (63 K, 8 BB) stands out as the most impressive of his numbers. Travis Strojny is also in the thick of things with this chase group; while he's not ranked better than third in any of the categories, he does lead the league in the number of shutout games this season with five. Back to the leader, Kujawa says he doesn't even want to win the Clown Shu. Well, if that's the case… it's not what you say, it's how you pitch, bitch! Maybe try going out and getting shelled sometime. Just not against Griffleball (or anyone else) this weekend in Morenci, please.