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Even with our best efforts to devalue the pitcher win over the past decade,
there's still something special about the number 20.
雖然近年來勝投數的重要性日漸減少 但20勝還是個重要的指標
I think that's fair, even in an increasingly analytics-based world. At this
point, we know enough to understand that there are always a bevy of mitigating
factors when looking at individual pitcher wins. (You need a good lineup, you
need a good bullpen, you need a good manager and you need a fair amount of
luck.)
要拿到20勝 背後的隊友很重要 幫你守成的隊友很重要 還有敵人在不在休息室
當然還有運氣
But the fact remains that while individual wins should be looked at with
skepticism, winning 20 games is a very noteworthy achievement. First of all:
You aren't going to win 20 games if you aren't very good. Secondly, 20 wins
usually correlates to team success, and if we aren't going to celebrate players
for contributing to their team's success, then why do we even bother watching?
I'm not going to make a case for the pitcher win in this space