BABIP Leaders & Laggards

by faketeams on Jun 9, 2008 12:01 PM EDT in Baseball

Every time one of the BABIP leaders pitches a good game like Chicago White Sox righty Gavin Floyd did yesterday, fantasy players forget about BABIP as a indicator of future performance. How could it be right if it has been so worng so far? Not to pick on Floyd whose 20/1 K/BB over his past three starts shouldn't be forgotten, but BABIP is independent of even those great peripherals. Pitch and your BABIP goes to .300.

Conversely, every time a BABIP laggard pitches a ppor game, fantasy players conclude their isn't good things in that hurlers future as their high BABIP would indicate. I mena, come on, Florida Marlins' starter Andrew Miller has been on this list for months. Eventually, you conclude he stinks, right?

BABIP Leaders. Sell High?:

NAME	TEAM	K/9	BABIP
Justin Masterson	BOS	6.7	0.177
Greg Reynolds	COL	2.4	0.188
Armando Galarraga	DET	6	0.191
Claudio Vargas	NYN	5.2	0.193
Gavin Floyd	CHA	5.2	0.207
Shaun Marcum	TOR	7.5	0.215
Ryan Dempster	CHN	7.1	0.221
Scott Olsen	FLO	4.6	0.223
Joe Saunders	ANA	4.3	0.237
John Lackey	ANA	6.1	0.238
Scott Kazmir	TBA	8.8	0.243

BABIP Laggards. Buy low?:

NAME	TEAM	K/9	BABIP
Douglas Mathis	TEX	4	0.387
Bronson Arroyo	CIN	8.7	0.378
Andrew Miller	FLO	7.5	0.376
Ian Snell	PIT	7	0.374
Doug Davis	ARI	6.6	0.365
Livan Hernandez	MIN	2.8	0.351
Mike Pelfrey	NYN	4.4	0.351
Jarrod Washburn	SEA	5.5	0.351
Jorge De La Rosa	COL	8.4	0.35
C.C. Sabathia	CLE	9	0.349
Barry Zito	SFN	4.8	0.349
Dustin McGowan	TOR	7.1	0.347