Mark Prior was supposed to be the MLB’s next great pitcher. People called him the greatest college pitcher ever and best pitching prospect of all time. He finished top 3 in Cy Young voting in his first full season. After that, things went downhill.
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Further reading:
- Sports Illustrated article by Prior: https://www.si.com/.amp/the-cauldron/2016/08/04/mark-prior-chicago-cubs-no-regrets
- Yahoo! article: https://news.yahoo.com/pristine-mechanics-caused-prior-pain-164500267--mlb.html
- Mark Prior on dominating Braves in 2003 playoffs: https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/ct-red-1003-prior-20131002-story.html
- Inverted W: https://www.chrisoleary.com/pitching/pitchers/prior-mark-pitching-mechanics.html
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Terms to know:
-IP: Innings pitched
-W/L: Pitching Wins/Losses
-ERA: Earned run average- number of runs given up by the pitcher per 9 innings that were not a result of error or passed ball
-SO: Strikeouts
-ERA+: Adjusted ERA stat, park and era adjusted, where 100 is league average
-WHIP: Walks and hits per innings pitched- number of walks an hits allowed on average per inning
-FIP: Fielding independent pitching- similar to ERA, but excludes batted balls in the field of play. Uses strikeouts, walks, and home runs.
-WAR: Wins above replacement- player’s value relative to a replacement-level player at their position. fWAR is Fangraphs’ version of war, and rWAR and bWAR are Baseball-Reference’s
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