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outlaw is Jerry Jeff Walker said 07/01, 02:12 PM
I will go with the Texas Rangers, there ace Vicente Padillia has a good record at 10-4, but has an E.R.A. over 4

Kevin Milwood is 5-4 with an E.R.A. over 5

Scott Feldman and Kayson Gabbard are both 2-3 with an E.R.A. over 4

last and certainly least, Jason Jennings is 0-5 with an E.R.A. over 8

Yes the Rangers are over .500, but this is just a case where a great offense makes up for lack of pitching, that's all I have for now until I know who you pick.

outlaw is Jerry Jeff Walker said 07/01, 03:01 PM
NOBODY on the Rangers staff(also includes a DL member) has an ERA under 4, the Pirates do, and when you add it up, the Rangers have a combined W/L record of 19-19, which is brought up by Padillia, but he has way too high of an E.R.A. for an ace, Gorzelany is worse than Padillia, but I believe that everyone else on the Pirates is better than the rest of the Rangers listed rotation.

your combined E.R.A. is right at 5

mine is around 5.20, so my staff has a worse E.R.A. which is a better tool at measuring skills of pitchers than a W/L record.

Also you have 1 starter with an E.R.A. that is actually under 4, Rangers have 0 under 4, we both have two with an E.R.A. over 5, and I have one pitcher who is 0-5 with an E.R.A. over 8.

I choose the Rangers over the Pirates and the Nationals because of their high E.R.A., if the Rangers had actually kept Ponson it would be differant, but they have 1 halfway decent starter now, and I can't call anyone with an E.R.A. over 4 an ace. I have a better record, but I also have a worse E.R.A.

outlaw is Jerry Jeff Walker said 07/01, 05:24 PM
Kevin Milwood is giving up over a run per 9 innings more than Duke, and for the strikeouts, a pop up, or a grounder does just the same, so Duke does a better job of keeping runs from scoring, and the only reason Milwood has a winning record is because of an insane ammount of run support.

Gabbard, according to your stats is clearly doing worse than Dumatrait, and even if he came out of the bullpen, his stats are clearly better than Gabbard's

you admitted I had you on Feldmon vs. Maholm, but that just leaves Ian Snell vs. Jason Jennings, the Jason Jennings that hasn't won a game all year, and has an ERA over 8, so I don't see how Ian Snell could possably do worse than Jennings.

Yes the Rangers have a better record due to more run support and a halfway decent bullpen, but the ERAs just don't match up, the Pirates' starters are giving up less runs than the Rangers, and like a comment bellow said, Ian Snell, and Gorzalany have more potential than anyone on the Rangers starting staff, but I'll leave the rest up to the voters, good luck Dude.