FACTS/FLUKES: Harrison, Boesch, Escobar, Gentry, Cespedes
Aug 5 2012
Harrison offers stability... It wasn't so long ago that there were concerns that Matt Harrison (LHP, TEX) might never reach the point where he could command his pitches effectively enough to stick in the Texas rotation. Harrison has silenced those doubters in the past year and half by harnessing his stuff and posting strong numbers, to the point that he was named to the AL All-Star squad last month:
Year IP ERA xERA S% G/L/F Ctl Dom Cmd hr/f BPV ==== === ==== ==== === ======== === === === ==== === 2008 84 5.49 5.22 67% 40/24/36 3.3 4.5 1.4 11% 9 2009 63 6.11 4.92 64% 47/23/31 3.3 4.8 1.5 13% 24 2010 78 4.71 5.08 72% 47/21/33 4.5 5.3 1.2 12% -1 2011 186 3.39 3.86 ...
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