BABIP Leaders and Laggards
The Top 10 leaders and laggards in BABIP for the coming week are below. Remember leading or lagging in BABIP are contrarian indicators. These are pitchers due for a fall (leading) or for improvement (lagging). I have used a screen of at least three starts to compile these Top 10s. The last column indicates whether the pitcher starts on Monday(M) or Tuesday (T). Under a seven-game week, pitchers starting on either day would be in line for two starts during the week.
Low BABIP. Sit?:
| RANK | NAME | TEAM | BABIP | M/T? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Reynolds | COL | 0.167 | N |
| 2 | Shaun Marcum | TOR | 0.173 | M |
| 3 | Gavin Floyd | CHA | 0.176 | N |
| 4 | Claudio Vargas | NYN | 0.192 | N |
| 5 | Armando Galarraga | DET | 0.205 | N |
| 6 | Shawn Estes | SDN | 0.217 | N |
| 7 | Ryan Dempster | CHN | 0.218 | M |
| 8 | Darrell Rasner | NYA | 0.218 | M |
| 9 | Tim Redding | WAS | 0.226 | N |
| 10 | Scott Olsen | FLO | 0.228 | N |
High BABIP. Start?:
| RANK | NAME | TEAM | BABIP | M/T? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Adenhart | ANA | 0.391 | N |
| 2 | Bronson Arroyo | CIN | 0.383 | N |
| 3 | Andrew Miller | FLO | 0.382 | T |
| 4 | Jo-Jo Reyes | ATL | 0.38 | N |
| 5 | Miguel Batista | SEA | 0.379 | T |
| 6 | Matt Belisle | CIN | 0.374 | N |
| 7 | Garrett Olson | BAL | 0.372 | M |
| 8 | Jorge De La Rosa | COL | 0.367 | M |
| 9 | Chris Sampson | HOU | 0.358 | N |
| 10 | Jarrod Washburn | SEA | 0.357 | N |
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No one used De La Rosa (you know, apart from Clint Hurdle) at all with today’s pathetic performance. He might be the first pitcher ever to approach a BABIP of above 1.000.
And yes, I know how BABIP works. It was THAT BAD.
Insert clever and witty remark slash pun here!

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