F/F SPOTLIGHT: Mike Leake
Jul 18 2014
Mike Leake (RHP, CIN) is a prototypical low-ceiling/high-floor pitcher. His 2014 season to date has been much like his previous years, except for one area where he is having a career-best season. Leake has had 10 or more wins twice in a season, a sub-1.25 WHIP twice, and a sub-3.50 ERA once. One thing Leake had never done was end a season with a Dom over 6.5.
That may change in 2014.
Setting the Stage
Mike Leake was the 8th overall pick of the 2009 draft out of Arizona State University. From that draft class, only Stephen Strasburg has achieved more at the major league level in terms of Wins Above Replacement than Leake. That said, Leake's career has been rather boring. His 2014 Baseball Forecaster player capsule painted a very...
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