Comparing Starts for Royal Starters

I don’t know how to read that graph

Also, need a deviation stat besides average stat.
I mean if a pitcher has 10 ERA over 10 game but 9 of them 0 ERA and 1 game 100 ERA, he is obviously better than the pitcher with 10 games each with 10 ERA?

I guess the only advantage he has against everyone else is age

I’m also surprised at Davies. He probably does deserve a shot next year til prospects are called up

Ok I think I realize why the graph is strange?
It is a graph to “show the stat of different pitchers at the same time”, but not a graph of “Comparable stat between different pitchers” because the bases are not adjusted and are different for everyone.

but it falsely made Kyle Davies seems good with a large margin by directly assuming everyone who didn’t pitch 29 games has gamescores of 0 for all the rest of the games

or the KC Star is playing some sort of sick joke on the Royals.

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/13/2220571/royals-catcher-bryan-pena-named.html

I would only consider seeing Greinke, Hochevar, Chen and Davies come back fighting for spots in the rotation. The rest should be added to the pen, sent to the minors or released.

Bingo. Greinke is the one given (provided he is not traded — a discussion best saved for the offseason).

Hochevar pitched reasonably well when healthy — his bad luck with stranding runners led to an ERA (4.81) much higher than his FIP (3.96), xFIP (4.32), and tERA (4.53). One positive sign — sample size warning — was Hochevar’s performance against left-handed hitters. Lefties had always pounded him in the past, but he has held his own this year (thanks in part to better results with his change up). With a K/BB rate near 2.0 and an above average groundball rate, the outline of a league average starter is there.

Davies and Chen probably profile better in the bullpen, but with the lack of major league ready alternatives, they remain rotation candidates by default. The one complicating matter is that Davies is in his last year of arbitration, so he is due for a decent raise. If he starts to look cost prohibitive once contract negotiations start, he becomes a trade or non-tender candidate.

O’Sullivan is basically Bannister without the modest swinging strike rate, but given that he makes the minimum and was a trade acquisition, I suspect he gets every opportunity to continue starting.

I guess Meche goes to the bullpen until his shoulder finally detaches. Bannister will be non-tendered and will fulfill his destiny as a backend National League starter. Bullington might have some use as a middle reliever if he can avoid lefties, but I am not sure if he is worth a 40-man roster spot. God speed Anthony Lerew.

C’mon Chen!