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Pitcher FIP xFIP tRA tRA*
Shields 3.74 4.13 4.49 4.66
Garza 4.25 4.39 5.1 4.97
Kazmir 5.31 5.28 6.33 5.44
Price 5.04 4.73 6.03 5.09
Niemann 4.23 5.28 4.71 5.05
Halladay 2.75 2.97 3.01 3.58
Lee 3.26 4.07 3.65 4.39

 

Then again, Cliff Lee's record is 6-9. Ew, he's definitely not a good pitcher. Nope. Not at all. He's going to lose almost 20 games for cripes sake! The Indians would be lucky to get a C-level prospect for him.*

Before I'm swamped with Indians fans telling me how stupid I am, this is sarcasm. You can't use FIP/xFIP/tRA/tRA* then turn around and base predictive value on W-L records. It's like dating an Orangutan then deciding you like people better. Once you cross that line, you aren't coming back.