The 115 LIMA Plan pitchers of 2009

LIMA: Low Investment Mound Aces

--- have a strikeout rate [K/9] of 5.6 or better.
--- have a home run rate [HR/9] of 1.0 per 9 IP or less.
--- have a strikeout to walk ratio [K/BB] of 2.0 or better.
 
I used a cutoff of 36 IP. The list is interesting to look over, there are some surprising names. It also gives you a quick idea of names to put on your early 2010 watch list. Only the Pirates failed to be represented.
 

 

 

G

IP

 

WHIP

 

FIP

xERA

 

BABIP

LOB%

 

BR/9

H/9

HR/9

 

K/9

BB/9

K/BB

ARI

Juan Gutierrez

65

71.0

 

1.37

 

2.94

2.51

 

.316

69%

 

12.7

8.5

0.3

 

8.4

3.8

2.2

ARI

Jon Rauch

58

54.3

 

1.36

 

3.94

3.99

 

.294

71%

 

12.4

9.4

0.8

 

5.8

2.8

2.1

ARI

Chad Qualls

51

52.0

 

1.15

 

3.08

3.63

 

.304

71%

 

10.7

9.2

0.9

 

7.8

1.2

6.4

ARI

Clay Zavada

49

51.0

 

1.35

 

3.86

3.54

 

.292

77%

 

12.7

7.9

0.9

 

9.2

4.2

2.2

ARI

Leo Rosales

33

45.3

 

1.15

 

3.90

3.81

 

.254

62%

 

10.3

7.9

1.0

 

6.2

2.4

2.6

ATL

Javier Vazquez

32

219.3

1.03

2.71

2.96

.283

77%

9.4

7.4

0.8

9.8

1.8

5.4

ATL

Jair Jurrjens

34

215.0

1.21

3.62

3.14

.268

79%

11.1

7.8

0.6

6.4

3.1

2.0

ATL

Tommy Hanson

21

127.7

1.18

3.44

3.03

.275

80%

11.0

7.4

0.7

8.2

3.2

2.5

ATL

Rafael Soriano

77

75.7

1.06

2.48

2.39

.275

77%

9.6

6.3

0.7

12.1

3.2

3.8

ATL

Mike Gonzalez

80

74.3

1.20

3.46

2.98

.275

79%

11.6

6.8

0.8

10.9

4.0

2.7

ATL

Kris Medlen

37

67.7

1.40

3.29

3.25

.324

70%

12.9

8.6

0.7

9.6

4.0

2.4

ATL

Eric O'Flaherty

78

56.3

1.24

3.39

2.68

.292

72%

12.1

8.3

0.3

6.2

2.9

2.2

ATL

Tim Hudson

7

42.3

1.46

3.77

4.24

.338

80%

13.2

10.4

0.9

6.4

2.8

2.3

BAL

Jim Johnson

64

70.0

 

1.37

 

4.24

4.32

 

.300

76%

 

12.7

9.4

1.0

 

6.3

3.0

2.1

BAL

Koji Uehara

12

66.7

 

1.24

 

3.50

4.05

 

.302

68%

 

11.2

9.6

0.9

 

6.5

1.6

4.0

BAL

George Sherrill

42

41.3

 

1.14

 

3.18

2.86

 

.272

85%

 

10.7

7.4

0.7

 

8.5

2.8

3.0

BOS

Jon Lester

32

203.3

1.23

3.09

3.40

.313

77%

11.2

8.2

0.9

10.0

2.8

3.5

BOS

Justin Masterson

31

72.0

1.35

3.73

3.76

.314

70%

12.9

9.0

0.9

8.4

3.1

2.7

BOS

Jonathan Papelbon

66

68.0

1.15

2.99

2.71

.278

89%

10.9

7.1

0.7

10.1

3.2

3.2

BOS

Takashi Saito

56

55.7

1.35

4.19

3.79

.289

89%

12.9

8.1

1.0

8.4

4.0

2.1

BOS

Daniel Bard

49

49.3

1.28

3.32

3.24

.303

71%

12.0

7.5

0.9

11.5

4.0

2.9

CHA

Gavin Floyd

30

193.0

 

1.23

 

3.71

3.80

 

.284

70%

 

11.1

8.3

1.0

 

7.6

2.8

2.8

CHA

Jose Contreras

21

114.7

 

1.45

 

4.07

4.04

 

.304

57%

 

13.5

9.5

0.9

 

7.0

3.5

2.0

CHA

D.J. Carrasco

49

93.3

 

1.41

 

3.40

3.44

 

.319

72%

 

12.9

9.9

0.5

 

6.0

2.8

2.1

CHA

Matt Thornton

70

72.3

 

1.08

 

2.40

2.51

 

.298

79%

 

9.8

7.2

0.6

 

10.8

2.5

4.4

CHA

Octavio Dotel

62

62.3

 

1.44

 

3.83

3.71

 

.313

80%

 

13.0

7.8

1.0

 

10.8

5.2

2.1

CHA

Freddy Garcia

9

56.0

 

1.21

 

3.29

3.40

 

.295

66%

 

10.9

9.0

0.6

 

5.9

1.9

3.1

CHN

Ryan Dempster

31

200.0

 

1.31

 

3.81

3.97

 

.302

73%

 

12.0

8.8

1.0

 

7.7

2.9

2.6

CHN

Randy Wells

27

165.3

 

1.28

 

3.83

3.71

 

.288

76%

 

11.8

9.0

0.8

 

5.7

2.5

2.3

CIN

Nick Masset

74

76.0

 

1.03

 

3.17

2.71

 

.250

80%

 

9.2

6.4

0.7

 

8.3

2.8

2.9

CIN

Jared Burton

53

59.3

 

1.42

 

3.98

3.79

 

.298

72%

 

13.4

9.3

0.8

 

6.8

3.5

2.0

CIN

Arthur Rhodes

66

53.3

 

1.07

 

3.15

2.36

 

.238

78%

 

9.8

6.2

0.5

 

8.1

3.4

2.4

CLE

Cliff Lee

22

152.0

 

1.30

 

3.20

3.48

 

.318

79%

 

11.9

9.8

0.6

 

6.3

2.0

3.2

COL

Ubaldo Jimenez

33

218.0

 

1.23

 

3.30

2.78

 

.280

74%

 

11.5

7.6

0.5

 

8.2

3.5

2.3

COL

Jorge de la Rosa

33

185.0

 

1.38

 

3.85

3.79

 

.308

72%

 

12.8

8.4

1.0

 

9.4

4.0

2.3

COL

Jason Hammel

34

176.7

 

1.39

 

3.65

4.14

 

.326

70%

 

12.9

10.3

0.9

 

6.8

2.1

3.2

COL

Huston Street

64

61.7

 

0.91

 

2.88

3.00

 

.240

74%

 

8.2

6.3

1.0

 

10.2

1.9

5.4

DET

Justin Verlander

35

240.0

 

1.18

 

2.74

3.07

 

.319

73%

 

10.8

8.2

0.8

 

10.1

2.4

4.3

DET

Bobby Seay

67

48.7

 

1.29

 

3.55

3.15

 

.291

70%

 

12.2

8.5

0.6

 

6.8

3.1

2.2

FLA

Josh Johnson

33

209.0

 

1.16

 

3.00

2.89

 

.290

75%

 

10.7

7.9

0.6

 

8.2

2.5

3.3

FLA

Burke Badenhop

35

72.0

 

1.32

 

3.40

3.35

 

.306

72%

 

12.0

8.9

0.6

 

7.1

3.0

2.4

FLA

Kiko Calero

67

60.0

 

1.10

 

2.51

1.37

 

.254

82%

 

10.1

5.4

0.2

 

10.4

4.5

2.3

FLA

Brian Sanches

47

56.3

 

1.35

 

4.09

3.48

 

.281

85%

 

13.1

8.0

0.8

 

8.2

4.2

2.0

HOU

Wandy Rodriguez

33

205.7

 

1.24

 

3.48

3.63

 

.302

79%

 

11.4

8.4

0.9

 

8.4

2.8

3.1

HOU

Roy Oswalt

30

181.3

1.24

3.71

3.93

.298

73%

11.6

9.1

0.9

6.9

2.1

3.3

HOU

Jeff Fulchino

61

82.0

1.18

3.51

3.23

.276

74%

11.0

7.7

0.8

7.8

3.0

2.6

HOU

LaTroy Hawkins

65

63.3

1.20

3.91

3.94

.280

91%

11.1

8.5

1.0

6.4

2.3

2.8

HOU

Jose Valverde

52

54.0

1.13

3.45

3.00

.259

86%

10.5

6.7

0.8

9.3

3.5

2.7

HOU

Alberto Arias

42

45.7

 

1.49

 

3.26

2.77

 

.333

73%

 

14.6

9.6

0.2

 

7.7

3.7

2.1

KC

Zack Greinke

33

229.3

 

1.07