I seem to recall he lowered his hands later in his career. His hands were still high, just not as pronounced. But he NEV ER had a hitch and a bailout...
In the last 50 years, the greatest difference from ERA to FIP is Jim Palmer's 0.64, and only Charlie Hough is over .50, everyone else is within .50....
Some of it is for sure. I bet Wainwright gives up harder hits than Kershaw. Hell, last week I saw Murphy and Wright tattooing Wainwright's fastball,...