Fernandez's arsenal and veteran-like command suggests not even the Marlins can prevent him from quickly becoming a winning pitcher.

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In 2012 the Giants lost a superstar outfielder to performance-enhancing drug violations (Melky Cabrera), lost a star relief pitcher (Brian Wilson) to season-ending surgery, and lost their Cy Young award-winning starting pitcher (Lincecum), to what seems like the pressures born of a gargantuan contract.

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Cy Young award-winning Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay routinely does a 90-minute workout before practices.

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Despite yet another catastrophic season, Dickey has risen to the heights of professional achievement as a baseball pitcher, with a 20 winning game season, and has done it in a manner displaying leadership skills that we can all take lessons from.

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Half an hour later, room service arrived with still and sparkling Voss--"just in case you don't like that kind, " said its bearer, winning me over with his wide grin as he motioned toward the pitcher of cucumber-mint water on the table.

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And to play fair, pitchers' winning percentages were measured against those of the teams they pitched for (so a pitcher going 20-10 for a .500 team scores higher than one who goes 20-10 for a 100-win team).

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On Tuesday, Hernandez had an emotional reunion with his brother Livan, a fellow pitcher, who last season was the most valued player for the World Series winning team, the Florida Marlins.

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Under our methodology, a pitcher earned points each season based primarily (90%) on three major categories: winning percentage relative to his team's (33%), earned-run average relative to the league (33%) and innings pitched relative to the league (24%).

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