Even though I’m still going to stick with the hitting side of things, I definitely see, and understand what you’re saying!If you follow the Moneyball formula, assuming the team has average but solid fielding, hitting and baserunning and serviceable pitching, I think a team could win a lot of games, but said team will not win championships without shutdown pitching. Behind every shutdown pitcher is a great catcher and I would build a team around that.
I said here recently that we hosted a JMU camp at our organizations facility, Mickey Dean, and I quote, said ”pitchers don’t win games…..pitchers lose games!”
Not quite sure I’m on board with his philosophy here, but I can somewhat get what he’s saying. He was a huge hit with the pitchers that day!
Your money ball theory…..I can shoot it down pretty quickly, why did the Braves only win the 1995 World Series with that insane pitching staff?? How often does a Maddux-Smoltz-Glavine-Avery combination come along on the same roster?? And they were together what, 5, 6, 7 years? And got one WS out of it, why?
Serious question, why just one World Series from arguably the best pitching staff ever? Tons of NL Pennants are great, but…..