Playoff teams ERA rankings

[NrM]

This is where the 2013 playoff teams ranked in overall regular season ERA

 

AL 

Oakland A's 2nd

Detroit Tigers 3rd

Texas Rangers 4th

TBrays 5th

Bosox 6th

 

NL

Braves 1st

Dodgers 2nd

Pirates 3rd

Reds 4th

Cards 5th

 

What a shocker. The teams with the best ERAs all made the playoffs(except for the royales)

 

Good going Dipoto

Edited October 13, 2013 by Poozy

[Stradling]

The Rangers didn't make the playoffs, good going Poozy!

[Ohtaniland]

Dipoto says "screw pitching" Arte digs the longball.

[NrM]

Ugh well you got my point. Pitching is what gets teams to the playoffs. Always has, always will

[eaterfan]

You should check out where those teams ranked in runs. I'll give you a hint, most of them were pretty solid.

 

If you want a better correlation check out run differential. A run saved is as good as a run scored and vice versa.

Edited October 13, 2013 by eaterfan

[Stradling]

I know what your point is Poozy. I was giving you a hard time. We use to win a lot of games with pitching and defense, but we weren't really winning playoff series. This team needs Vargas back, another very good starter and a shut down pen. Not sure how long that will take, hopefully it will be sooner rather than later.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Significantly improved pitching would make up for a lot of other issues.

[mtangelsfan]

The staff of these playoff teams are so much better than the Angels'.  It's really not even close.  I think Weaver matches up just fine, but after that things get very, very shaky.  

[Ohtaniland]

The staff of these playoff teams are so much better than the Angels'.  It's really not even close.  I think Weaver matches up just fine, but after that things get very, very shaky.  

 

But Detroit has 4 starters with higher WAR's than Weaver.

[ScottT]

Runs scored

 

AL

Boston - 1st

Detroit - 2nd

Oakland - 3rd

Cleveland - 5th

Tampa - 9th

 

NL

St. Louis - 1st

Cincinnati - 3rd

Atlanta - 4th

Dodgers - 7th

Pittsburgh - 9th

 

Texas was the only team that didn't make the playoffs that was top 5 in their league in run differential. 

[mtangelsfan]

But Detroit has 4 starters with higher WAR's than Weaver.

 

Couldn't care less about WAR for pitchers. 

 

I would take Weave over any of those guys except Verlander.

[gotbeer]

So the Angels were #1 in the AL in ERA right?  

[tennischmp]

Couldn't care less about WAR for pitchers. 

 

I would take Weave over any of those guys except Verlander.

Weaver over Scherzer? Really?

[Hollyw00d]

or even sanchez at this point.  he had a much better season than weaver

[Ohtaniland]

Couldn't care less about WAR for pitchers. 

 

I would take Weave over any of those guys except Verlander.

 

My concern for Weaver is that he is no longer an "Ace" type 220+ inning workhorse.  

[stevestevens]

I have a feeling that Blanton is going to come into the 2014 spring training in the best shape of his life. 

[arch stanton]

Once the teams even out in October then the ones with the glaring weaknesses go down. The Tigers will lose because of their defense and bullpen. The Dodgers will lose because of their inconsistent offense.

[tennischmp]

Once the teams even out in October then the ones with the glaring weaknesses go down. The Tigers will lose because of their defense and bullpen. The Dodgers will lose because of their inconsistent offense.

Every team has a weakness

 

Boston has a weaker Starting Rotation and STL has inexperienced pitchers

Edited October 14, 2013 by tennischmp

[ten ocho recon scout]

St lou may be inexperienced, but they're a much more complete team. The starters. Check. Bullpen. Check. Offense. Check.

As stated above, the dodger offense (IMO) is bastly overhyped. The MOTO is pretty solid, but outside of that its very average. And thata with hanley and uribe having spike years.

Yes, detroit has bullpen issues. Bostons starters are its weakness.

Just my opinion, but I think of all the teams still standing, the cards are the most solid. Really no weakness (could probably use another big hitter w craig out though).

[arch stanton]

Every team has a weakness

 

Boston has a weaker Starting Rotation and STL has inexperienced pitchers

There's a difference between not a strong point and a true weakness. Detroit has a bad bullpen and bad defense. These will cost games. It's pretty obvious that the Red Sox are going to take and take and take to make sure they get into the pen.

 

The Dodgers will put bad hitters in the lineup in every game. These out giveaways will cost them games.

[tennischmp]

There's a difference between not a strong point and a true weakness. Detroit has a bad bullpen and bad defense. These will cost games. It's pretty obvious that the Red Sox are going to take and take and take to make sure they get into the pen.

 

The Dodgers will put bad hitters in the lineup in every game. These out giveaways will cost them games.

Well I would disagree about your assessment of Detroit's bullpen. With their pitching, having 3 really good relievers and 1 decent one should be good enough to hold off the opposition. They didn't do it tonight but they did game 1. Stuff happens.

 

I still think the Red Sox SP is a weakness that will cost them games. Just wait for Lackey to pitch on Tuesday.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Its almost too bad (for detroit) not having a solid pen. Not a fan by any means, but with their SP and offense they should be 'the' team.

Its weird because SP is usually the harder fix than the pen.

[Ohtaniland]

All 4 of these teams have what it takes to win it all. I think we will see both series go to 7 games.

[Tank]

I have a feeling that Blanton is going to come into the 2014 spring training in the best shape of his life. 

 

just wait til you see how well the ball is coming out of his hand.

[arch stanton]

just wait til you see how well the ball is coming out of his hand.

The hitters certainly seem to be.