Cliff Lee

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Oh boy, now we're moving on to the Eagles. We all know antitrust's opinion of McNabb. I'll pass on that argument.

If Cole Hamels/Oswalt's 2011 season is better than Neagle's 1997 season (20-5, 4.1 WAR), Avery's 1993 season (18-6, 4.0 WAR), Kevin Millwood's 1999 season (18-7, 5.7 WAR), or any of the 1971 Baltimore Orioles (four starters with 20+ wins, 11, 18, 20, 21 CG, 12 combined CG SO, etc.), then maybe we can talk about 2011 Phillies being one of the all-time best rotations.

way to pick and choose those years.

and comparing a 5 man rotation to the 71 4 man rotation is pretty darn useless, as my 4 will have 33 combined less starts.... but you probably knew that..

you cannot judge it off wins and losses and it be a true reflection of how a pitcher pitched... but you know that also.

We can base it off WAR and ERA and strikeout to walk ratio.

You know how many times a Phillies pitcher went 7-9 innings and lost 2-1, or 1-0? Wins & losses arent always reflective of a pitcher. Take King Felix for example.

also eliminating the Eagles from the whole picture.. McNabb seems to be proving my points pretty darn well. Though I will say I watched in disbelief last week when the Skins and Low Throw actually scored a TD with less than a minute left.