frankiesfly
Rotational Player and Threatening Starter's Job
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Good pitchers use the whole strike zone. Just because he leaves some up doesn't mean that it's not intentional, especially when he has that kind of gas + control + repertoire. Same for the unhittable way-off-the-plate stuff...batters swing at those pitches for a reason.
Here are four stats:
1) He's fourth in the majors in K's.
2) He has better than a 3:1 K:BB ratio.
3) In his last six starts, he has an ERA of 1.29, and has dropped his overall ERA by about the same.
4) He's averaging just under 7 innings per start. No need to discuss the benefits to the bullpen, I hope.
Over the last month and a half, he's probably been the best pitcher in baseball. He's getting better and better, and this at the time when batters should have "figured him out" by now. We're at the freakin' All-Star break.
Hate him all you want, but it's entirely irrational.
I knew his stats and i think they just seem better on paper. When i watch him he just don't impresss me. Like i said he is hard to predict, and think thats his biggest strength. Pitchers have up and down months, lets see how he does this month.
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