Comments on: The Unheralded Professor Defies Perception Again and Again http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/01/the-unheralded-professor/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: JPMSF37 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/01/the-unheralded-professor/#comment-10965 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:37:14 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=11353#comment-10965 88 MPH fastball an issue? Really? Hmmm, wasn’t there this other pitcher, I think his nickname was The Professor as well… Maddox, that’s it…

]]> By: victor19nyc http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/01/the-unheralded-professor/#comment-10941 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:30:14 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=11353#comment-10941 Hendricks is unusual, therefore impossible to project. Thing is, if his command goes he doesn’t have “stuff” to fall back on to bail himself out. That could happen with his next start or five years from now. Hopefully the latter.

]]> By: PolitiJim (@politiJim) http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/01/the-unheralded-professor/#comment-10939 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:27:34 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=11353#comment-10939 About time someone did this. Thank you.

His ability to rebound from his problems late last year and consistency thus far has made me high on Hendricks.

If he continues at this level through the ASG, my suspicions that he is a very long and dangerous Cubs asset will continue to build. The potentially low wear and tear on Hendrick’s arm due to his pitching style, combined with his fierce intellectual competitiveness (albeit hidden in a phlegmatic shell), has me seeing him not only surpassing Lackey this year, but possibly even Lester, who isn’t getting any younger.

Think I’m crazy? To date – Hendricks is the 2nd most valuable starter by FIP

1 Hector Rondon 1.04 1.10 0.635
2 Pedro Strop 2.70 2.32 0.950
3 Jake Arrieta 1.56 2.72 0.893
4 Kyle Hendricks 2.93 2.78 0.976
5 Jason Hammel 2.09 3.32 1.161
6 Jon Lester* 2.48 3.35 1.103
7 John Lackey 3.16 3.37 0.966
8 Justin Grimm 3.72 4.05 1.034
9 Travis Wood* 2.79 4.57 0.931
10 Trevor Cahill 2.63 5.08 1.375
11 Adam Warren 2.79 5.86 1.190

I’m curious how he ranks among #3 and #4 starters – more where I personally he should be.

I’m a natural optimist, but I see Hendricks being more valuable, longer than ANY current pitcher on the Cubs.

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