{"id":54749,"date":"2022-04-21T16:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=54749"},"modified":"2022-04-30T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T18:05:00","slug":"diamondbacks-pitching-great-start-20220421","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/04\/21\/diamondbacks-pitching-great-start-20220421\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks Pitching, Overall, Is Off to a Great Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diamondbacks Pitching Is Off to a Great Start Overall<\/h2>\n

The Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> have stumbled to a 4\u20138 start, but this is not at all the fault of the pitching staff. They have been so ineffective at the plate that they have, seemingly, been trying to win games with a figurative score of 0\u20130. Outliers on the pitching staff have also overshadowed the truly remarkable starts several of their pitchers have had.<\/p>\n

(Before continuing, some housekeeping. We will use ERA-minus in this piece. ERA-minus takes ERA, adjusts it for the team or player\u2019s home ballpark, and divides it by the league-wide ERA. This does two things. First, it takes away any advantage teams have if they play in a pitcher\u2019s park. A 3.00 ERA is far more impressive in Colorado than it is in San Diego, for example. Secondly, it compares an ERA to the league average, which quickly answers the question of \u201cis that good?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

ERA-minus has no decimal places. The lower the number, the better. Anything under 100 is lower than the league average; anything above is higher. An ERA-minus of 50 means that the pitcher\u2019s park-adjusted ERA is half as high as the league average. Back to the analysis.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Diamondbacks Pitching: General Overview<\/h3>\n