Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Verducci: Offensive decline leads list of 10 early-season trends to watch
(sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
And not clicking on Verducci is quickly becoming another one!
Read More...1. Hitting in the major leagues is fundamentally broken
What will it take for teams to start admitting that this passive-aggressive, run-up-the-pitch-count philosophy isn’t working? Apparently almost a decade of declining results isn’t enough. Entering this week:
• The number of hits per game is down for the seventh straight year.
• On base percentage has been stagnant or down for the seventh straight year.
• Strikeouts ...
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1. Tricky Dick posted on December 04, 2012 at 10:18 AM # hit 0 | hit 0Both his fastball and 2 seamer had more velocity last year, increasing from the high 80's to the low 90's. Happ can occasionally throw his FB near the mid-90's during the course of a game--something I saw last year but can't remember seeing from him previously. He also made more and better use of a slider and cutter. Happ improved in a number of areas which probably should have helped his ERA more than it turned out: higher K%, lower BB%, higher GB%.
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