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Credit Where Credit's Due

I was thinking of turning this into a lengthy post of its own on here, but Matthew beat me to the punch over at Fangraphs, so I'll just send you guys there. Remember a little while ago when we were talking about Jarrod Washburn's statistical improvement in 2009? This came up in that comment thread, but fresh from Matthew's post, here's some updated data:

SwStr% vs LHB
2009: 14.9
2007-8: 8.5

Washburn's rate of missed lefty bats has increased by three-quarters from where it was in 2007-2008. Three-quarters, with the end result being 26 strikeouts and 3 walks over 82 plate appearances. Somebody's throwing better stuff. When you're able to so totally neutralize such a significant fraction of the batters you're facing, you'll be hard-pressed to allow that many runs.

Major kudos to Jarrod Washburn for taking steps to turn the course of his career around at 34. I don't really care for him, and I can't imagine that 26/3 represents his new true talent level K/BB against left-handed hitters, but you don't see a whole lot of guys his age suddenly figure out how to be a better pitcher, so Jarrod deserves plenty of credit. This is pretty impressive.

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by Slow Country on Jun 10, 2009 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe he's in Alaska

Where it would have been 11:30 (10:30?) at the time of him writing it.

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by Faux on Jun 10, 2009 4:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Credit the two seamer

As we know, the two seam fastball is a great pitch against same handed hitters. So, it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that when Washburn adds one to his repertoire, he starts nuking lefties.

by davidcameron on Jun 10, 2009 6:51 AM PDT reply actions  

This development couldn't have happened at a better time.

Washburn is essentially on a one-year deal at this point and he’s having what looks to be a career year. I know most folks can’t wait to trade him but it doesn’t matter to me all that much anymore. He’s either gone this summer or gone this offseason. If it ends up being the latter, I’m not going to get too worked up over it. If the former happens via trade, hey, all the better.

by ThundaPC on Jun 10, 2009 9:12 AM PDT reply actions  

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