redline248 said:
Y'all will have to carry the game for me a little while. Son has a tball game at 7:15. Hoping to enjoy 2 dubs, today!
Farmer1906 said:
Can we talk about how filthy Javier has been in his first 2 starts. Again, just 2 starts so don't go nuts, but there is a lot to like.
Here are the #s
8.2 IP
2.08 ERA
0.92 WHIP
5.71 xERA (when there has been contact, its been hit hard)
1.72 FIP
3.33 xFIP
31.4% K%
5.7% BB%
25.7% K-BB%
The biggest improvement so far is a significant jump to strikeouts with a solid reduction in walks. His K-BB% is up over 9 points. Its not Bieber, deGrom level, but its similar to what Yu, Cole, Nola were last year. I think this is mostly attributed to ditching his worst pitch (changeup), adding a curveball, and getting better results on his slider. He's also adding some velo.
Now for the bad. He's getting hit less, but when he does, he's not getting much soft contact. Based on Fangraphs his hard hit% jumped from 28.6 to 38.1, statcast has it worse 29.3 to 47.6. The main reason this hasn't lead to damage yet is that his flyball % has dropped significantly. He's been barrelled twice and it resulted in a flyout and a triple, no HRs.
The Sun said:redline248 said:
Y'all will have to carry the game for me a little while. Son has a tball game at 7:15. Hoping to enjoy 2 dubs, today!
Same boat...630 and 815. Son is SP game 1.
Marvin said:
Found bearkat's Christmas present on sale rack at MMP.
cap-n-jack said:
Ump rings him up on 1-1
Pitch was so pretty it deserved a ring em up callcap-n-jack said:
Ump rings him up on 1-1
Farmer1906 said:
LMJ looks on tonight.