Chad Billingsley, Handle With Care

Of the six Dodgers starting pitchers I have looked at so far, Billingsley probably has the fourth best set of comparables.  Falling behind Kershaw, Beckett and Capuano and ahead of Harang and probably Lilly.  Billingsley's strikeout rate is right up there with Beckett and Capuano but he walks quite a few more hitters.  Billingsley does however induce the most groundballs of any Dodgers starting pitcher which is a good thing.

Top 50 Most Similar Starting Pitchers

Rank	Name	K/9	BB/9	GB/FB
NA	Chad Billingsley	7.53	3.28	1.36
1	Jarrod Parker	6.87	3.11	1.44
2	Josh Johnson	7.87	3.05	1.52
3	Ryan Vogelsong	7.33	3.02	1.21
4	C.J. Wilson	7.95	3.63	1.63
5	Vance Worley	7.51	3.10	1.35
6	Matt Garza	8.68	2.83	1.42
7	Ervin Santana	6.85	2.98	1.15
8	Mat Latos	8.18	2.80	1.18
9	Jon Lester	7.74	3.18	1.63
10	Clay Buchholz	6.23	3.12	1.42
11	Wandy Rodriguez	6.67	2.73	1.44
12	Erik Bedard	8.57	3.77	1.23
13	Ivan Nova	7.10	3.02	1.55
14	Philip Humber	6.85	3.02	1.07
15	Edwin Jackson	7.50	2.78	1.35
16	Derek Holland	7.52	2.80	1.18
17	Jeff Niemann	7.33	2.59	1.44
18	Dillon Gee	7.23	3.10	1.57
19	John Danks	6.43	2.93	1.17
20	Gavin Floyd	7.45	2.86	1.29
21	Chris Narveson	6.88	3.67	1.17
22	Luke Hochevar	6.54	2.91	1.35
23	Ryan Dempster	8.18	3.10	1.23
24	Jason Hammel	6.92	3.41	1.58
25	Jake Arrieta	7.55	3.46	1.26
26	Matt Moore	9.07	4.08	0.87
27	Luis Mendoza	5.78	2.97	1.83
28	Clayton Kershaw	9.26	2.34	1.27
29	Johnny Cueto	6.73	2.24	1.70
30	Roy Halladay	8.03	1.73	1.51
31	Justin Verlander	9.01	2.18	1.09
32	Jered Weaver	7.13	2.15	0.76
33	Tim Lincecum	9.17	4.03	1.49
34	Cole Hamels	8.71	2.06	1.36
35	James Shields	8.55	2.32	1.59
36	Doug Fister	6.96	1.84	1.70
37	Ian Kennedy	8.06	2.32	0.92
38	Matt Cain	7.68	2.27	0.96
39	Josh Beckett	7.46	2.62	1.08
40	Ricky Romero	6.57	4.36	1.91
41	Jeremy Hellickson	6.02	3.17	0.97
42	CC Sabathia	8.81	2.12	1.56
43	Hiroki Kuroda	6.97	2.13	1.56
44	Nathan Eovaldi	5.97	3.72	1.40
45	Gio Gonzalez	9.14	3.67	1.52
46	Kyle Kendrick	6.17	2.27	1.32
47	Jordan Zimmermann	7.01	1.90	1.16
48	Madison Bumgarner	8.32	2.09	1.41
49	Ross Detwiler	5.57	2.68	1.59
50	Justin Masterson	6.80	3.39	2.16

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Clayton Kershaw
Josh Beckett
Chris Capuano
Aaron Harang
Ted Lilly