Comments on: Why Florida Marlins’ Josh Johnson Is Better Than Colorado Rockies’ Ubaldo Jimenez

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[...] Why Josh Johnson Is Better Than Ubaldo Jimenez [...]

By: Nick Kappel

Nick Kappel — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:52:30 +0000

That’s an interesting point, Luke. My argument would be that because Ubaldo is a ground ball pitcher, the Coors factor doesn’t apply as much as it would to a normal pitcher.

By: Yurel

Yurel — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:33:07 +0000

Plus Josh Johnson has little to no help in the pitching staff. We count on him to give us 7 strong innings.

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:24:39 +0000

You’re forgetting one important factor – Josh Johnson pitches at a much lower elevation than Ubaldo Jimenez. If you, or anyone else, is going to use the Coors Field argument against Rockies hitters, then you better make damn sure you give more credit to Rockies pitchers. Here are the road stats of Jimenez and Johnson.:

Jimenez: 9-1, 1.23 ERA, 28 BB, 68 SO, .171 opponent .AVG
Johnson: 2-1, 2.61 ERA, 10 BB, 15 SO, .218 opponent .AVG