Quote Originally Posted by Johnson85 View Post
A couple of other thoughts on why our record might look better than our individual stats:

Even though our 1/2 punch doesn't look that impressive, because Vandy, Ark, and even UM have strong 1/2 punches, we've still got two pitchers better than the best starting pitcher on 7 teams in the league.
Not sure if this is true, but possibly MacLeod and Bednar have been good when they're on, and really bad when they're not, and so those bad nights hurt their stats a lot while not costing many L's?
Similarly, Sims is probably worth a few wins without his pitching stats counting a lot towards our team aveages. The first time we have a lead late in an SEC weekend, we're going to get a win out of it. But that doesn't do a ton for team pitching stats because he's been used sparingly, so he moves the needle a lot with those limited innings.

Other than that, yes, it would appear to be some billy bean type stuff going on somewhere where we are maybe undervaluing some stats.
Our pitching as a whole is second in both opp BAVG and extra base hits allowed. We are also really good at holding teams with RISP. I would be interested to see what our staff’s FIP is and how that might also be a part of the reason the ERA may be a little higher than the actual pitching is giving us.