AL East Notes: Estrada, Orioles, Rasmus, Young
MLB Trade RumorsFangraphs’ Tony Blengino examines Marco Estrada‘s curious skill set, pointing out that metrics such as FIP don’t give the soft-tossing righty full credit for his unrivaled ability to limit line-drives. Additionally, hitters league-wide do less damage on fly-balls hit off pitches thrown between 75 and 94 mph, Blengino notes, so Estrada’s lower velocity and extreme…
Published: Oct 14, 2015, 5:29 pm Added: Oct 14, 2015, 7:21 pm