2012 Fantasy Baseball Stats You Should Know: FIP and xFIP Edition

Zack Greinke, Milwaukee Brewers, Starting Pitcher

FIP and xFIP are simply a better way of analyzing what a pitcher actually controls than ERA and can actually be used as a tool to predict future success or lack thereof. Read that last sentence again and that’s the reason why fantasy GM’s should be interested in these metrics.

If you really think about it, what does ERA actually measure? Is it