We continue to make headway in #2xSP with almost 0.30 sliced off the ERA, 0.2 added to the K/9 swiped from the WHIP and another 0.2 added to the K/BB as well. The record made a lateral move, but so far this at least represents progress. This week we’re bringing you three righties that are pretty far off the radar, in hopes that you can actually use them for a competitive advantage. We’ll see, huh?
Here are the totals through half of week seven:
10-28 record
5.14 ERA
6.2 K/9
2.3 K/BB
1.42 WHIP
Here’s a look at this week’s recs, with team wOBA in parentheses. Y! ownership numbers pulled courtesy of twitter pal @PandaPete21, whom you should give a follow:
RHP Trevor May – 9.5% ESPN/7% Y! – @STL (.314), v. CHC (.311)
May has quietly been brilliant for the Twins, pitching to a 4.16 ERA backed by a 2.80 FIP and 3.61 XFIP. He’s bumped his groundball rate into the 40s and has absolutely slashed his walks without letting it hurt his bottom line — the strikeout — too terribly much. The purveyor of a pretty good changeup (16.8% whiff rate, .654 OPS against), May has been beaten up a bit by a rough strand rate (69%, not nice) as well as a .335 BABIP, which is especially odd for a guy who is more fly ball-centric, though the Twins outfield defense isn’t exactly adept at chasing ‘em down. That’ll improve in short order — envision an outfield of Byron Buxton, Aaron Hicks and Eddie Rosario — and may in fact help May move even further towards his peripheral ERA marks. Interleague play allows May to see a couple teams he’s never seen before, and it’s my general perception — feel free to differ in the comments — that this usually benefits the pitcher at first. Read the rest of this entry »
