FACTS/FLUKES: Maeda, Olson, C. Taylor, Berrios, M. Chapman
Jul 29 2018
Maeda the master? ... Despite a dud 2017 season that included a couple bullpen demotions, the Baseball Forecaster saw “valuable upside” in Kenta Maeda (RHP, LA) for 2018. He’s delivered with nearly 100 innings of a career-best 3.27 ERA; close to a full run better than 2017’s 4.22 mark. Which one should we believe in?
Year IP ERA xERA Ctl Dom Cmd GB/LD/FB H%/S% hr/f FpK SwK BPV ==== === ==== ==== === ==== === ======== ===== ==== === === === 2015# 176 4.32 4.37 3.2 8.7 2.7 N/A 28/73 N/A N/A N/A 65 2016 176 3.48 3.63 2.6 9.2 3.6 44/20/36 29/73 12% 61% 12% 118 2017 134 4.22 3.89 2.3 9.4 4.1 38/22/40 29/69 15% 64% 13% 123 2018 94 3.27 3.43 3.1 11.0 3.6 39/25/36...
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