Sabermetrics: Magnum Start Value, Cy Young Controversy and Combimetrics

July 2016

Rick Porcello

7/9 vs Tampa Bay Rays: 7 IP, 6 H, 0 BB, 1 E, 1 ER: 3.0 (W, Red Sox win 4-1)

7/29 @ Los Angeles Angels: 9 IP, 5 H, 0 BB’s, 2 ER: 9.7 (W, Red Sox win 6-2)

Justin Verlander

7/2 @ Tampa Bay Rays: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 BB, 1 ER: 3.0 (W, Tigers win 3-2)

7/15 vs Kansas City Royals: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 BB’s, 1 ER 1 E: 3.0 (W, Tigers win 4-2)

7/20 vs Minnesota Twins: 8 IP, 2 H, 2 BB’s, 1 ER: 5.5 (ND, Tigers lose 4-1)

7/30 vs Houston Astros: 9 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 2 ER: 6.5 (W, Tigers win 3-2)

Corey Kluber

7/8 vs New York Yankees: 8 IP, 5 H, 0 BB, 1 ER: 5.5 (W, Indians win 10-2)

7/18 @ Kansas City Royals: 7 IP, 5 H, 3 BB’s, 0 ER: 2.5 (ND, Indians lose 7-3)

7/31 vs Oakland Athletics: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 BB’s, 0 ER: 2.5 (W, Indians win 8-0)

Combing over July, all three aces performed at a high level. Verlander fired four Magnum Starts, while Kluber hurled three and Porcello tossed one fewer. The eventual 2016 Cy Young award winner Porcello was the only one of the bunch to record a perfect score (in Anaheim). However Verlander posted a MMT of eighteen which outperformed Porcello’s second place total by 5.3. That meant Detroit’s number one starter’s MMA tally was three, an impressive count any way you look at it.