IPS Correlates With Other Stats

On the heels of the Sox' kicking off the 2nd half of the season with a nice win last night, Fire Brand of the AL has an interesting post about the Sox starters. He takes a look at the innings pitched per start for each of the regular starters in comparison to the rest of MLB, and according to his metrics, Matsuzaka is the Sox' "true #1" with Beckett, Schill, and Wakefield ranking as "true #2" pitchers. He also finds that IPS correlates positively with other pitching stats - not too surprising, perhaps, but good stuff.