[Spaeder] All Taijuan Walker does is win ballgames. The #Phillies are 24-10 in his starts since signing him, a lowly 114-win pace. He has a 18-6 record in those games, good for an all-time franchise best .750 winning percentage. Whatever you do, don’t let @JackFritzWIP see this.

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1. I feel so conflicted about this

2. Seems to me like he’s actually lost 6 games.

3. 18-6 record with 13 of 34 Quality Starts.

4. A win is a win. He’s not going to be in the playoff rotation so if he keeps winning, I’ll keep being happy.

5. Boy, now that the Phillies look like they’re going to have a good regular season we are going to get all kinds of stupid opinions from people who don’t know what they’re talking about, aren’t we?

6. While pitcher wins are quite possibly the absolute worst and most ancient stat that used to mean something, Taijuan has been decent- at least way better than the bum that this sub makes him out to be.

7. I thought we as a society realized pitcher wins/loses are not reflective of the pitcher anymore.

   Taijuan Walker is an average pitcher. Last year he had an ERA- of 100, a FIP- of 101, and had such bad control down the stretch he couldn’t be used in the playoffs.

   He isn’t the worst pitcher, but he isn’t the best. He is average, which for a guy you are paying $18M to is frustrating. But last year he made $19.7M in value according to FanGraphs. He is the definition of fine.

8. u/JackFritzWIP

9. Our batters when Nola/Wheeler pitch: I sleep

   Our batters when Taijuan pitches: real shit!?