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All alliteration aside, a couple days ago I took a look at Hiroki Kuroda using the "hidden name method," comparing his peripheral stats to those of Chris Carpenter.  It's an interesting way to look at two different pitchers and see how one may have had a bit more fortune than the other.  Also, it's a good way of finding some pitchers that may be overvalued or undervalued heading into 2010 drafts.


Using 2009 stats... Player A: 9.50 K/9, 2.00 BB/9, 40% GB% Player B: 9.49 K/9, 2.14 BB/9, 38.3 GB%

Player A is Zack Greinke Player B is Ricky Nolasco The key difference here was Nolasco's problems with allowing home runs.  He allowed 23 long balls while Greinke allowed only 11.


Player A: 9.74 K/9, 4.79 BB/9, 39.4% GB% Player B: 9.19 ...

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Article written by Charlie Saponara