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2015 MLB Free Agent Starting Pitchers: Earlier today Adam posted some thoughts on Justin Masterson and it got me thinking about the other free agent options the Rangers can consider to plug holes in the rotation.
This was generated using a custom leaderboard from FanGraphs.com and a list of upcoming free agents from MLBTradeRumors.com.
The data covers the cumulative stats from 2012 to 2014 and the MIXED WAR value is an average of FIP based WAR and RA9 based WAR from FanGraphs to blend the two concepts together.
EDIT: Ages have been updated to reflect their age for 2015 season
EDIT II: Selected Rangers starter stats added over the same period for comparison to the free agents
Name | Age | IP | ERA | FIP | xFIP | MIXED WAR | ERA- | FIP- | xFIP- | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | BABIP | GB% |
M. Scherzer | 30 | 622.1 | 3.24 | 2.94 | 3.17 | 15.8 | 80 | 73 | 80 | 10.46 | 2.59 | 0.85 | .302 | 36.5% |
Y. Darvish | 28 | 545.1 | 3.27 | 3.17 | 3.11 | 13.9 | 77 | 75 | 78 | 11.22 | 3.60 | 0.87 | .295 | 41.6% |
J. Shields | 33 | 683.1 | 3.29 | 3.51 | 3.51 | 12.6 | 84 | 90 | 89 | 7.89 | 2.24 | 0.90 | .295 | 46.3% |
J. Lester | 31 | 638.1 | 3.65 | 3.49 | 3.60 | 12.3 | 88 | 85 | 91 | 7.94 | 2.58 | 0.85 | .303 | 45.6% |
H. Kuroda | 40 | 620.0 | 3.44 | 3.68 | 3.60 | 11.9 | 84 | 90 | 91 | 6.72 | 1.87 | 0.94 | .281 | 48.7% |
J. Peavy | 34 | 566.1 | 3.70 | 3.93 | 4.07 | 9.3 | 91 | 97 | 103 | 7.52 | 2.35 | 1.11 | .277 | 36.3% |
D. Holland | 28 | 425.1 | 3.77 | 3.87 | 3.87 | 7.6 | 88 | 91 | 96 | 7.60 | 2.56 | 1.10 | .288 | 41.8% |
F. Liriano | 30 | 480.0 | 3.90 | 3.61 | 3.55 | 6.2 | 102 | 94 | 92 | 9.47 | 4.33 | 0.77 | .290 | 49.6% |
B. McCarthy | 31 | 446.0 | 4.00 | 3.66 | 3.48 | 5.8 | 103 | 93 | 90 | 6.54 | 1.57 | 0.97 | .317 | 48.2% |
J. Hammel | 32 | 433.2 | 3.94 | 4.07 | 3.86 | 5.6 | 99 | 103 | 98 | 7.62 | 2.78 | 1.12 | .288 | 43.3% |
E. Santana | 32 | 585.0 | 4.06 | 4.27 | 3.86 | 5.2 | 106 | 110 | 98 | 7.28 | 2.69 | 1.25 | .276 | 44.2% |
M. Harrison | 29 | 241.1 | 3.58 | 4.15 | 4.22 | 4.7 | 83 | 96 | 103 | 5.78 | 2.91 | 0.93 | .292 | 48.8% |
J. Masterson | 30 | 528.0 | 4.62 | 3.94 | 3.83 | 4.1 | 120 | 102 | 96 | 8.01 | 3.97 | 0.73 | .309 | 57.1% |
A. Harang | 37 | 527.1 | 4.08 | 4.09 | 4.44 | 3.9 | 109 | 110 | 116 | 6.91 | 3.35 | 0.94 | .296 | 38.2% |
C. Capuano | 36 | 401.1 | 4.01 | 3.83 | 3.87 | 3.5 | 107 | 102 | 101 | 7.33 | 2.51 | 1.03 | .304 | 41.8% |
M. Perez | 24 | 213.2 | 4.13 | 4.09 | 4.10 | 2.9 | 98 | 98 | 104 | 6.07 | 2.99 | 0.88 | .306 | 49.3% |
G. Floyd | 32 | 246.2 | 4.01 | 4.33 | 4.02 | 2.9 | 97 | 105 | 100 | 7.81 | 3.21 | 1.17 | .303 | 47.9% |
C. Lewis | 35 | 275.1 | 4.51 | 4.24 | 4.18 | 2.8 | 110 | 103 | 107 | 7.39 | 2.03 | 1.34 | .318 | 33.0% |
C. Villanueva | 31 | 331.2 | 4.23 | 4.01 | 3.93 | 2.8 | 108 | 100 | 101 | 8.06 | 2.85 | 1.17 | .296 | 39.2% |
R. Vogelsong | 37 | 478.0 | 4.12 | 4.02 | 4.15 | 2.5 | 117 | 114 | 109 | 7.08 | 2.97 | 0.94 | .296 | 40.9% |
P. Maholm | 33 | 412.2 | 4.14 | 4.25 | 3.98 | 2.5 | 110 | 113 | 105 | 6.08 | 2.79 | 0.98 | .297 | 51.8% |
K. Kendrick | 30 | 540.1 | 4.43 | 4.31 | 4.27 | 2.4 | 118 | 114 | 113 | 5.78 | 2.55 | 1.05 | .292 | 46.8% |
E. Volquez | 31 | 545.2 | 4.24 | 4.15 | 4.16 | 2.0 | 119 | 116 | 110 | 7.52 | 4.17 | 0.82 | .293 | 49.5% |
W. Rodriguez | 36 | 295.0 | 4.00 | 4.35 | 4.09 | 1.9 | 106 | 116 | 106 | 6.25 | 2.32 | 1.25 | .278 | 46.3% |
K. Correia | 34 | 510.1 | 4.57 | 4.49 | 4.40 | 1.8 | 118 | 117 | 113 | 4.74 | 2.31 | 1.13 | .301 | 46.1% |
N. Tepesch | 26 | 219.0 | 4.56 | 4.66 | 4.44 | 1.6 | 111 | 114 | 115 | 5.42 | 2.92 | 1.11 | .287 | 43.9% |
N. Martinez | 25 | 140.1 | 4.55 | 4.94 | 5.24 | 0.7 | 113 | 123 | 138 | 4.94 | 3.53 | 1.15 | .289 | 32.9% |