Joakim Soria - 2008-2010
The only thing that really jumped out at me was his P/Out, that is up over 1 P/Out since his fantastic 2008 season, and half a pitch over last year. His P/BB is almost 2 better over 2008, and 1 better than '09, the %STR numbers are down a couple percent, but I hope as the year goes on that will come back up to around 66%. Joakim doesn't look to be having a bad year from these stats, and maybe it is just my perception... but Joakim seems to be laboring a bit at times this year. Hopefully the numbers prove out and my perception is just wrong.
Discuss.
Disclaimer: The raw data for 2008-2009 for these calculations was gathered from www.baseball-reference.com
Awesome analysis! I'm completely on board with you. Regardless of the ERA and WHIP I definitely get the sense he has labored, and as you show, your data bears that out. Without pitch-by-pitch str% it's hard to say for sure, but I've gotta believe that he may be having trouble commanding specific pitches. As you say, his P/BB has actually improved. So he has command when he needs it. But the P/BF definitely suggest that in between 0-0 and the end result, he's not as dominant as he has been in the past.
ReplyDeleteGreat work and thanks for posting this!
He looked good yesterday so maybe that was a start to the numbers correcting themselves.
ReplyDeleteHe sure did look good yesterday. 8 pitches, 5 strikes, 3 outs. That's a little more like what I'm used to seeing from Joakim.
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