Anyone catch Boz's post 7/4 with 7 comparables to Lannan. Mostly old KC pitchers (leibrandt, splitorff, Gura, black, grimsley*). Low K lefties with good career ERAs. He was more of less comparing stuff, but noted his ERA+ was better than all those guys, and his K/BB and HR/9 was worse.
I wanted to look at GB ratios, since GBs are the key to Lannan, but could not find that data on Fangraphs or Baseball-reference because mostof those guys were pre-1988. Anyone know other ways to pick up GB rates?
Also, for what it is worth, looking at Lannan's stats this year v. last, his HR/FB is getting back to normal. It was quite high last year, maybe worst of all qualified starters. That struck me as odd for a groundball pitcher. I figured it was because his success was more due to keeping guys off balance, and when they squared up on a ball and elevated it, it flew. I did not look at his game logs, but early in the season, I think it was still the same. I think something mayahvechanged aroundthe time McCatty came in. Seems to be throwing more strikes early (Fstrike%), getting weak contact (O Contact %), yielding more FBs (fb%), but keeping them in the park (Hr/9). All the while getting fewer Ks. At least that's what I think these stats say. This make sense to the stat whizzes?
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=7080&position=P
