It's not that I hate Oliver Perez. To quote Fredo (re: Johnny Ola), "I never met him."
It's just that he is so aweful to watch. I mean, watch pitch. Maybe it is a heavenly delight to say, watch him core an apple.
Pitching, though, not so much.
And the longer he is in the game, the worse it gets.
As such, I propose a stat, akin to a "Game Score."
I am going to call the stat the "Ollie."
Here is how it works,
You simply add up a pitcher's walks, wild pitches, HRs allowed, and hit batsmen in a given start. That's it.
The stat measures a pitcher's "watchability" rather than his effectiveness.
Anything lower than 3 is good. Anything more is...well....
For example, Mark Buehrle is one of the most watchable pitchers in baseball. Throws strikes, moves the game along. He is averaging a 2.5 Ollie this year.
For some scale, Jon Garland, the most average pitcher on earth. This year he is averaging a 3.2 Ollie. In fact, Garland is averaging a 3.2 Ollie FOR HIS CAREER (talk about consistently average!).
Tonight, $12M Oliver Perez had a 7.0 Ollie.
Yikes!
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