John Smoltz

[Jack of Arcades]

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I didn't think so until I started looking at the numbers, you may be right.

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I'm not saying I'd vote him, I'm saying what I think will happen.

[FeelGoodAboutHood]

Interesting. Elaborate?

[Jack of Arcades]

Beyond his very good career (I'd put him just outside right now), there's going to be a very big push to have all of the big three in the HOF. Plus, he's part of the 150/150 club which includes him and, uh, Eck.

If he continues pwning for another year after this I'll be convinced.

BTW, when you factor in his post-season numbers he has a 3.21 ERA in 3024 innings. Not too shabby...

[Jack of Arcades]

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Start looking up playoff records. Get back to me when you're done.

Rocket, Schilling, Smoltz. Those are the top 3.

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You're looking at data that doesn't necessarily answer your question. You're asking "which active pitchers would be the best choice for a big game?" and the data answers the question "which active pitcher has pitched the best in big games?"

Now, there's obviously some overlap there, but you'd be foolish to ignore regular season performance, or, even, weight post-season performance equally with recent regular season performance.

1 is Rocket, and 2 is Pedro. Schilling's hurt and we have no idea if he'll get back to his dominance, so he's out.

After that, you have a myriad of guys like Johan, Smoltz, Halladay, Beckett, Pettite, Morris, Penny, Oswalt.. guys who are established excellent and would all probably be very close. I guess you could give the nod to Smoltz due to his postseason performance...

[mmbt0ne]

You're right. I was assuming a lot of things I shouldn't have been, and doing it to some players but not others. A bit overzealous in trying to make a point maybe [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]