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It would be nice if guys like Gonsolin this year (or Ray last year) were rated better. It's just a limitation of the current pitching model that we use, where stuff like balls in play are almost completely out of control of the pitcher.
Is that true in real life always? No, not really. Someday I'm sure we'll refine the current pitching model to find a way to better represent the guys like Maddux or Morris or Rivera or guys who can obviously show a long-term ability to beat the league in BABIP. But without that, guys only really get carded based on the stats that go into the Stuff/Movement/Control framework, and that's going to hurt a guy who can beat that and pitch better than those numbers.
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