FPS (first pitch strike average) for all pitchers this year is .585. Anything over .630 very good. Best starters (thru last Sunday): Reed,Mets 5-2 .730
Schilling 8-1 .724
Radke 7-1 .695
Brown 6-2 .692
Vazquez 4-5 .681 Expos bad
Kile 7-3 .655
Prokopec 6-1 .652
Worst starters: Reames 2-7 .427
Ohka 2-2 .494
Reichart 4-4 .494
Clement 2-4 .502
Davis 2-4 .511
If first pitch strike: BA .228
On base pct .273
If first pitch ball: BA .275
On base pct .394
Pitchers whose FPS increased most:
Haynes
Estes
Harnisch
Driefort
Brown
Schilling
Reed
Daal
Pitchers whose FPS fell:
Dempster
Rekar
Moyer
Wells
Mays
Rusch
Don't know how readily available these stats are but just another something to keep an eye on. Info courtesy of SI. GLTA
Schilling 8-1 .724
Radke 7-1 .695
Brown 6-2 .692
Vazquez 4-5 .681 Expos bad
Kile 7-3 .655
Prokopec 6-1 .652
Worst starters: Reames 2-7 .427
Ohka 2-2 .494
Reichart 4-4 .494
Clement 2-4 .502
Davis 2-4 .511
If first pitch strike: BA .228
On base pct .273
If first pitch ball: BA .275
On base pct .394
Pitchers whose FPS increased most:
Haynes
Estes
Harnisch
Driefort
Brown
Schilling
Reed
Daal
Pitchers whose FPS fell:
Dempster
Rekar
Moyer
Wells
Mays
Rusch
Don't know how readily available these stats are but just another something to keep an eye on. Info courtesy of SI. GLTA
