(06-08-2015 02:57 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-08-2015 11:14 AM)stever20 Wrote:  one thing with Duffy- he's got to get better hitting vs lefties as a rh batter. right now he's only batting .190/.227/.262- for a .489 ops vs lefties. It's one of the stranger platoon splits quite frankly.

Yeah I have confidence he'll improve as he gets used to the league. He made the jump from AA, which isn't always easy, especially for a guy who wasn't so advanced coming out of school. But he had great minor league numbers, so I'm confident he can become a disciplined hitter

Just not used to seeing such a bad reverse split like that.

Although of the NL top 20 right now, there are only 2 top 20 guys in ERA+ that are lefties- Cole Hamels and Francisco Liriano. Even in FIP- only 5 in the top 20, with 1 being #20.

For whatever reason- the AL has more of the top lefties. Of the AL top 20- got 6 in the ERA+ that are lefties, and 5 in the FIP that are lefties.