Junior Guerra is having a one-of-a-kind season all around. As previously discussed, the age-31 righty has started the most games during an age-31 starting pitcher in the divisional era (1969-present). Furthermore, with that age-31 record comes strike zone control that is also particularly rare. From 2000-2015, 30 of 101 qualified pitchers working in their age-31 […]
Day: August 4, 2016
Grading Future Guerra: Strike Zone
Yesterday, Brewers rookie Junior Guerra had a rough outing at PetCo Park. Few will remember his nondescript four run, four inning outing for its performance, but the righty’s start was significant for another reason: Guerra has now started the most games of any age-31 debut starting pitcher in the MLB divisional era (1969-present). Guerra’s season […]
The Problem with Valuing Relievers Via Trade
The trade deadline has come and gone and now a number of teams set their eyes on the postseason. But, the 2016 trade deadline, like so many others, left a mark. The 2016 deadline made us think and re-evaluate some of our conceived notions. One of them is how we value relievers. This isn’t a […]