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Originally Posted by L L Cool G
better record on a worse team,
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Well W-L records mean absolutely nothing, so I shouldn't even respond to this. What do the offenses of Toronto and Oakland have anything to do with comparing Chacin and Blanton? Even though the Blue Jays had a worse record, their offense was slightly better than the A's in 2005.
Runs scored in 2005:
Toronto: 775
Oakland: 772
Team OPS
Toronto: .738
Oakland: .737
Joe Blanton was one of the top 5 worst-supported starters in the AL last year, and still managed to win 12 games.
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Originally Posted by L L Cool G
]better ERA i believe,
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Wrong. Blanton: 3.53, Chacin: 3.72.
Blanton also had a significant edge in WHIP and OPS allowed.
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played in a harder divison
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AL East vs. AL West isn't same as AL vs. NL. Surely the East has better offenses, but not enough to make a huge difference. Blanton still had to face New York and Boston, Chacin still had to face LAA and Texas.
Alot of rookies will have a hot few couple months and then the league will adjust to them and they will come back down to earth. Jeff Francoeur and Dan Johnson are prime examples. Gustavo Chacin posted ERA's of 2.48, 4.39, 3.51, and 2.97 in his first four months as a starter. But the league adjusted him, and he turned out a 5.30 in August and a 4.34 in September. Joe Blanton got off to a rocky start with a ERA over 13 in May, but soon adjusted to the league and posted a 2.06 in June. Chacin and Blanton were about as equal as two pitchers could get before the month of August. Blanton went on to post ERA's of 1.17 and 3.58. This is where the seperation of the two is apparent IMO. It's also why I think Blanton has a better chance of avoiding the sophomore slump.