Author Topic: John Lannan is a better man than I'll ever be  (Read 17310 times)

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Offline Evolution33

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Let's not be silly here.  Palmer had a far better career than Lannan could dream of.  It's important to keep in mind that (1) he played in a different era where league BABIP was much lower--his career BABIP of .249 is absolutely unsustainable today, (2) he kept the ball in the park at an insane rate that Lannan isn't even close to approaching, suggesting he was probably a super groundballer like Hudson, and (3) he has 19 years of evidence that he was beating his peripherals consistently, while Lannan sort of has 3 (one of which showed the opposite).  They aren't comparable.  Palmer was also better than Lannan in every meaningful statistic.

I was in no way arguing that Lannan is as good as Palmer just that there are guys that can survive not striking people out.