With a simple and short swing, he’s always in attack mode and makes consistent hard contact against lefties and righties, utilizing the entire field. He knows how to work his lower half, although he’s aggressive and can drift at times, which the Royals are working on with him. Jensen...
REPLACING WANDY: The Yankees, going back to the Mariano Rivera years, generally have been successful in building steady and very often standout bullpens. This season shapes up as no different, and the additions of lefties Caleb Ferguson and Victor Gonzalez should help offset the loss of Wandy P...
The state of Washington has had its fair share of high school arms get drafted, sign and go on to big things in the big leagues, a list headlined by lefties Jon Lester and Blake Snell and right-hander Jason Schmidt. Hailing from Bainbridge Island, Ritchie hopes to be the next Evergreen...
• OPS vs. lefties • Batters' wOBA against breaking pitches • Pull percentage, hitters • Scoring runner from third with less than two outs • WAR, second base • Infield shifts (most) • Runs allowed • Starting pitching, by deserved run average ...
He added an 88-92 mph cutter for 2023 that gave him a tighter, more controllable look, and his mid-80s changeup improved with more killed spin, making him a tough at-bat for lefties too. Jobe walked only 2.3 percent of his batters faced during the regular season last summer but that ...
on one day and a +130 underdog the next, all based on who’s taking the bump. These matchups swing the run line odds in equal fashion. They also have to consider lineups that hit righties much better than lefties and vice versa, how the designated hitter impacts interleague games, etc...
good enough for a 115 wRC+, compared to a line of .228/.290/.377 and 80 wRC+ against righties. Verdugo’s career splits are .290/.346/.461 and 115 wRC+ against righties but .259/.315/.350 and 80 wRC+ versus lefties. Left-handerTrent Grishamis also in the mix but he has reve...
Stadiums are all different, another unique baseball attribute. Some favor hitters or pitchers, some favor lefties or righties. A team full of left-handed power hitters might prefer the shorter wall at Fenway Park, while both sides typically suffer a power outage at AT&T Park in San Francisco....
His best offering is an 83-87 mph slider, which features sweep and depth while destroying lefties and keeping righties at bay, and he also can turn it into a cutter that reaches 91 mph. He uses an upper-80s splitter as a change of pace, and while he struggles to locate it well, it...
But for any team looking for a controllable option at the position, the 26-year-old might be a sneaky candidate. Vaughn has 11 homers with 43 RBIs in 92 games. Although his .670 OPS is well below his career average (.723), he hits lefties well, is owed about $1.3 million this ...