Sonnanstine vs. Radke At Age 25
by Tommy Rancel on Jan 8, 2009 1:27 PM EST
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PrintHat Tip to Brickhaus for bringing this comparison to my attention.
Much like our own Andy Sonnanstine, Brad Radke wasn't blessed with "stuff", but he made a good career out of being a smart pitcher. I took a quick look at the numbers for Sonnanstine's first full season and Radke at the same age. Here are the results
| Age 25 | Sonnanstine | Radke |
| FIP | 3.91 | 3.90 |
| ERA | 4.38 | 4.30 |
| K/9 | 5.77 | 6.15 |
| BB/9 | 1.81 | 1.72 |
| K/BB | 3.35 | 3.40 |
| HR/9 | 0.98 | 0.97 |
| H/9 | 9.90 | 10.08 |
| BAA | 0.280 | 0.283 |
| WHIP | 1.29 | 1.31 |
It is amazing to see how the two "finese righties" are alike. From age 24-31, Radke had an average FIP of 3.96. That's not super star level, but it's very good for a pitcher with pedestrian stuff. Hopefully, we can expect the same from Sonnanstine.
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This is Brick's comp, I had nothing to do with it.
by R.J. Anderson on Jan 8, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
and Tommy posted it.
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God I am an idiot.
Sorry Tommy. Nice job Brick and Tommy. RJ linked me and said “posted,” so I assumed it was him. My bad.
by rglass44 on Jan 8, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah Brick mentioned this yesterday
I would love having a Radke type as our 4-5 since Brad was 1-3 on their staff depending on the season.
Anyway, as I was lying in the puddle, I think I may have found a way for us to get Bonds and Griffey, and we wouldn't have to give up that much.
~George Costanza~
I had always thought Shields was similar to Radke
Average fastball, terrific command, godly changeup.
Hello.
Shields fastball tends to vary.
I remember seeing his four-seam around 93-95 at some points but seemed to be around 90 by the end of the season.
But yeah, pitchers that don’t walk people, and get decent K-rates tend to be pretty good.
great comparision tommy
i think that sonny’s career is going to be very similar to Radke’s now that i think about it, control guy, ground ball pitcher, gives up some long balls, but most of them are solo shots since he doesnt have that many baserunners on.
TB Rays in 09!!!
FWIW
His late career (for which numbers are available), his FIP was actually higher than his ERA most years, so probably not. If he didn’t tend to have higher than expected BABIPs through his career, I guess it would poke a big hole in my theory on Sonnanstine.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
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