The Red Sox have signed Pedro Martinez! However, it’s not to pitch for us, even though he is probably still better than 90% of our team. His new position will be Special Assistant to the GM. This is the second former player that the Sox front office has brought in, after Jason Varitek was given the same title over the off-season.These two have been brought in to assist with the development of young pitchers. Pedro won 2 Cy Young Awards here and a World Series ring. In his career, Pedro is 219-100 and recorded 3154 strikeouts. We all know all about his fun attitude and intensity for the game. Why not bring in some leaders that can still relate to the players? Especially when they are proven champions.
Nothing better than an introduction blog. My name is Dan Tobin and I will be dealing with coverage for the Red Sox for the site. I could write a big spiel about how I F’in love the Sox, but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be writing about them if I didn’t so I’ll spare you guys a cheesy paragraph.
I want to start things off on a little toss-up question: Which Major League Pitcher had a better 7 year stint during the steroid-era? Player A or Player B.
Interested to seeing the responses.
PLAYER A
GS
CG
SHO
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
W
L
WHIP
ERA
35
9
4
268
201
68
65
70
199
20
11
1.01
2.18
36
8
1
267
228
85
70
52
197
20
10
1.05
2.36
25
10
3
202
150
44
35
31
156
16
6
0.9
1.56
28
10
3
209.2
147
39
38
23
181
19
2
0.81
1.63
35
5
1
245
225
85
74
28
172
15
11
1.03
2.72
33
5
2
232.2
200
58
57
20
177
19
4
0.95
2.2
34
9
5
251
201
75
62
45
204
18
9
0.98
2.22
AVERAGE
32
8
3
239
193
65
57
38
184
18
8
0.97
2.16
PLAYER B
GS
CG
SHO
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
W
L
WHIP
ERA
31
13
4
241.1
158
65
51
67
305
17
8
0.93
1.9
33
3
2
233.2
188
82
75
67
251
19
7
1.09
2.89
29
5
1
213.1
160
56
49
37
313
23
4
0.92
2.07
29
7
4
217
128
44
42
32
284
18
6
0.74
1.74
18
1
0
116.2
84
33
31
25
163
7
3
0.93
2.39
30
2
0
199.1
144
62
50
40
239
20
4
0.92
2.26
29
3
0
186.2
147
52
46
47
206
14
4
1.04
2.22
AVERAGE
28
5
2
201
144
56
49
45
252
17
5
0.94
2.20
After analyzing the stats, Player A displayed greater control and consistency, which is displayed in his lower walk numbers over more innings pitched. He also proved dominant by limiting his ERA despite allowing more hits than Player B. Player B showed complete dominance in overpowering hitters with extremely low hit totals and high strikeout totals.
Personally, I would have to pick Player B, whose fourth season cannot be overlooked. He posted another incredibly K/9 rate and also an unheard of 0.74 WHIP and 1.74 ERA.
If you havent guessed yet, Player A was the “Mad Dog”- Greg Maddux. During this stint, he was NL Cy Young Four years in a row and a gold glove winner all seven years (he won the gold glove for the NL 16 times in a 17 year span). I found it amazing that he was able to have these great years in the steroid era through his incredible control of the strike zone.
Player B was Pedro Martinez. Pedro was hands down my favorite pitcher to watch during this stint. Pedro won the Cy Young in three of these years. He also put up these numbers against the AL East in a hitters ballpark named Fenway Park. He had the Pedro K count in the Boston Globe and he would make every game enjoyable for any fan. You never knew what you would get out of the guy, whether it was a 14 strikeout night, whether he’d start a bench clearing brawl, or whether he would toss a 70-year-old man to the ground.
These two have been brought in to assist with the development of young pitchers. Pedro won 2 Cy Young Awards here and a World Series ring. In his career, Pedro is 219-100 and recorded 3154 strikeouts. We all know all about his fun attitude and intensity for the game. Why not bring in some leaders that can still relate to the players? Especially when they are proven champions.
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