No preamble today. Let’s get to it.
Pitchers
What are they good for? Picking up off of the free agent player pool apparently (at least compared to hitters).
CPL Contributions and Performances
| Rank | Name | IP | K | QS | W | SV | HD | ERA | WHIP |
| 1 | J.P. France | 70.7 | 49 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.292 | 1.161 |
| 2 | Mark Leiter Jr. | 26.3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.076 | 0.988 |
| 3 | Tyler Rogers | 23.0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3.130 | 1.087 |
| 4 | Yennier Cano | 27.3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2.305 | 1.355 |
| 5 | Ian Gibaut | 32.0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 4.500 | 1.374 |
| 6 | Danny Coulombe | 14.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6.136 | 1.500 |
| 7 | Joel Payamps | 13.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2.077 | 0.692 |
| 8 | Jake Irvin | 72.3 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.729 | 1.396 |
| 9 | Tim Mayza | 9.3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.964 | 1.178 |
| 10 | Peter Strzelecki | 26.0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6.231 | 1.347 |
| 11 | Lucas Erceg | 19.7 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5.035 | 1.271 |
| 12 | Steven Wilson | 23.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.348 | 0.913 |
| 13 | Bryan Baker | 19.7 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.204 | 1.221 |
Like with the hitters, listed by order of Contribution (actual Wins) in the CPL. I’ve listed the top 13 to include all of the pitchers who break into the top 10 when ranked by CPL Performance, or expected Wins (see below).
| Rank of Avg | Name | Wins | xWins |
| 1 | J.P. France | 6.1 | 4.9 |
| 2 | Mark Leiter Jr. | 5.1 | 3.3 |
| 3 | Yennier Cano | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 4 | Tyler Rogers | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| 5 | Ian Gibaut | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| 6 | Jake Irvin | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 7 | Joel Payamps | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 8 | Peter Strzelecki | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 9 | Steven Wilson | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Danny Coulombe | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| 11 | Bryan Baker | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| 12 | Tim Mayza | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| 13 | Lucas Erceg | 2.3 | 1.5 |
Listed by rank of the average between Wins and expected Wins.
MLB Performances
| xWins | Name | IP | K | QS | W | SV | HD | ERA | WHIP |
| 8.0 | Yennier Cano | 56.2 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 1.747 | 1.014 |
| 7.6 | Joel Payamps | 55.1 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 1.789 | 0.871 |
| 7.1 | Tyler Rogers | 57.1 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 2.512 | 1.086 |
| 6.6 | Mark Leiter Jr. | 51.1 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 2.805 | 0.939 |
| 6.4 | J.P. France | 102 | 73 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.735 | 1.206 |
| 5.7 | Ian Gibaut | 57.1 | 51 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 3.297 | 1.226 |
| 5.6 | Justin Lawrence | 59.1 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3.489 | 1.184 |
| 5.6 | Tim Mayza | 41.2 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 1.080 | 1.117 |
| 5.5 | Justin Topa | 47.1 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2.282 | 1.189 |
| 5.5 | Steven Wilson | 49.2 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3.443 | 1.138 |
Unlike with hitters, when looking at the different perspectives of rankings pitchers, only two new names pop up on the MLB Performances perspective (The Justin’s, Lawrence and Topa).
This, as well as how this list is dominated by relievers, makes sense to me.
Relievers have more volatility, and therefore more candidates that come out of nowhere to be contributing members to a squad on the CPL. Further, there’s more opportunities to use these free agent relievers, as you have four slots in your bullpen, and many opportunities where a players gets injured or is simply not playing to plug in your depth options.
None of this is a revolutionary reveal, but I felt it was worth emphasizing when trying to understand the information above as to why RP free agents seem to contribute so much more when compared to SP and Hitters.
Anyways, that’s it for pitchers. Part 3 will cover prospects, mostly for the fun of it as they typically don’t receive much serious consideration for the Pedro Cerrano.
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