FACTS/FLUKES: Papelbon, Rosenthal, Young Jr., Eovaldi, Gregorius
Jul 22 2013
Hit rate masking Papelbon’s skills drop …Though he hit a rough stretch with a couple blown saves in late June, Jonathan Papelbon (RHP, PHI) has recovered since and his year-to-date numbers surface numbers look perfectly acceptable (20 saves, sub-2.50 ERA):
Year IP ERA xERA Ctl Dom Cmd hr/9 h% G/L/F hr/f BPV ==== === ==== ==== === ==== === ==== == ======== ==== === 2009 68 1.85 4.04 3.2 10.1 3.2 0.7 30% 27/21/52 5% 100 2010 67 3.90 3.73 3.8 10.2 2.7 0.9 31% 38/18/44 9% 98 2011 64 2.94 2.37 1.4 12.2 8.7 0.4 33% 38/21/41 5% 197 2012 53 2.70 2.82 2.2 11.1 5.1 0.8 31% 43/18/39 10% 162 2013 40 2.27 3.53 1.4 7.9 5.8 0.9 25% 38/14/48 8% ...
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