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Today’s question comes to us from Matthew Murphy’s article entitled “Teams Capitalize on Antiquated Arbitration System.” In it, Matthew deploys that old standby, the blind player comparison. Here is the comparison table:

Blind RP Comparison, Career Stats, First Time Arbitration Eligible
Player IP K ERA FIP WAR Arb. Salary ($M)
Player A 231.1 315 2.76 3.44 2.1 $3.80
Player B 277.0 309 2.96 3.91 3.0 $1.65
Player C 202.0 270 3.03 2.88 4.2 $1.60

So, the question before you today then, dear reader, is this:

Can you name all three players in the blind comparison?

Good luck! And to our stateside readers, Happy Thanksgiving!

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40/40club
11 years ago

Clippard, David Robertson & Ernesto Frieri

40/40club
11 years ago
Reply to  40/40club

(Tyler Clippard to clarify)

40/40club
11 years ago
Reply to  40/40club

Frieri is A
Clippard B
Robertson is C

40/40club
11 years ago
Reply to  Paul Swydan

Thanks. And what’s the online version of a bat flip, because that’s what I feel like doing right now!

Walter
11 years ago
Reply to  Paul Swydan

Er, none of these guys went to arbitration?

Vlad Pipes
11 years ago

David Robertson, Ernesto Frieri, Bobby Parnell

ceelanks
11 years ago

A) Ernesto Frieri, B) Tyler Clippard, C) David Robertson

GMH
11 years ago

Player A: Ernesto Frieri
Player B: Tyler Clippard
Player C: David Robertson

Hrkac Circus
11 years ago

A – Ernesto Frieri
B – Tyler Clippard
C – David Robertson

Hrkac Circus
11 years ago
Reply to  Hrkac Circus

Dang, I’m way too late.

William WallaceMember since 2017
11 years ago

A-Tyler Clippard
B-JP Howell
C-Jake McGee

Los
11 years ago

Cishek, Blevins, Stauffer

Biltmore
11 years ago

Mariano Rivera (A), Robb Nen (B), Kyle Farnsworth (C)

los
11 years ago

C-Thatcher
A- Frieri
Joe Smith

Crash37Member since 2016
11 years ago

Several posters give answers well after the original correct answers and STILL get it wrong. I thought this website had smarter readers than this.

Paul Kasiński
11 years ago
Reply to  Crash37

Maybe they weren’t looking at other people’s answers because they wanted to do it honestly…