(05-18-2018 10:43 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(05-18-2018 10:28 AM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 08:49 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 11:10 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(05-11-2018 09:16 PM)stever20 Wrote:  so Sale goes 9 innings tonight getting 15 k's. 116 pitches. Will be really interesting to see how he bounces back next time after throwing more pitches this game than he had any game this season so far.

so it takes Sale 102 pitches to go only 5 innings tonight. 4 walks and a homer given up with only 2 earned runs....

Right now the AL Cy Young would be nearly unanimous I think with Verlander. He's got a 1.06 ERA right now- a good 0.69 better than 2nd place Cole.

Yup, it's Verlander's to lose.

He's putting up some remarkable numbers. BABIP is just over .200 - obviously crazy low but his HR/FB of 4.6% is exceptionally low and his FB% is crazy high at 56.9%. I assume this is why his xFIP (3.51) is so high compared to FIP (2.20) and ERA (1.05).

If it was somebody who we hadn't seen put up great numbers in the past I'd peg him for a big regression, but this kinda seems sustainable, right?

Kinda as in I'd expect an ERA around 2.50? Then yes. I have to imagine some of those fly balls will start turning into HR.