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sunshipballoons
Here is your stat, although more research would be needed to truly confirm that Happ is an effective K pitcher vs. lefties, and certainly against tough lefties we’d have to go batter by batter.
The MLB leader in Ks, David Price, has struck out about 27% of the batters he’s faced. Happ has struck out about 25% of the lefties he’s faced this year. So it seems like he’s a pretty good strikeout guy vs lefties in general. Anecdotally on the “tough hitter” question, he’s struck out Aaron Gordon 25% of the time (1/4), Hosmer 50% (2/4), Josh Hamilton 33% (1/3), David Ortiz 33% (1/3), Votto 33% (1/3), Loney 100% (1/1). So he’s got a decent number of Ks against these guys, who are all varying degrees of tough hitter. The sample size is ridiculously small, though.
Roy-Z
Thanks for the civil and informative reply. We could use more of that here.
The sample sizes are brutally small, but if you lump them all together, it’s not so bad. Still, with a bullpen lefty, you have to be seriously tough – like Loup was last year, and isn’t so much this year.
Just not sure about him in the ‘pen, even more so with him being rampantly against it to start.
sunshipballoons
Early in Happ’s career, there was talk about moving him to closer. In retrospect, that might have been his best career arc…
ratcat0072
I did not think there was anyone left on waivers, Jays had already claim them all
Baseballholic
this is a good pickup for the jays, a lhp with experience;
but
i wonder if cecil is being offered up in exchange for a decent
infielder who can and does play the outfield, a switch hitter, a player
excruciatingly needed by the jays, even when the top guns do return?