FACT/FLUKES: Verlander, De Aza, R. Martin, DeShields Jr., Montgomery
Jul 17 2015
Strong 2H in store for Verlander? ... Last season we saw Justin Verlander (RHP, DET) become human, as declining fastball velocity on an arm with more than 2000 career innings on it finally caught up with him. This season, we're going to see how well the former flamethrower can adjust—what have early returns looked like?
Year IP ERA xERA Ctl Dom Cmd SwK FpK H% S% G/L/F hr/f BPV ==== === ==== ==== === === === === === == == ======== ==== === 2011 251 2.40 3.14 2.0 9.0 4.4 11% 61% 25 79 40/18/42 9% 124 2012 238 2.64 3.35 2.3 9.0 4.0 12% 61% 29 78 42/22/36 8% 121 2013 218 3.46 3.75 3.1 8.9 2.9 11% 65% 33 76 38/23/39 8% 94 2014 206 4.54 4.27 2.8 6.9 2.4 ...
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