Biggest play of the season
TOR Blue Jays (1.85) 10 UNITS
from a good capper
I’ve never thought I’d see the day that I would back Bruce Chen but today is it. He’s been pretty solid so far this year with tremendous control (only 1 BB per 9 innings), 3.49 xFIP, and 3.5 SIERA. His K% went up to 21% from 15% last season as his 1st-strike rate is at 70% (60% last year) and Swinging-Strike rate at 8.4% (6.7% in 2011). He faced the Blue Jays once last year and went 7.2 innings giving up 4 hits and 3 ER’s with 9 K’s and only 1 BB. Opposite Chen is Morrow who is having a terrible start to the season. Through 3 stars he’s already allowed 6 HR’s on the year with only 9 K’s through 20 innings of work. Morrow is a power pitcher but if he’s not striking guys out, he tends to struggle. His K-rate is only 11.4% (26% last year) and his xFIP of 5.02 and SIERA of 5.10 are fairly troubling with a .158 BABIP. Morrow has experienced reduced velocity on his fastball this year and that could one of the issues. His 1st strike rate of only 49.4% is very troubling (he was at 61% last year) as well as his Swinging strike rate of only 6.5% (he’s at 11% for his career). These Royals’ hitters don’t strike-out much (3rd lowest K-rate in the league) so Morrow could be in trouble once again. His last start against KC in 2011 didn’t go so well: 4.2 innings / 11 hits / 2 HR’s / 6 ER’s. With the way he’s pitching in 2012, I wouldn’t be surprised if he got whacked a bit today also.
from a good capper
I’ve never thought I’d see the day that I would back Bruce Chen but today is it. He’s been pretty solid so far this year with tremendous control (only 1 BB per 9 innings), 3.49 xFIP, and 3.5 SIERA. His K% went up to 21% from 15% last season as his 1st-strike rate is at 70% (60% last year) and Swinging-Strike rate at 8.4% (6.7% in 2011). He faced the Blue Jays once last year and went 7.2 innings giving up 4 hits and 3 ER’s with 9 K’s and only 1 BB. Opposite Chen is Morrow who is having a terrible start to the season. Through 3 stars he’s already allowed 6 HR’s on the year with only 9 K’s through 20 innings of work. Morrow is a power pitcher but if he’s not striking guys out, he tends to struggle. His K-rate is only 11.4% (26% last year) and his xFIP of 5.02 and SIERA of 5.10 are fairly troubling with a .158 BABIP. Morrow has experienced reduced velocity on his fastball this year and that could one of the issues. His 1st strike rate of only 49.4% is very troubling (he was at 61% last year) as well as his Swinging strike rate of only 6.5% (he’s at 11% for his career). These Royals’ hitters don’t strike-out much (3rd lowest K-rate in the league) so Morrow could be in trouble once again. His last start against KC in 2011 didn’t go so well: 4.2 innings / 11 hits / 2 HR’s / 6 ER’s. With the way he’s pitching in 2012, I wouldn’t be surprised if he got whacked a bit today also.
from a good capper
I’ve never thought I’d see the day that I would back Bruce Chen but today is it. He’s been pretty solid so far this year with tremendous control (only 1 BB per 9 innings), 3.49 xFIP, and 3.5 SIERA. His K% went up to 21% from 15% last season as his 1st-strike rate is at 70% (60% last year) and Swinging-Strike rate at 8.4% (6.7% in 2011). He faced the Blue Jays once last year and went 7.2 innings giving up 4 hits and 3 ER’s with 9 K’s and only 1 BB. Opposite Chen is Morrow who is having a terrible start to the season. Through 3 stars he’s already allowed 6 HR’s on the year with only 9 K’s through 20 innings of work. Morrow is a power pitcher but if he’s not striking guys out, he tends to struggle. His K-rate is only 11.4% (26% last year) and his xFIP of 5.02 and SIERA of 5.10 are fairly troubling with a .158 BABIP. Morrow has experienced reduced velocity on his fastball this year and that could one of the issues. His 1st strike rate of only 49.4% is very troubling (he was at 61% last year) as well as his Swinging strike rate of only 6.5% (he’s at 11% for his career). These Royals’ hitters don’t strike-out much (3rd lowest K-rate in the league) so Morrow could be in trouble once again. His last start against KC in 2011 didn’t go so well: 4.2 innings / 11 hits / 2 HR’s / 6 ER’s. With the way he’s pitching in 2012, I wouldn’t be surprised if he got whacked a bit today also.
from a good capper
I’ve never thought I’d see the day that I would back Bruce Chen but today is it. He’s been pretty solid so far this year with tremendous control (only 1 BB per 9 innings), 3.49 xFIP, and 3.5 SIERA. His K% went up to 21% from 15% last season as his 1st-strike rate is at 70% (60% last year) and Swinging-Strike rate at 8.4% (6.7% in 2011). He faced the Blue Jays once last year and went 7.2 innings giving up 4 hits and 3 ER’s with 9 K’s and only 1 BB. Opposite Chen is Morrow who is having a terrible start to the season. Through 3 stars he’s already allowed 6 HR’s on the year with only 9 K’s through 20 innings of work. Morrow is a power pitcher but if he’s not striking guys out, he tends to struggle. His K-rate is only 11.4% (26% last year) and his xFIP of 5.02 and SIERA of 5.10 are fairly troubling with a .158 BABIP. Morrow has experienced reduced velocity on his fastball this year and that could one of the issues. His 1st strike rate of only 49.4% is very troubling (he was at 61% last year) as well as his Swinging strike rate of only 6.5% (he’s at 11% for his career). These Royals’ hitters don’t strike-out much (3rd lowest K-rate in the league) so Morrow could be in trouble once again. His last start against KC in 2011 didn’t go so well: 4.2 innings / 11 hits / 2 HR’s / 6 ER’s. With the way he’s pitching in 2012, I wouldn’t be surprised if he got whacked a bit today also.
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