In my opinion, many people make a bigger deal about a pitcher's record than they should when it comes to evaluating that pitcher's level of effectiveness and overall success in Major League Baseball. As I see it, a pitcher's record is not solely reflective of his level of effectiveness, but reflective of the entire team's level of effectiveness when he starts. A pitcher can be nearly flawless for a game, yet if the defense slips up a time or two and/or the offense doesn't generate any runs, it will be impossible for him to notch a win by his name. The following ten pitchers have a combined record this year of 44-48 (.478): Clayton Kershaw (5-4), Stephen Strasburg (3-5), Anibal Sanchez (5-4), Travis Wood (5-4), Chris Sale (5-4), James Shields (2-6), Scott Feldman (5-4), Hiroki Kuroda (6-5), Kris Medlen (3-6), and Ervin Santana (4-5). The worst ERA among these ten pitchers is Ervin Santana's 2.99 earned run average. All ten of these pitchers currently have sub-3...
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