Old IPP's: 2014's look at what 2013 looked like from 2012

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IPP's are more fun with hindsight:

Johan Santana

Ike Davis

Marlon Byrd

Lucas Duda

Travis d'Arnaud

Matt Harvey

Ruben Tejada

David Wright

Colin Cowgill

Jordany Valdespin

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Daniel Murphy

Jonathon Niese

Bobby Parnell

Dillon Gee

John Buck

Mike Baxter

[Edgy MD]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr, with regards to John Buck wrote: I have a weird feeling he goes on a Throbby early-season run, keeping d'Arnaud down for a little longer than the Mets may have planned... then, y'know, he starts feeling gravity's pull. 305 PAs, .235/.280/.429, 13 HR, 37 RBI, 30 R, 27 XBH

[Zvon]

I was one optimistic motherfucker. Ike 33 kaBOOMs, Tejada, .308? There is such a thin line between optimism and crazy talk.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

My shape-of-season thing for Buck looked pretty good... but JCL's rate stats were close to dead-on. And MFS, Namor, and a couple of others were rightly rose-tinted on young Mr. Dark Knight of Gotham.

If we're self-fellating, though, I think I prefer this one:

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Trachsel in a good year, only slightly less excruciating to watch. 180 IP, 8-9, 4.04 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 144 K, 7.2 K/9, 2.8 BB/9

Actuals: 199 IP, 12-11, 3.62 ERA (dead-on until the last month), 1.28 WHIP, 142 K, 6.4 K/9, 2.1 BB/9