In the Braves case I'm sure AA has questions to whether Folty/Gausman will get back to where we need them and that Fried can keep it up. Those are valid concerns and it's good to look at all options on the SP market. Julio btw has the same xWOBA as MadBum and a much higher bWAR. Both have been lucky this year.
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Again, I think it's very useful. I don't think you can look at JUST it though. I think it nails scherzer as the best starter in baseball. Do I think Luis Castillo is better than degrom and greinke? Hell no. Having Sergio romo in the top 75 pitchers in mlb is laughable. In what world besides xwoba is Luke jackson better than A. Chapman? And it isn't even close... hell John gant is better than Chapman in this metric
Looking over xwoba, I noticed Kyle Freeland among the worst. And he is according to fangraphs too. What the heck happened to him?
Here’s a rule if thumb...
If you don’t understand why a .300 xwOBA from a BP arm isn’t the equivalent of a .300 xwOBA from a SP, don’t bother looking at the stat.
Stick with wins and ERA and the kiddie boards.
Romo has only pitched 32 innings? No I don't think he's one of the top 75 pitchers in baseball. That said his ERA is bad mainly due to bad luck with a ****ty 65% LOB rate. He is someone I'd look to help the pen.
Is Wade Miley better than Chris Sale? No because one has a history of being elite and the other is Wade Miley. Wade has pitched better than Sale this year though. Also I'm not sure if you forgot or not but Sale was sucking ass the first month of the season. He has clearly turned that around. And a 276 vs 287 xWOBA is something that can be swapped in one start.