Better Rotation? A's or Tigers

[BrewCrewFan]

Oakland Athletics:
 
Jon Lester
Sonny Gray
Scott Kazmir
Jeff Samardzija
Jason Hammel
 
Detroit Tigers:
 
Max Scherzer
David Price
Justin Verlander
Anibal Sanchez
Rick Porcello
 
Which rotation is better? A's or Tigers

 

[Teagz]

Pretty even imo. At quick glance I'd say the Tigers starters have pitched better than the numbers suggest while the A's starters haven't pitched as well as the numbers suggest. I'd go A's simply because their top 4 is better than the Tigers top 4.

 

[BrewCrewFan]

Just to compare:
 
1. Jon Lester: 2.52 ERA, 2.62 FIP, 3.03 xFIP, 4.6 WAR
2. Sonny Gray: 2.65 ERA, 3.19 FIP, 3.44 xFIP, 2.7 WAR
3. Scott Kazmir: 2.37 ERA, 3.23 FIP, 3.40 xFIP, 2.5 WAR
4. Jeff Samardzija: 2.92 ERA, 3.32 FIP, 3.32 xFIP, 2.5 WAR
5. Jason Hammel: 3.87 ERA, 3.74 FIP, 3.52 xFIP, 1.6 WAR
 
Total WAR: 13.9
 
1. Max Scherzer: 3.27 ERA, 2.99 FIP, 3.14 xFIP, 3.5 WAR
2. David Price: 3.11 ERA, 2.93 FIP, 2.73 xFIP, 3.9 WAR
3. Justin Verlander: 4.79 ERA, 4.11 FIP, 4.45 xFIP, 1.8 WAR
4. Anibal Sanchez: 3.57 ERA, 2.90 FIP, 3.76 xFIP, 2.9 WAR
5. Rick Porcello: 3.24 ERA, 3.78 FIP, 3.72 xFIP, 2.1 WAR
 
Total WAR: 14.2

 

[snipezo]

Definitely an evenly matched rotation but wow Verlander has struggled this season. Ugly numbers.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Time for him to dump Kate.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

If Verlander goes back to form Detroit, if not give me Oakland's

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

As Cameron mentioned, if Verlander was pitching up to par I'd go with Tigers. But since he's not, as of right now, I gotta give the edge to the Athletics. It's not a big difference and I like Detroit's offense more. But for this, I gotta go with Athletics. 

 

[CameronCrazy06]

The Tigers rotation can be as good as it wants to be though, it won't matter if their bullpen continues to blow games

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

The Tigers rotation can be as good as it wants to be though, it won't matter if their bullpen continues to blow games

 
Yeah the Athletics have quite the advantage bullpen wise.. They have really good pitching from starting to relief. 

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

You can add Chavez as the 6th man for the A's

 

[snipezo]

should be the 5th starter imo

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

should be the 5th starter imo

 
The A's have a lot of faith in Hammel for some reason. Although, he been rocked in the past 4 games he pitched lol.

 

[Sportsguy9695]

they both are pretty good but I would go with the TIger have a slight advantage. i see these two teams playing in the ALCS

 

[H-MYK]

I have to go with Oakland

 

[Pugz]

really close but id give the edge to oakland. come playoff time, hopefully we see some great duels.

 

[Mexi]

Give me kersh and zack

 

[Mexi]

Jesus christ i didnt realize oakland had 4 under 2 eras

Rofl

Four fucking aces