It's Money for Nothing as Yanks' Starters Labor - New York Times
Why are the Yanks surprised Pavano has been a hit machine in the AL?
He only struck out 139 in 222.1 innings last season in the NL. He made 31 starts. using a back-of-the-envelope calculation of three pitcher's slot appearances per start, he faced the pitcher 91 times. Interpretted as striking out 48 in the other 744 batters (31 starts x 8 hitters x 3 plate appearances per game). That is 6.4%.
In comparison, RJ faced the pitcher's slot 105 times, and he struck out 185 of the 840 other hitters (22%).
Or more helpful, would be 10-12% for top SP ( 31 starts, 170 K, 220 innings).
NOTE: I have made-up the metrics involved in this post.
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