{"id":7074,"date":"2014-07-31T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T18:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com.\/?p=7074"},"modified":"2014-09-24T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T13:03:26","slug":"whats-eating-stephen-strasburg-some-stats-and-some-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=7074","title":{"rendered":"What’s eating Stephen Strasburg? Some stats and some thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Strasburg’s having a weird season. Photo unk via thewifehatessports.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Knee-jerk question: who is the best starter on the Washington Nationals? \u00a0Who do you call the team’s “Ace?”<\/p>\n

For years its been\u00a0Stephen Strasburg<\/strong>, even when\u00a0Gio Gonzalez<\/strong> and\u00a0Jordan Zimmermann<\/strong> were getting Cy Young votes (Gio 3rd place in 2012 and Jordan 7th place in 2013). \u00a0Its been Strasburg even when Zimmermann makes two consecutive all-star teams and the team acquires\u00a0Doug Fister<\/strong>, who is 13th in the majors in accumulated fWAR<\/a> over the past four seasons. \u00a0Its still Strasburg despite the fact that\u00a0#5 starter (and someone who people in this space argued rather vociferously for “stashing” in AAA this year in lieu of other pitchers)\u00a0Tanner Roark<\/strong> leads the team in victories right now.<\/p>\n

(all stats on\u00a0baseball-reference.com<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0fangraphs.com<\/a>\u00a0as of 7\/31\/14).<\/p>\n

But this year, something is amiss with Strasburg. \u00a0He’s having a complete jeckyl-and-hyde season in many ways. \u00a0To wit;<\/p>\n