The Sleeper and the Bust 9/30/2015 – What Went Wrong? Pitcher Edition
by Paul Sporer
September 30, 2015
Episode 283
The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live!
In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris have got six pitchers who failed to live up to their lofty draft status. The two discuss what went wrong for these pitchers and decide whether or not they will re-invest in 2016.
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Could Kluber’s first pitch strike rate be a cause of his issues? It’s not bad, at 63%, but it’s not elite, either. If he went all in with his first pitch strike rate, to something like Lackey’s 70%, that would allow his fastball to play a bit better than it does now, right?