Baseball is almost back! With the 2016 regular season underway in just five days, the Brewers faithful can hardly wait. But we still have those 120 hours to kill, which means we (meaning I — unless the audience has as little of a social life as I do) will kill our time looking at leaderboards […]
Tag: Platoon Splits
How Did Chase Anderson Improve Against Righties?
Last week, I wrote about the differences between Chase Anderson’s 2014 and 2015 seasons. If you haven’t read that yet, do so now, because I get paid by the pageview it’ll give some background regarding his performance. In a nutshell, Anderson shifted his whole arsenal down and in, which gave him lower strikeout and walk rates and […]
Explaining Wily Peralta’s Slider
From the beginning, Wily Peralta has had stuff. You know the meaning of the term, and if you’ve ever seen him pitch, you can testify to it. This blazing heater… …plus this diving slider… …equals, in theory, a dominant pitcher. As we all know, however, Peralta hasn’t fulfilled expectations. His career ERA- of 103 and DRA- […]
Does Taylor Jungmann Have A Platoon Split?
With all of the cringe- (and other bodily function) inducing pitching performances that the 2015 Brewers produced, right-hander Taylor Jungmann really stood alone. His ERA ranked first among the team’s starters, and so did his DRA. Over his 21 starts and 119.1 innings pitched, he provided Brewers fans with a safe haven from the putrid play […]