FACTS/FLUKES: Samardzija, J. Turner, Contreras, A. Reed, Altherr
May 19 2017
Better days likely ahead for Samardzija … It’s tough not to wince when looking at Jeff Samardzija’s (RHP, SF) 5.26 ERA through his first 53 IP of 2017. A strong September 2016 (2.95 ERA, 10.3 Dom and 143 BPV) gave a glimmer of hope for a rebound to pre-2015 performance, but the results, at least in terms of ERA, haven’t been there thus far. What do the underlying metrics tell us?
Year IP ERA xERA Ctl Dom Cmd H%/S% GB/LD/FB FpK Ball% SwK hr/f BPV ==== === ==== ==== === ==== === ===== ======== === ===== === ==== === 2012 175 3.81 3.45 2.9 9.3 3.2 30/74 45/22/33 60% 35.3% 13% 13% 112 2013 214 4.34 3.49 3.3 9.0 2.7 32/70 48/20/31 60% 37.1% 11% 13% 100 2014 220 2.99 3.05 1.8 8.3 ...
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