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Not to split hairs, but halves of 1.8 and 5 would be an ERA around 3.4 not 3.07 on the season if the pitcher threw a similar number of innings pitched in each half. Since there are normally more games before the break than after and pitchers generally throw fewer innings if they're struggling, I'm thinking it had to be more like 4.5 or 4 in the second half if it was under 2 in the first half.

Not to prove you wrong, but Haeger threw 111 innings before the All-star break and 59 after in Charlotte. If we assume his sub 2 ERA (1.8 is either 22 or 23 earned runs) in the first half, what would his ERA in the second half have to be to finish the season with a 3.07 ERA? By my calculations that would have to be [(58-23or22)/59*9] or 5.34-5.49.

 

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