FACTS/FLUKES: Samardzija, J. Turner, Contreras, A. Reed, Altherr

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
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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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