Friday, January 2, 2015

vs RHB as LHP

Someone tweeted today saying "Having three left-handed relievers might not actually be a good thing. Weakens your options against strong RHB, though MLB is weak there" He was talking about Miller, Wilson, and Shreve just acquired by the Yankees.

Well, I just read an article saying Shreve who stands on the right side of the rubber does not give right-handed hitters a good look thus pitches well against them. I looked up the stats of Miller, Wilson, and Shreve against RHB, and the opponent hitters hit just 51 for 292 (.175 batting average) against them.

I went on and found a list of LHP, with GS <=5 and IP >= 10 in 2014, and sorted by the batting average against. Miller, Shreve, and Wilson were ranked 2nd, 6th, and 16th, respectively.


PlayerIPIPtotHABBAOBPSLGOPS
1Aroldis Chapman41.254161360.1180.2390.1760.415
2Andrew Miller3662.1181240.1450.2450.2020.446
3Fernando Abad31.257.1171050.1620.2170.2570.475
4James Russell35.157.2201210.1650.2390.1820.421
5Ian Thomas5.110.23180.1670.2860.1670.452
6Chasen Shreve6.112.14240.1670.20.2080.408
7Jake McGee5271.1311820.170.2320.220.452
8Tony Sipp24.150.216910.1760.2350.2970.531
9Zach Britton50.276.1311700.1820.2650.2940.559
10Oliver Perez3658.2231250.1840.3060.2960.602
16Justin Wilson38.260291440.2010.3240.2990.622

A group of solid relievers I see. Jacob Lindgren can be added, too. I guess Girardi doesn't have to worry too much about when to use his lefties in the pen.

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