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Any way you dice it up, the HRA totals are absurdly out of wack. The ML record is somewhere around 50 I believe, so an overshoot by 150% needs looking at. As do the K/BB ratios in relation to the rest of the sample pitchers' record. I think 7-1 K vs BB is indicative of extreme talent coupled with extreme control, a combination that is extremely rare ( think Curt Schilling, or Pedro ); while that ratio might explain the 2015 record, it leaves the 2016 results absurdly unbelievable even without the bulge in HRA. Lastly, I am as bothered by the FOUR HRA as much as all the previously cited results; I have no idea what the ML record is for fewest HRA by a pitcher with 200 or more IP, but I'll betcha it is --you'll excuse me, please--extremely, extremely rare to drop below double figures.
Come to think of it, if Barry Zitos' season continues along the lines of his most recent outings perhaps the 73 dingers allowed isnt so bizarre after all.
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