Show Him Some Respect, The Chris Capuano Story

Next up on my look at the most similar pitchers to Dodger pitchers is Chris Capuano.  Capuano had a very good season for the Dodgers last year, though he did teeter out towards the latter part of the season.  Still, his peripherals were quite good and his good skills show up in this list of top notch pitchers in his list of comparables.

Just like Josh Beckett, Capuano's top four comparables are all the same.  In fact, Josh Beckett is Capuano's number five top comparable.  Beckett and Capuano both add solid depth to the Dodgers pitching staff.

Top 50 Similar Starting Pitchers

Rank	Name	K/9	BB/9	GB/FB
NA	Chris Capuano	7.65	2.48	1.04
1	Jered Weaver	7.13	2.15	0.76
2	Ryan Vogelsong	7.33	3.02	1.21
3	Ian Kennedy	8.06	2.32	0.92
4	Matt Cain	7.68	2.27	0.96
5	Josh Beckett	7.46	2.62	1.08
6	Jordan Zimmermann	7.01	1.90	1.16
7	R.A. Dickey	7.82	2.18	1.43
8	Ervin Santana	6.85	2.98	1.15
9	Mat Latos	8.18	2.80	1.18
10	Daniel Hudson	6.99	2.12	1.06
11	Shaun Marcum	7.51	2.77	0.86
12	Alexi Ogando	6.66	2.25	0.95
13	Freddy Garcia	6.75	2.95	1.02
14	Anibal Sanchez	8.29	2.49	1.37
15	Philip Humber	6.85	3.02	1.07
16	Javier Vazquez	7.59	2.34	0.74
17	Edwin Jackson	7.50	2.78	1.35
18	Derek Holland	7.52	2.80	1.18
19	Ted Lilly	6.92	2.73	0.82
20	Jeff Niemann	7.33	2.59	1.44
21	Mike Minor	7.53	2.92	0.86
22	Gavin Floyd	7.45	2.86	1.29
23	Homer Bailey	7.26	2.25	1.20
24	Ryan Dempster	8.18	3.10	1.23
25	Jake Peavy	7.84	2.01	0.86
26	Carlos Villanueva	7.37	2.29	0.75
27	Phil Hughes	7.39	2.30	0.69
28	Wei-Yin Chen	7.21	2.67	0.88
29	Jarrod Parker	6.87	3.11	1.44
30	Josh Johnson	7.87	3.05	1.52
31	Clayton Kershaw	9.26	2.34	1.27
32	Johnny Cueto	6.73	2.24	1.70
33	Roy Halladay	8.03	1.73	1.51
34	Cliff Lee	8.99	1.37	1.29
35	Justin Verlander	9.01	2.18	1.09
36	Cole Hamels	8.71	2.06	1.36
37	James Shields	8.55	2.32	1.59
38	Doug Fister	6.96	1.84	1.70
39	C.J. Wilson	7.95	3.63	1.63
40	Jeremy Hellickson	6.02	3.17	0.97
41	CC Sabathia	8.81	2.12	1.56
42	Vance Worley	7.51	3.10	1.35
43	Hiroki Kuroda	6.97	2.13	1.56
44	Kyle Kendrick	6.17	2.27	1.32
45	Dan Haren	7.25	1.63	1.05
46	Madison Bumgarner	8.32	2.09	1.41
47	Ross Detwiler	5.57	2.68	1.59
48	Matt Garza	8.68	2.83	1.42
49	Brandon McCarthy	6.20	1.65	1.29
50	Kyle Lohse	5.82	1.76	1.13

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