Message #2 by Rob Reed @ May 3, 2010, 07:57pm my thinking the guy was pretty bad in brief stints in the majors... so he headed to Japan, where he was a stud... I'm not sold just yet. Personally, I think he learned quite a bit in Japan, but I see his long term value as a set-up man. In Japan, he struck out just over a guy per inning, which (as you can see in 2007) was a nice improvement from 2007. I'm thinking he is at the phase where the scouting reports are slim on him (and outdated, without the new stuff he learned in Japan). Once the scouting reports are more concise, expect big time regression - especially in Texas.

Message #1 by Brian Ramos @ May 3, 2010, 08:04am Looks awesome! Hey Rob, What do you think about Lewis? Hitters ballpark, especially during the summer, but he has been awesome and at a bottom of the barrel price. He has a great lineup to support good win totals, his FIP is right in line with his ERA, has a close to league avg strand rate and awesome K rate. The BABIP is a bit low, but is not outrageous like some other pitchers (i.e. P. Hughes!). Thanks! Brian

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PLAYERtrack player stats & ranks
        for Colby Lewis

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2010 26 26 167.0 9 11 0 0 3.56 17 1.19 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 163 8.78 146 .276 3.52 75% 16 2010 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 35 G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2007 26 1 37.2 0 2 0 3 6.45 7 1.54 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 23 5.410 44 .291 5.51 64% Did not pitch 50+ innings so not ranked G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2006 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 3.00 1 3.00 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 5 15.0 8 .636 5.20 100% Did not pitch 50+ innings so not ranked The PLAYERtrack rankings, above, are under standard 5x5 format (ERA, K, W, SV, WHIP), minimum of 50 innings pitched; players are ranked versus all AL/NL pitchers