[duncan_idaho]

Here's how much I hate Ws as a stat...

I think Quality Starts is about the dumbest statistical invention in baseball, especially considering it is a new stat and makes no adjustment for year-to-year trends (i.e., it would be much better if the pitcher had to have an ERA for the game equal to or lower than the league average ERA for that year to count it as a quality start).

And I would still place more value in it over Ws.

Something I'd add...

George, you're too much of a baseball fan to limit yourself to a 1980s way of thinking about it. Statistics don't replace everything, but they can add a lot of targeted insight to your enjoyment of the game.