Pitchers rankings (remember Windys comments earlier this year)

[buzzsaw]

Soooooooooooooo, I was inspired to bring up a bold statement from earlier this year by Windy City........ He made a comment about Johan Santana only being good enough to be the 4th best starting pitcher on the White Sox this year. I believe the season is about over and here is what MLB.com has to show the brain wizzards just a bit south and west of Minnesota.

Player...... team

up to 5

players

WPCT TB BK WP IBB SB CS PK GO AO GO/AO WHIP SLG OBA

1. J Santana MIN .667 280 0 7 1 4 5 1 192 229 0.87 0.97 .347 .250

2. B Colon LAA .741 311 1 2 0 2 3 0 239 244 1.06 1.13 .386 .285

3. R Johnson NYY .652 330 1 3 2 20 13 4 219 199 1.17 1.14 .411 .293

4. P Byrd LAA .545 312 0 1 1 13 5 1 211 267 0.85 1.17 .418 .297

4. J Garland CWS .630 311 0 2 3 3 6 0 288 223 1.40 1.17 .400 .299

4. C Silva MIN .529 322 0 0 2 7 4 0 279 207 1.51 1.17 .441 .300

7. B Radke MIN .429 361 0 2 1 8 3 1 242 236 1.07 1.18 .459 .295

7. B Zito OAK .538 277 0 4 0 21 4 2 232 246 1.02 1.18 .353 .301

9. M Buehrle CWS .652 339 2 1 4 8 3 5 284 239 1.30 1.22 .391 .301

10. B Chen BAL .545 293 1 2 0 17 7 4 194 230 0.89 1.23 .412 .306

Windy, I just want to keep this thread on topic so how do you feel now? Are any of the White Sox pitchers really better than Santana? If you'd rather talk about the 15 game evaporating lead we can discuss that as well... you'd just have to come out of hiding.... you will, the White Sox can't lose every game right?!

[rundrave]

I thought there was a comment about Santana being a "Tomato Can" or something like that. Whatever that means, it must mean any pitcher that has thrown 21 1/3 scoreless innings against the White Sox with a record of 4-0, had an 0.86 ERA and allowed just 20 hits in 31 1/3 innings in his four previous starts against Chicago this season.

The truth is in the numbers my friend!

[vikingtom]

Didn't he also say Santana would win half as many games as Garland. Garlands been stuck on 17 half the season.

[Proctor Pete]

Hey, VikingTom, you shoot that deer in your avitar?

[vikingtom]

no,wish I did.

[Proctor Pete]

Can I? Thanks.-Pete

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[Proctor Pete]

TTT...Just waiting for Viking tom's reply.