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OBG08 Revisited: Pitchers

We’re looking back at our pre-season community projections. On Wednesday we covered the hitters; today we turn to the pitchers.
Left-Handers

Justin Hampson, 2008

 
IP
ERA

Projected
48
4.21

Actual
30.2
2.93

Our most optimistic projection had Hampson at a 3.50 ERA.

Joe Thatcher, 2008

 
IP
ERA

Projected
58
2.86

Actual
25.2
8.42

We missed this about as badly as we could. So did other people: CHONE had Thatcher’s ERA at 3.67, Marcels had it at [...]

RIP, Cammy

I wanted to mention this sooner, but I’ve been searching for the right words. I still haven’t found them, and I may never find them, but I have to say something.
As you probably know by now, former Padre third baseman Ken Caminiti died of an apparent heart attack Sunday, at age 41. The first thought [...]