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BABIP, Anyone?

Yes, it's that time again...let's see what BABIP can tell us this week.  Minimum 25 IP.  The following will see their WHIPs rise, all else being equal:

NAME	BABIP	K/BB	ISO	ERA	WHIP
Matt Palmer	0.182	1.60	0.084	3.38	0.98
Brian Tallet	0.213	1.48	0.225	4.68	1.28
Matt Garza	0.215	2.21	0.149	3.56	1.04
Jered Weaver	0.215	3.50	0.151	2.45	0.94
Edinson Volquez	0.217	1.54	0.149	4.40	1.30
Chris Volstad	0.226	2.06	0.162	2.98	1.13
Kevin Millwood	0.231	2.45	0.160	2.92	1.05
Randy Wolf	0.234	2.59	0.164	2.77	1.07
Yovani Gallardo	0.237	2.94	0.153	3.09	1.05
Johnny Cueto	0.238	2.77	0.120	1.93	1.01
John Maine	0.241	1.21	0.104	4.24	1.34
Ted Lilly	0.241	4.22	0.215	3.27	1.05
Brian Bannister	0.242	1.42	0.064	1.80	1.17
Dave Bush	0.244	3.60	0.205	3.83	1.04
Scott Feldman	0.245	1.60	0.133	4.85	1.21
Mark Buehrle	0.246	2.50	0.133	3.00	1.09
Dan Haren	0.246	6.22	0.084	2.09	0.86
Jair Jurrjens	0.248	1.41	0.116	2.06	1.17

You might consider shopping those above with a K/BB ratio under 2.0.  Now for those who should see their WHIPs go down:

NAME	BABIP	K/BB	ISO	ERA	WHIP
Jon Lester	0.396	3.77	0.196	6.31	1.57
Andy Sonnanstine	0.387	1.62	0.176	7.27	1.85
Josh Beckett	0.387	2.05	0.148	6.42	1.77
Ricky Nolasco	0.382	2.92	0.232	7.78	1.68
Todd Wellemeyer	0.377	1.71	0.169	5.80	1.74
Cole Hamels	0.373	4.43	0.233	5.04	1.45
Scott Olsen	0.371	1.63	0.252	7.00	1.86
Brad Bergesen	0.371	1.75	0.174	5.27	1.76
Kevin Slowey	0.370	6.75	0.209	4.91	1.54
Gavin Floyd	0.368	1.48	0.137	7.32	1.88
Carl Pavano	0.365	3.25	0.160	6.45	1.54
Joba Chamberlain	0.363	2.00	0.147	3.89	1.56
Tim Lincecum	0.361	4.46	0.096	3.25	1.20
Jason Hammel	0.356	2.00	0.196	4.62	1.70
Shane Loux	0.353	1.30	0.113	4.64	1.61
Justin Masterson	0.351	2.07	0.078	4.89	1.43

• Still digging Lester.  Go after him.  Offer a crappy closer or something.  His fastball is actually up a tick from last year.
• I don't know why Beckett's control has been lousy this year.  But he's interesting and still getting Ks.
• I fully support going after Nolasco.  If I owned him, I'd be getting frustrated.
• You know Slowey will eventually help your WHIP.  Never walks anyone.

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