Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
I thought it might be useful to have a thread for discussion or observations of any interesting statistical trends for players. Here are a couple that I am noticing today:
1. Johnny Cueto's strand rate is 99.5%.
2. Ian Kennedy and Dallas Keuchel are 8th and 11th in SIERA with pretty much league-average BABIP and strand rates. They are not big strikeout guys and are not on great teams for wins, but they could be nice low-risk pitchers to fill out a staff.
I know that Kennedy is pitching much better than his career averages, but he is inducing a lot more groundballs and obviously is pitching in a great park. With the DBacks, his SIERA's were always under 4.
1. Johnny Cueto's strand rate is 99.5%.
2. Ian Kennedy and Dallas Keuchel are 8th and 11th in SIERA with pretty much league-average BABIP and strand rates. They are not big strikeout guys and are not on great teams for wins, but they could be nice low-risk pitchers to fill out a staff.
I know that Kennedy is pitching much better than his career averages, but he is inducing a lot more groundballs and obviously is pitching in a great park. With the DBacks, his SIERA's were always under 4.