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Don't be fooled by Broxton blowup
May 14, 2008 - Troy Martell
Given the opportunity to close due to the illness of Takashi Saito (RHP, LAD), Jonathan Broxton (RHP, LAD) endured a brutal outing on Sunday, allowing six runs in one third of an inning. Broxton is viewed as the Dodgers' closer-in-waiting, so the poor performance in a save chance was discouraging. Still, there's nothing wrong with these BPIs:
Year IP ERA xERA Ctl Dom Cmd hr/9 ========================================== 2006 76 2.59 2.94 3.9 11.4 2.9 0.8 2007 82 2.85 3.00 2.7 10.9 4.0 0.7 2008* 15 5.28 3.13 3.5 12.9 3.7 0.0 *through 5/12
That one outing really fouled-up Broxton's pitching line. As Broxton himself indicated, it's not as if he was being hit hard, it's just that the balls in play were evading the Dodger defense. This is reflected in his abnormally-high hit rate so far this season (41%). Broxton's ability to miss bats means that this should be an infrequent occurrence.
Broxton's ERA is also inflated by a lower-than-normal strand rate (57%). Broxton's strand rate has actually been higher than average in his first two seasons (2006: 82%; 2007: 75%), so this should normalize. If Broxton's unlucky outing presents a buying opportunity in your league, do not hesitate to pull the trigger.
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Don't be fooled by Broxton blowup
Given the opportunity to close due to the illness of Takashi Saito (RHP, LAD), Jonathan Broxton (RHP, LAD) endured a brutal outing on Sunday, allowing six runs in one third of an inning. Broxton is viewed as the Dodgers' closer-in-waiting, so the poor performance in a save chance was discouraging. Still, there's nothing wrong with these BPIs:
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