It’s the All-Star break, so any good MLB blog has to have at least one article handing out grades for the most arbitrary cut-off point in sports, right?
To avoid this being too predictable, however, we’re going to put a slight twist on this exercise. When we hand out a first half grade, we will ignore entirely any role luck might have played in favor of looking at results. DRB had a bit of debate about this topic in regards to Blake Snell’s (one-time) All-Star snub, and in this article looking back at the first half, ERA will matter far more than FIP.