lowest fip pitchers since 2017 with at least 1000 innings

Since 2017, Chris Sale has the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 1000 innings, with a FIP of 2.61.

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	NAME	FIP	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.61	1136.2	192	85	47	.644	191	2.90	1,535	3	2	0	899	366	396	110	258	82	0	1	4,573	19	12.15	2.04	5.95	0.87	33.6	5.6	1.02	.305	3.14	65	62	7.12	205
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.69	1223.0	203	77	54	.588	203	2.72	1,560	3	1	0	904	370	397	128	274	21	0	12	4,793	24	11.48	2.02	5.69	0.94	32.5	5.7	0.96	.276	2.92	68	64	6.65	203.4
3	Logan Webb L. Webb	3.07	1223.0	207	77	60	.562	204	3.50	1,128	4	2	0	1,167	476	520	87	291	47	0	4	5,018	23	8.30	2.14	3.88	0.64	22.5	5.8	1.19	.312	3.83	86	76	8.59	134
4	Max Fried M. Fried	3.19	1192.1	220	97	46	.678	203	3.01	1,156	6	4	0	1,026	399	440	94	330	47	10	6	4,849	49	8.73	2.49	3.50	0.71	23.8	6.8	1.14	.289	3.32	71	76	7.74	130.8
5	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.20	1599.0	261	108	64	.628	261	3.22	1,737	4	2	0	1,336	572	611	162	412	65	0	9	6,483	28	9.78	2.32	4.22	0.91	26.8	6.4	1.09	.286	3.44	77	75	7.52	183.8
6	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.24	1111.2	212	79	55	.590	212	3.07	1,397	1	1	0	829	379	406	106	486	12	0	6	4,563	81	11.31	3.93	2.87	0.86	30.6	10.7	1.18	.282	3.29	75	77	6.71	116.5
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.28	1344.1	226	98	57	.632	226	3.17	1,669	6	1	0	1,042	473	496	178	334	61	0	9	5,385	26	11.17	2.24	5.00	1.19	31.0	6.2	1.02	.275	3.32	76	77	6.98	145.8
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.29	1501.2	245	116	59	.663	245	3.19	1,844	7	5	0	1,192	533	563	203	377	35	0	2	6,002	33	11.05	2.26	4.89	1.22	30.7	6.3	1.04	.279	3.37	77	77	7.14	165.3
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3.33	1095.1	190	97	36	.729	188	2.80	1,134	1	0	0	898	341	376	130	236	17	0	1	4,356	41	9.32	1.94	4.81	1.07	26.0	5.4	1.04	.271	3.09	68	78	7.38	111.6
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.46	1237.2	205	93	53	.637	205	3.07	1,363	3	2	0	985	422	454	157	308	41	0	5	4,982	27	9.91	2.24	4.43	1.14	27.4	6.2	1.04	.266	3.30	73	82	7.16	106
11	Sonny Gray S. Gray	3.46	1479.0	270	105	76	.580	263	3.55	1,561	2	1	0	1,286	583	631	154	472	51	2	3	6,127	62	9.50	2.87	3.31	0.94	25.5	7.7	1.19	.291	3.84	83	82	7.83	129
12	Dylan Cease D. Cease	3.51	1184.1	217	76	64	.543	217	3.67	1,470	4	4	0	962	483	536	132	508	38	0	9	4,989	60	11.17	3.86	2.89	1.00	29.5	10.2	1.24	.292	4.07	88	82	7.31	97.9
13	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	3.52	1635.2	298	98	94	.510	282	3.85	1,724	3	2	0	1,560	699	752	199	455	31	7	8	6,832	38	9.49	2.50	3.79	1.09	25.2	6.7	1.23	.308	4.14	92	83	8.58	129.4
14	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	3.59	1017.1	177	58	47	.552	177	3.62	1,081	2	1	0	856	409	429	140	229	32	0	8	4,114	46	9.56	2.03	4.72	1.24	26.3	5.6	1.07	.272	3.80	93	90	7.57	45.2
15	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	3.59	1254.2	219	91	64	.587	197	3.46	1,188	9	3	0	1,082	482	531	103	456	72	7	1	5,241	66	8.52	3.27	2.61	0.74	22.7	8.7	1.23	.286	3.81	84	86	7.76	79.4
16	Aaron Nola A. Nola	3.65	1702.1	285	104	90	.536	285	3.86	1,864	6	4	0	1,509	731	763	233	460	50	0	14	6,982	18	9.85	2.43	4.05	1.23	26.7	6.6	1.16	.292	4.03	91	84	7.98	124.3
17	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	3.74	1109.0	209	75	48	.610	193	3.72	1,092	5	3	0	1,021	458	489	146	262	48	3	4	4,562	36	8.86	2.13	4.17	1.18	23.9	5.7	1.16	.290	3.97	87	89	8.29	58.8
18	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	3.75	1100.0	243	80	53	.602	194	3.71	1,309	1	0	1	855	454	483	141	423	56	6	3	4,583	38	10.71	3.46	3.09	1.15	28.6	9.2	1.16	.269	3.95	89	89	7.00	54.6
19	Charlie Morton C. Morton	3.76	1374.2	254	101	63	.616	248	3.86	1,566	0	0	0	1,193	590	631	155	522	124	1	7	5,827	32	10.25	3.42	3.00	1.01	26.9	9.0	1.25	.300	4.13	92	90	7.81	65.5
20	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	3.77	1062.0	193	82	59	.582	191	3.60	1,193	2	1	0	830	425	459	132	390	53	0	2	4,396	50	10.11	3.31	3.06	1.12	27.1	8.9	1.15	.266	3.89	87	89	7.03	55.4
21	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.81	1136.0	196	70	56	.556	192	3.64	958	2	0	0	1,074	459	489	149	213	20	0	5	4,598	33	7.59	1.69	4.50	1.18	20.8	4.6	1.13	.284	3.87	84	91	8.51	51.5
22	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	3.81	1112.2	198	69	60	.535	196	3.82	1,124	2	2	0	971	472	503	136	359	40	2	4	4,614	34	9.09	2.90	3.13	1.10	24.4	7.8	1.20	.283	4.07	90	93	7.85	35.6
23	Luis Severino L. Severino	3.82	1001.1	180	67	50	.573	175	3.86	1,016	2	2	0	905	430	473	125	309	51	1	2	4,192	25	9.13	2.78	3.29	1.12	24.2	7.4	1.21	.290	4.25	92	90	8.13	51.1
24	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	3.83	1132.1	197	69	63	.523	197	3.85	1,263	0	0	0	945	485	502	166	314	60	0	4	4,627	48	10.04	2.50	4.02	1.32	27.3	6.8	1.11	.276	3.99	93	91	7.51	51.1
25	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	3.83	1541.1	272	87	95	.478	266	3.75	1,605	1	0	0	1,359	642	703	199	497	55	4	10	6,416	21	9.37	2.90	3.23	1.16	25.0	7.7	1.20	.286	4.10	91	91	7.94	62.9

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	98	63	.609
Yankees	93	68	.578	5.0
Red Sox	87	74	.540	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	19.0
Blue Jays	78	83	.484	20.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/27	CHC	@	BOS	3:05 PM
Tue 9/29	BOS	@	NYY	4:00 AM
Wed 9/30	BOS	@	NYY	4:00 AM
Thu 10/1	BOS	@	NYY	4:00 AM

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Final

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1.95

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Sale

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0.80

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5.88

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Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
Mets	74	87	.460	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	102	59	.634
Cubs - w	88	73	.547	14.0
Pirates	81	80	.503	21.0
Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
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Since 2017, Chris Sale has the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 1000 innings, with a FIP of 2.61.

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