9/29/2013 - Braves v. Phillies - Regular Season Finale

And the Cardinals with their 4th hit with 2 outs and RISP this year. They have the highest average with RISP in the past 50 years this season. That's just extreme luck that hasn't evened out. I probably loathe them more than any other team right now.
 
thethe said:
I still think Medlen was better but to each his own.
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Minor struck out more, walked less, and went deeper into games (though not by a large margin) those are the 3 things I look at first. Medlen was better at not giving up homers (which si important) and at stranding runners which is largely flukey.
 
Braves1976 said:
Nah, Medlen has had a great month while Minor hasn't. But he's not a better pitcher than Minor nor has he been over the whole season. It's just everyone remembers the most recent games.
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I have been saying it for longer than his hot streak.
 
zitothebrave said:
Except for you know, the whole of 2013
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It is close. Medlen slightly lower if you go by ERA and xFIP. Minor slightly lower FIP. Talking full season numbers. There is certainly not a slam dunk case that Minor has had a better season. There is a very strong case that Medlen has had a better second half.
 
NYCBrave said:
And the Cardinals with their 4th hit with 2 outs and RISP this year. They have the highest average with RISP in the past 50 years this season. That's just extreme luck that hasn't evened out. I probably loathe them more than any other team right now.
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They're on their way to winning, too. Looks like it will be the Dodgers for us.
 
zitothebrave said:
Minor struck out more, walked less, and went deeper into games (though not by a large margin) those are the 3 things I look at first. Medlen was better at not giving up homers (which si important) and at stranding runners which is largely flukey.
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Medlen had that one start shortened or else it would have been negligible. Medlen was a mess at the start of the season. He showed what he was in the second half.
 
thethe said:
Medlen had that one start shortened or else it would have been negligible. Medlen was a mess at the start of the season. He showed what he was in the second half.
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I think he showed us what he was all season. A guy who has ups and downs like any other pitcher. He had a streak similar to his current one in June or so and you were lauding that as the real Medlen as well.
 
nsacpi said:
He was arguing for Hanson over Medlen last year. Minor and Medlen remains an open question. I like both, but like Medlen a little more.
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That's a fair point, I wasn't sure how far back his Hanson over Medlen view went. I was just pointing out how most of us viewed Hanson very highly before his injury issues. As far as the Medlen over Minor stuff, I agree that Medlen has been great this month (really great numbers wise). But if you consider the season as a whole Minor has been a bit better. It's close though so if given more time, I can see the open question argument.

That said, I don't agree that Medlen will be better than Minor in future seasons.
 
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