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@_CokeHeads I mean, he’s been a wonderful defensive option for cheap while waiting for Baldwin. He’s been given a spot to fill for the time being and has been just fine doing so
@AcunaPlusButler@BravesStash@PeepMySlashLine@MamdaniMets Junk’s posted a 5+ ERA in the last 15, the xERA can say whatever it is, but he is historically a 4+ ERA pitcher so far in his 200+ innings and 46 games in the majors. If he breaks out and becomes great, I’m more than happy to say otherwise, but stuff ain’t showing nothing rn.
@AcunaPlusButler@BravesStash@PeepMySlashLine@MamdaniMets Sure, you can say that, and yet he’s one of the best pitchers statistically in ERA and WHIP. Again, didn’t say stuff is absolutely useless, but again, a guy like Junk is producing A grade stuff with no production, and Elder is an F grade with production. Simple as that.
@AcunaPlusButler@BravesStash@PeepMySlashLine@MamdaniMets Yet again…year to year. Not yearS to year. If stuff is the most important part, then we wouldn’t have guys such as Elder having a resurgence WITH F grade stuff. He’s literally proving the opposite, day in and day out in 2026.
@AcunaPlusButler@BravesStash@PeepMySlashLine@MamdaniMets Now, stuff can be useful for a guy in the minors in predicting development, but guys like Junk are 30 years old with great stuff supposedly, but no production on the field itself. It feels completely useless to use such stats on anybody that isn’t brand new/young.
@AcunaPlusButler@BravesStash@PeepMySlashLine@MamdaniMets The whole point of mentioning his Ks and whiffs is to show that the year to year for said individual is night and day. If someone’s stuff can be great and they be a horrid pitcher, you’re essentially banking on the idea of potential, which means stuff is just not a good metric.
@AcunaPlusButler@BravesStash@PeepMySlashLine@MamdaniMets The stuff that causes the swing and miss/50+ Ks? There’s a very clear and obvious difference between this year and last year with Elder, and adding a cutter/luck isn’t the entire story…