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Originally Posted by Johnny Slick
Maddux, Clemens, Kevin Appier.
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WARP1 has Mussina at 9.9, Appier at 9.8. WARP3 has Mussina at 10.2, Appier at 10.1. Those are fairly meaningless margins. Call it a push.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Slick
Maddux (actually you could split Maddux in 2 that year and I would put both half-Madduxes ahead of Moose),Clemens, David Cone. Steve Ontiveros had a better ERA+ that year but I wouldn't say I'd rather have him pitch a big game than Mussina.
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WARP1 has Mussina at 7.8, Cone at 8.1. WARP3 has Mussina at 9.5, Cone at 9.8. You could give Cone the advantage here.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Slick
Maddux, Randy Johnson, Tim Wakefield (seriously, Wakefield was aces in 1995)
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WARP1 has Mussina at 9.2, Wakefield at 7.8. WARP3 has Mussina at 9.8, Wakefield at 9.2. Advantage Mussina.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Slick
That may be the only year of those 4 where Mussina has a serious case to be included in the top 3. Only Randy Johnson And Curt Schilling were demonstrably better.
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The three are actually fairly close here. WARP1 has Mussina at 9.9, Schilling at 9.7, Johnson at 10.3. WARP3 has Mussina at 9.6, Schilling at 9.7, Johnson at 10.3. Advantage Johnson (marginally), push Mussina and Schilling.