FACTS/FLUKES: S. Gray, Alonso, Fiers, Merrifield, and Pillar
Sep 4 2018
Gray takes his lumps... After a bounce back 2017 season that ended with a 3.55 ERA and 1.21 WHIP, Sonny Gray (RHP, NYY) has not fared well in 2018. The right-hander has posted a 5.05 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, and a -7 R$ through 119 IP. What is going wrong?
Year IP ERA xERA Ctl Dom Cmd FpK SwK G/L/F H% S% hr/f BPV ==== === ==== ==== === ==== === === === ======== === === ==== === 2014 219 3.06 3.36 3.0 7.5 2.5 58% 9% 56/18/26 28 76 9% 87 2015 208 2.73 3.62 2.6 7.3 2.9 59% 10% 53/17/31 26 78 9% 94 2016 117 5.69 4.30 3.2 7.2 2.2 61% 8% 54/19/27 33 64 17% 75 2017 162 3.55 3.85 3.2 8.5 2.7 62% 12% 53/20/28 28 75 15% 98 2018 119 5.05 4.24 3.9 ...
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