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Originally posted by Big Train
Well no one's going to convince me that some pitcher is "consistantly" lucky for 10 or 15 years and even if he is "making better use of his defense" that is a skill he should be credited for [although I honestly think there's more to good pitching than that].
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I wouldn't consider it more "making better use of his defense" than "pitching style happens to match the defense".
It's already proven that G/F ratio is more consistent than HR rate, and is definitely a very important pitcher trait.
Andy Pettitte consistently got bad BABIP comparing to his team mates. Bad BABIP skill, not good at making the better use of his defense, or highest G/F ratio on the team+bad infield defense?