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#36048	06/23/2016 10:57:28 pm		Ignore
Garnash1970 Joined: 08/07/2014 Posts: 199 Inactive	So I understand what fip is; my question is when you examine fip vs. era, does a consistently higher fip than era indicate an excellent defense? On my squad each individual pitcher (except one) has a (much) higher fip than era. My defense had a high number of errors, but I had the fewest bases stolen against, best caught stealing percentage, most dp and most oa. Just idle thoughts, opinions, please?
#36049	06/24/2016 12:21:05 am		Ignore
Endrju Joined: 05/28/2015 Posts: 577 Inactive	does a consistently higher fip than era indicate an excellent defense? Yes, that's the idea of FIP. It's meant to show only your pitchers' performance.

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