Kirby Yates, Relief Pitcher Bats/Throws: Left/Right Age: 33 (Mar. 25, 1987) Traditional Stats: 6 G, 4.1 IP, 12.46 ERA, 2.54 WHIP, 8 K, 4 BB, 1 HR; 16.6 K/9, 8.3 BB/9, 2.1 HR/9, 52.1% LOB Advanced Stats: 38.5% GB, 25.0% HR/FB, 5.27 FIP/4.05 xFIP, 4.18 SIERA, 37 ERA+, -0.3 fWAR/0.0 bWAR Rundown Kirby Yates’ season with the San Diego Padres came to an abrupt end in August, when an original...
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Kevin Gausman, Starting Pitcher Bats/Throws: Left/Right Age: 29 (Jan. 6, 1991) Traditional Stats: 12 G| 10 GS| 4 QS| 59.2 IP| 3.62 ERA| 1.11 WHIP| 79 K| 16 BB| 8 HR| 11.9 K/9| 2.4 BB/9| 1.2 HR/9 Advanced Stats: 41.9% GB| 15.1% HR/FB| 3.09 FIP| 3.06 xFIP| 3.24 SIERA| 118 ERA+| 1.5 fWAR/1.3 bWAR Statcast Percentiles: 55th exit velocity| 51st hard-hit| 46th barrel| 60th xBA| 73rd xwOBA| 57th xSLG|...
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Per Evan Drellich of The Athletic, the value of this year’s qualifying offer for impending free agents will be $18.9 million. The figure is a welcome increase from the $17.8 million mark last offseason, even more so considering last year’s qualifying offer estimate reflected a $100K drop – the first and only year-to-year decrease since its introduction to collective bargaining...
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Liam Hendriks, Relief Pitcher Bats/Throws: Right/Right Age: 31 (Feb. 10, 1989) Traditional Stats: 24 G, 25.1 IP, 1.78 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, 37 K, 3 BB, 1 HR; 13.1 K/9, 1.1 BB/9, 0.4 HR/9, 70.5% LOB Advanced Stats: 32.0% GB, 5.3% HR/FB, 1.14 FIP/2.07 xFIP, 1.90 SIERA, 235 ERA+, 1.4 fWAR/1.4 bWAR Statcast Percentiles: 17th exit velocity, 76th hard-hit, 87th barrel, 78th xBA, 98th xwOBA, 83rd xSLG, 98th...
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In his final outing of the 2020 season last night, rookie left-hander David Peterson made sure to make it his longest, and perhaps most encouraging start to date, in the Mets’ 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals. The former first-round draft pick completed seven innings for the first time as a big-leaguer, and he did it in style, holding a righty-heavy Nats lineup to just one run on...
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