FACT/FLUKE: Grilli, Holliday, Simmons, Gee, Rosario

Grilli channels his inner Eck …In our pre-season look at Jason Grilli (RHP, PIT), we concluded by saying he had the skills for short-term success. But we never would have envisioned Vintage Eck Territory:

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  hr/9    G/L/F   hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ====  ========  ====  ===
2009   46  5.32  4.68  5.3   9.7  1.8   0.8  43/21/46    7%   42
2010   ---------------did not pitch, quad injury----------------
2011   33  2.48  3.29  4.1  10.2  2.5   0.6  45/22/33    7%   95
2012   59  2.91  2.88  3.4  13.8  4.1   1.1  31/24/45   12%  166
2013   37  1.72  2.24  1.7  14.5  8.4   0.2  31/23/46    3%  223

The term comes from Dennis Eckersley’s prime, in which he regularly registered a BPV...

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