Kurkijian thinks Brandon Webb is better than Peavy

by jbox on Oct 10, 2007 3:20 PM PDT in News

Tim Kurkjian gives a preview of the NLCS:

How good is D-backs starter Brandon Webb?
He is the best pitcher in this series and has been the best pitcher in the National League over the past two years.

It's a good thing I am not drinking Elk Semen right now because I would have done a spit take after reading that. Hello? Jake Peavy?

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nah

I think he means it as an average. Over the past two years, the average Webb performance has been better than the average Peavy performance. Peavy was marginally better than Webb this year, and Webb was considerably better than Peavy in 2006 due to Peavy's inconsistency.

Also, Webb has only had one postseason start in his career, but it was a lot better than any Peavy postseason start (or play-in game start!) to date.

I'd still rather have Peavy, but you have to tip your cap to Webb until Peavy continues to step it up and actually follows through in the postseason.

"Winfield's head hits the wall! It's rolling toward second base!" - Jerry Coleman

by metalsupplier on Oct 10, 2007 3:35 PM PDT reply actions

Wouldn't you want to spit out the elk semen?

Or, no? You would want to keep drinking it?

Totally confused.

by Winfield's Ghost on Oct 10, 2007 3:56 PM PDT reply actions

Idiot

He's just bitter because even he can't spell his last name....

by friarfanatic on Oct 10, 2007 4:44 PM PDT reply actions

peavy is good

but Webb is the better pitcher if you take the sum of two years. I think Jake will win the Cy and deserves it, but it is not as much a 'no brainer' as most Padre fans think it is.

Especially come playoff time, IP can be a huge stat to lean on and Peavy just doesn't go deep into games. His stuff is nasty though

by pointlomarep on Oct 10, 2007 5:06 PM PDT reply actions

I understand your point

But Peavy for Cy Young is a no brainer. There hasn't been a pitching Triple Crown winner that didn't win the Cy Young. It would be precedent if Peavy didn't get it hands down this season.

by Dex on Oct 10, 2007 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Cy Young this year...

HAS to be Jake. Best NL pitcher over 2 years... Well, Webb won it last year and had a better season this year... I don't have a problem w/ that statement.

-peter

by PeterF on Oct 10, 2007 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions

I like ol' KurkGems.

I get his point. Sure, JaKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKe pwned ass this year but his '06 was horrendous enough to make his two-year average look, well, average.

by TheThirdGonzalez on Oct 11, 2007 1:29 AM PDT reply actions

park effects

Peavy was the better pitcher this year, but it's not as much of a slam dunk as people think. PETCO's park factor is a crazy .80 -- that's like Coors for pitchers. Arizona's at about 1.10. I love Peavy, though.

by Sky Kalkman on Oct 11, 2007 9:47 AM PDT reply actions

park effect not going to get taken into account

Just because triple crown numbers are so impressive by themselves. If somebody looks at the splits, it's not like Jake totally leaned on his home numbers anyway.

by Dex on Oct 11, 2007 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Home/Road

I don't think anyone could try and use PETCO as justification for not voting for Peavy unless they just flat out don't want him to win. His numbers were much better on the road. Except for the one blowup in Arizona, he was undefeated. Take into account that Webb relied more on his defense than Peavy, and it would be a crime not to give the CY to Jake.

by osbug on Oct 11, 2007 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions

If this isn't a slam dunk

than there is no such thing as slam dunks.

by jbox on Oct 11, 2007 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

This is like one of those

slam dunks so ferocious that it shatters the glass backboard and they have to stop the game.

Come on, really? Even if you are a homer for Webb and the Dbacks, Peavy won the National League Triple Crown. That, almost by default, makes him the premier pitcher in the National League.

It's time to crane kick someone in the f*cking face. -goose

by JBro12 on Oct 11, 2007 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions

Everyone here knows I'm a Dbacks homer...

But Peavy wins it this year, hands down.

DbacksSkins

by DbacksSkins on Oct 17, 2007 2:14 AM PDT up reply actions

Come on dude,

If you're gonna spout random things like that, at least check the stats first:

Home: 19 GS, 9-5, 125.1 IP, 100 H, 35 ER, 34 BB, 139 K, 2.51 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, .218 BAA

Away: 15 GS, 10-1, 98.0 IP, 69 H, 28 ER, 34 BB, 101 K, 2.57 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, .195 BAA

W-L is much better, but even throwing out a misleading stat like that, look at the WHIP and BAA, and tell me Petco had a big effect. He had the same number of walks on the road as at home, but the WHIP was still lower, which of course means he gave up much fewer hits on the road too. As for HRs, if you want to assign Jake's road HR/IP to his home IP, he would have given up 10.23 HR at home instead of 5. If you factor those additional 5.23 ER into his ERA, his home ERA sits at 2.88, and overall ERA at 2.75, still .26 better than Webb's.

I don't disagree with what Kurkjian said one bit, I think he's exactly right, especially when you factor in the big game situations, but I find it hard to make a really convincing case for Webb to win the Cy Young this season.

by California Penal on Oct 11, 2007 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Whoa.....

Who said Webby should win the Cy?

DbacksSkins

by DbacksSkins on Oct 17, 2007 2:15 AM PDT up reply actions

He has a good point

Here are their ERA+ for the past two seasons:

Peavy: 103, 164
Webb: 154, 156

That's one decent year and one dominant year for Peavy versus two dominant years for Webb.

Geoff
Ducksnorts, Knuckle Curve

by Geoff on Oct 11, 2007 10:08 AM PDT reply actions

Rockies OWNED him tonite

So much for being "capable of dominating a game in this NLCS".

Matt Holliday never touched the plate and Tim McClellan knows it.

by sqrunt on Oct 11, 2007 11:08 PM PDT reply actions

Rockies have owned him ALL YEAR.

Webb this year has an ERA below 2.5 against the rest of MLB, along with the most IP. He pitches in any other division and he beats out Jake for the Cy, only because he has to face the Rockies only once or twice. That adds to his win total as well.

...Before anyone tries to start something, note that I've advocated for Jake to win the Cy on both this site and the Snakepit.

DbacksSkins

by DbacksSkins on Oct 17, 2007 2:19 AM PDT up reply actions