This article references Carlos Carrasco, Clayton Kershaw, Danny Salazar, James Shields, Johnny Cueto, Matt Cain, Max Scherzer and more! As Opening Day rapidly approaches, we close the preseason version of Champ or Chump by looking at a trio of pitchers. Pitchers have a unique set of data points to consider. Stats like BABIP and SwStr% continue to matter, but we want our pitchers to have low BABIPs and high whiff rates whereas with hitters it's the opposite. Pitchers have their own luck-driven stat in strand rate (LOB%), and ERA estimators such as FIP that have proven more predictive of future performance than ERA alone. PITCH[...]Keep on reading: Preseason Champ or Chump: Starting Pitchers