FACTS/FLUKES: Arrieta, Puig, Weaver, Nimmo, Duvall
Jun 2 2018
Has Arrieta regained ace status? … Jake Arrieta (RHP, PHI) rebounded from a disappointing first half of 2017 with a 2.26 ERA over 80 IP in the second half, and he has begun 2018 with a 2.16 ERA through 10 starts. Is he again worthy of the “ace” label?
Year IP ERA xERA Ctl Dom Cmd FpK SwK Vel GB/LD/FB H%/S% hr/f BPV ==== === ==== ==== === === === === === ==== ======== ===== ==== === 2014 157 2.53 2.79 2.4 9.6 4.1 59% 11% 93.5 49/22/28 28/74 4% 136 2015 229 1.77 2.62 1.9 9.3 4.9 60% 11% 94.6 56/21/23 25/81 8% 150 2016 197 3.10 3.60 3.5 8.7 2.5 59% 11% 93.7 53/20/28 25/74 11% 93 2017 168 3.53 4.03 2.9 8.7 3.0 58% 9% 92.1 45/21/34 29/76 14% ...
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