We all know that athletes
are merely cold, metal machines with no heart of souls. Yet one of them has learned how to read and has learned the wonderous world of sabermetrics. After winning the AL Cy Young with a nearly unanimous 22-25 first place votes, Greinke admitted that he used advanced statistics to help him achieve the glorious Cy Young award.
“David DeJesus had our best zone rating,” Bannister said, referring to the Royals’ left fielder. “So a lot of times, Zack would pitch for a fly ball at our park instead of a ground ball, just because the zone rating was better in our outfield and it was a big park.”
Zone factor? UZR? Range Factor? Really, he actually took into account the defensive abilities of his fielders when pitching. This is unheard of. Baseball is a game of hunches, with horrible umpiring, and functionally retarded commissioners. Doesnt Greinke know that these numbers are for losers who live in their mother's basement. It's far too nerdy for baseball players
“That’s pretty much how I pitch, to try to keep my FIP as low as possible,” emphasize the factors for which pitchers are essentially responsible: walks, strikeouts, home runs and hit batters.
FIP? Matthew Berry doesnt even know what FIP is and he runs the fantasy department at ESPN. Despite only getting 16 wins this year, cause he plays for the Royals, Greinke put up one of the best single season performances. He may be no Jason Marquis, but a 2.33 FIP in the american league is definitely worth of praise.
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