Thursday, March 24, 2005

Rob Neyer interview

Over at Royal Rooters, "Cambridge" interviews Rob Neyer. This bit on Mark Fidrych struck me, since it repeats something Neyer said in his book on baseball lineups:
It seems that Fidrych was one of the very rare pitchers who can thrive with a low strikeout rate, due to an ability to keep the ball down nearly all the time. A bit like Brandon Webb, but with better control. Do I think Fidrych would have been a Cy Young candidate every year? No. But I do think he’d have been a good or excellent major league pitcher for at least a few more years.
I do believe that there're some pitchers who can pitch well despite low K/9 rates. Presumably if your ball sinks to a level where your G/F ratios are consistently ridiculous (above 3?) you'd fall into this category...

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