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Miami Marlins First Time Through: Ranking the Starters After a Week

There are a lot of metrics to measure the Miami Marlins pitching performance. There are the old standbys: win-loss record, ERA, total strikeouts. There are the “basic” advanced stats: WHIP, K/BB, FIP. There are also more “total” advanced stats, which attempt to sum up a players performance in one easy number, such as ERA+, WAR, and WE.

After this first time through the rotation, we’re going to concentrate on the Win Expectancy statistic. This is a stat that serves to weigh a player’s contribution relative to the games possible future projected outcome, and that player’s performance moving the needle to the left or the right.