J.P. Howell: Not Quite What He Was In 2008
by R.J. Anderson on Apr 29, 2009 11:41 AM EDT
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PrintHe's better.
He's better at the meaningful run averages:
| Year | tRA | FIP |
| 2008 | 3.68 | 3.39 |
| 2009 | 2.83 | 1.74 |
He's better at the rate stats:
| Year | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 |
| 2008 | 9.27 | 3.93 | 0.6 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
He's better at getting grounders, and stranding about the same amount of runners (even though that's not really a skill.)
| Year | LOB% | LD% | GB |
| 2008 | 78.7 | 16.7 | 53.7 |
| 2009 | 75 | 17.4 | 56.5 |
And he's better at getting strikes.
| Year | StrS% | Ball% | Zone% | F-Strike% |
| 2008 | 9.8 | 38.7 | 50.1 | 58.4 |
| 2009 | 10.9 | 35.8 | 55.6 | 50 |
There's a dozen things to complain about, J.P. Howell's performance isn't one of them.
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Seems like...
he has his pitches backwards. Last year he was not afraid of throwing his FB early to hitters. It seems like every batter now you can count on that looping curve coming the first pitch. He just hasen’t found his release point i guess. He did well for the U.S.A in his few innings. He just needs more chances.
You make it sound like he's pitching poorly.
When he’s really pitching about as good as you could ask him to.
by R.J. Anderson on Apr 29, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
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