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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
This generation of pitchers
The previous generation (born 1962-1971) gave us Clemens/Maddux/Pedro/RJ, plus Glavine, Smoltz, Schilling, Mussina, Ke Brown, and of course Mariano Rivera. Eric proposes his list of current generation pitchers. Eric didn’t go by birth year, but his list still would mostly follow along these lines. My comment:
To get around the issue of 90s and 00s and where to put Pettitte and David Cone, etc, I go by birth year. So, 1962 (Clemens) to 1971 (Pedro) gives us those 9 pitchers you listed (which is exactly the same 9 I always give, plus Mariano Rivera).
The next group would be pitchers born 1972 to 1981. Unfortunately, it’s pretty early to call it. For example, if we rewind 10 years to 2000, and see how the 1962-1971-born pitchers stood, you have David Cone (b. 1963) at 56 WAR and Randy Johnson (born the same year) at 57 WAR. Then RJ just got even better. However, all 9 of our studs were in the top 14 in WAR.
Given the pretty lackluster group in comparison, Pettitte will almost certainly come in the top 10 for pitchers of the current generation. He’d be the David Cone pick basically, without having to face the Pedro/Clemens/RJ/Maddux quartet. I think, Eric, that you may have been trying to compensate for your personal bias maybe?
Three others that deserve honorable mention that in 10 years could be part of the group: Javy Vazquez, Barry Zito, and Brandon Webb, all depending of course if they can put up 2-3 dominant years.
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