Age | Innings | ERA | WHIP | K/BB | HR/9 | Average Game Score | |
Pitcher A | 24 | 187 | 5.43 | 1.55 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 50 |
Pitcher B | 21 | 186 | 5.53 | 1.45 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 45 |
Pitcher C | 26 | 180 | 6.76 | 1.87 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 39 |
Pitcher D | 22 | 202 | 5.36 | 1.73 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 46 |
Pitcher E | 25 | 152 | 5.73 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 47 |
Pitcher F | 21 | 172 | 6.06 | 1.53 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 44 |
Pitcher G | 21 | 187 | 5.59 | 1.66 | 1.4 | 1 | 43 |
Pitcher A is Gio Gonzalez
Pitcher B is Jordan Lyles
Pitcher C is Colby Lewis
Pitcher D is Ryan Dempster
Pitcher E is Ted Lilly
Pitcher F is Javier Vazquez
Pitcher G is Greg Maddux
Between the comments and twitter replies, five people voted for Jordan Lyles and one person voted for Ted Lilly.
This was not to say that Lyles will be better than any of them, just to provide a little perspective to those questioning his development based on his results to this point.