RELIEVERS: What spring stats can tell us
Mar 26 2013
This week's column looks at what spring training can tell us about relief pitchers. Relievers so far have around 10-15 innings in games. Clearly there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes as well and a lot of the evaluation happens against scrubs and minor leaguers, so reliance on the results can be quite a bit uneven. So what can we learn?
Let's look at some players, starting with Raul Valdes (LHP, PHI):
IP H Cmd HR WHIP Opp.BA
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R.Valdes (PHI) 14.1 13 17/1 5 0.98 .232Valdes is pitching regularly, so we learn that his knee surgery in the off-season went well and that it is not a problem for him pitching in March. We learn that his mechanics are...
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