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Junior7188
Jose Contreras should go to the redsox 😉
slashieboy .
He is another of hundreds of AL-pitchers that was done and looking at retirement then was “sent down” to the NL was okey again for a couple of years. NL is the safety-net for pitchers.
Rally Weimaraner
The change in his stats had a lot more with converting from a starter to a reliever than it did with being in the NL v AL. AL 173 GS over 7 years, NL 2 GS over 5 years.
Metsfan93
Hundreds of AL pitchers? Hundreds? Is there even a legitimate sample of 100 pitchers in the interleague era with sufficient time in both leagues to perform a study on, much less reach a conclusion on? There are plenty of examples of pitchers dominating both, and even some examples of being better in the AL than NL or struggling in the NL. Struggling in both even happens when, yknow, the pitcher isn’t good. Sometimes the lack of a DH does help revive a career or at least give them confidence, but the overall difference in AL vs. NL hitting and league ERAs really isn’t much. In fact, since the Yankees’ dynasty ended, WS play has been even-ish (13 seasons, 7 WS wins for NL, 6 for AL) despite Boston winning 3 in that span. A.J. Burnett’s revival is also somewhat superficial since overall offensive levels have been steadily decreasing.
Chien-Ming Wang, Johan Santana, Matt Garza, Josh Beckett (to an extent), Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Pedro Martinez, and Derek Lowe highlight my impromptu list of pitchers superior in the AL than NL. That’s a list with 5 AL Cy Youngs on it and a single NL Cy Young, a guy who just scored a 4/50 deal despite struggling with health and effectiveness in the NL, a man who was dominant out of the ‘pen and as a starter before becoming simply an NL workhorse, a guy who flamed out in the NL, someone who began with a dominant postseason before becoming mediocre, then throwing together some amazing seasons in Boston, and, of course, the quintessential AL-to-NL example: Zito.
daveineg
In the case of Contreras, the sample size is way too small to draw such a conclusion. He had one ok year out of the pen in the NL. That was 4 years ago.
Of course not facing DH’s has some impact on pitchers and AL teams have always had edge on NL in games with DH because NL teams are not built to carry an extra over the hill hitter that can’t play any defense.
Aramis Ramirez' Basement
Tens of millions of dollars for a 4+ career ERA. Dang.
jarek redman 3
I’ll be honest, I thought Contreras died of old age like 5 years ago. He still pitches?
juanc-2
42 is his Cuban age. He has to really be at least 74.
Nunya Bizniz
Contreras could possibly get the pitcher’s job at the All Star Softball game since Rollie Fingers retired.
Josh Jones
he is pitching in the triple-A mexican league