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WAR is based on FIP.
I'm kind of having second thoughts on Lewis though after watching him pitch today. He had nerves in the 1st, but afterwords showed great fastball command.
His fastball lacks run as someone pointed out in the original Colby Lewis thread, but with good rise. He actually managed 8 swinging strikes, six of those were on fastballs. It just goes to show the effectiveness of a located 90mph fastball, but his changeups/sliders weren't very impressive and he barely threw his curve (IMO his best offspeed pitch from what little NPB video I saw).
The grade is incomplete. This style of pitcher is going have to stay fresh throughout the season to stay effective since he relies on crisp fastball command and without 5 days rest he could crash and burn in the 2nd half of the season..I need to see another start to see if hes going to start showing an above-average slider and curve.