In light of all the talk of predicting the 2014 APBA cards, reader Bill Evans has sent me his work. He crunched the numbers and has predicted the pitchers’ grades for the NL and AL hurlers. Bill has taken a different approach than previous ball-gazers, Mike Bunch and Bruce Norlander. His grades are based on a league-adjusted ERA. Take a look at his results.
Bill Evans 2014 Pitching Summary for the AL
Bill Evans 2014 Pitching Summary for the NL
A quick look at Bill’s predictions show that his are results are little different from Mike’s and Bruce’s. Like I did previously, I search for my Thunderchicken pitchers first. While Mike and Bruce have Strasburg, Ryu and Roark as a Grade B, Bill Evans has them tagged as C pitchers.
There’s no doubt Bill Evans has done his homework. I’m sure he won’t take it personally if I hope he’s wrong though.
