A Look At The Rays Rotation, By The Numbers

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With pitchers and catchers reporting in just a few days, I thought it was time to take take a peek at the Rays potential Starting Rotation, by the numbers.

I would hypothesize that this rotation is pretty much set in stone barring one potential change. If David Price does not show some development on a third pitch, and Jeremy Hellickson continues to progress at his current rate, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Price move into the pen ala our World Series Run, and have Hellickson get a crack at the rotation. He has 4 pitches, and shows much better command of those pitches, than Price has shown thusfar.

Without further ado…

James Shields

Year	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2006	24	6	8	4.84	21	21	1	0	124.2	141	69	67	18	38	5	104	5	1.436	10.2	1.3	2.7	7.5	2.74
2007	25	12	8	3.85	31	31	1	0	215.0	202	98	92	28	36	0	184	10	1.107	8.5	1.2	1.5	7.7	5.11
2008	26	14	8	3.56	33	33	3	2	215.0	208	94	85	24	40	0	160	12	1.153	8.7	1.0	1.7	6.7	4.00
2009	27	11	12	4.14	33	33	0	0	219.2	239	113	101	29	52	1	167	1	1.325	9.8	1.2	2.1	6.8	3.21
4 Seasons		43	36	4.01	118	118	5	2	774.1	790	374	345	99	166	6	615	28	1.235	9.2	1.2	1.9	7.1	3.70

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Generated 2/16/2010.

Matt Garza

Year	Age	Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2006	22	Minnesota Twins” href=”http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2006.shtml”>MIN	3	6	5.76	10	9	0	0	50.0	62	33	32	6	23	0	38	1.700	11.2	1.1	4.1	6.8	1.65
2007	23	MIN	5	7	3.69	16	15	0	0	83.0	96	44	34	8	32	4	67	1.542	10.4	0.9	3.5	7.3	2.09
2008	24	TBR	11	9	3.70	30	30	3	2	184.2	170	83	76	19	59	2	128	1.240	8.3	0.9	2.9	6.2	2.17
2009	25	TBR	8	12	3.95	32	32	0	0	203.0	177	93	89	25	79	0	189	1.261	7.8	1.1	3.5	8.4	2.39
4 Seasons			27	34	3.99	88	86	3	2	520.2	505	253	231	58	193	6	422	1.341	8.7	1.0	3.3	7.3	2.19

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Generated 2/16/2010.

Jeff Niemann

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2008	25	2	2	.500	5.06	5	2	0	16.0	18	12	9	3	8	0	14	1.625	10.1	1.7	4.5	7.9	1.75
2009	26	13	6	.684	3.94	31	30	2	180.2	185	84	79	17	59	1	125	1.351	9.2	0.8	2.9	6.2	2.12
2 Seasons		15	8	.652	4.03	36	32	2	196.2	203	96	88	20	67	1	139	1.373	9.3	0.9	3.1	6.4	2.07
162 Game Avg.		15	8	.652	4.03	36	32	2	197	203	96	88	20	67	1	139	1.373	9.3	0.9	3.1	6.4	2.07

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Generated 2/16/2010.

David Price

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2008	22	TBR	AL	0	0	1.93	5	1	14.0	9	4	3	1	4	12	228	0.929	5.8	0.6	2.6	7.7	3.00
2009	23	TBR	AL	10	7	4.42	23	23	128.1	119	72	63	17	54	102	102	1.348	8.3	1.2	3.8	7.2	1.89
2 Seasons				10	7	4.17	28	24	142.1	128	76	66	18	58	114	108	1.307	8.1	1.1	3.7	7.2	1.97

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Generated 2/16/2010.

Wade Davis

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2009	23	TBR	AL	2	2	.500	3.72	6	6	1	1	36.1	33	19	15	2	13	1	36	1	150	121	1.266	8.2	0.5	3.2	8.9	2.77
1 Season				2	2	.500	3.72	6	6	1	1	36.1	33	19	15	2	13	1	36	1	150	121	1.266	8.2	0.5	3.2	8.9	2.77
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.500	3.72	34	34	6	6	206	187	108	85	11	74	6	204	6	850	121	1.266	8.2	0.5	3.2	8.9	2.77