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Playing with Numbers: Earned runs versus actual runs allowed

By AJ Mass
ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Several times this season we've discussed that, generally speaking, starting pitchers are not nearly as valuable as hitters in most fantasy leagues. We justify that because, in most fantasy scoring systems, hitters have the potential to contribute in more categories than pitchers, since starting pitchers (with rare exceptions) do not get saves, which account for anywhere from 20-25 percent of a fantasy team's pitching points. This week, we're going to argue that there are some pitchers out there ...

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