Tag Archives: John Lackey

Hyun-Jin Ryu is the bar in game score against Angels on the road

♦ June 28, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

I normally set the game score criteria at 80 or above but I had to drop it to 75 to find a game.  Ryu was near his best in this game, it was his 6th best career game score. He has a high of 90 against the Angels, but at Dodger Stadium. Player Date Tm …

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Pitching fWAR last ten years

♦ February 13, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago I reviewed fWAR for pitchers in this decade courtesy of Bobby Down’s research. Today we will take a look at the last ten years and once again it was Bobby Down who did the heavy lifting. I’m just here to make pithy comments about the list. There was no doubt …

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2002 WS Rookie hero versus 2016 Rookie wonderkid

♦ October 19, 2016 ♦ 1 Comment

Game four of the NLCS has a tasty pitching matchup coming up tonight. The 37-year-old John Lackey has now thrown 131 postseason innings but once upon a time he was what Julio Urias is now, but just a little older. Lackey was a rookie in 2002 and only threw 108 innings during the regular season …

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