Chris Young is lucky he pitched in Seattle last season and he’d be smart to stay there. Or at least go to San Diego. The only way that Young can put up good numbers now is to pitch in a spacious ballpark, as evidenced by his stellar 2.40 ERA at home and his sub-par 5.08 ERA on the road. Blue Jays, Yankees, and Rockies would be teams to avoid. What I find really odd though is how Mark Buerhle, who features the same stuff as Young with the exception of being a southpaw, put up a 3.63 ERA at hitter-friendly Rogers’ Centre.
LazerTown
Young’s groundball rate is like 25%, you can’t survive that in the AL East. Hughes struggled there, and his rate was 10% higher..
Stuart Brown
Buerhle’s groundball rate has always been average or above average. Chris Young’s has always been significantly below average. Buerhle gives up more hits as a result, but he’s also not nearly as prone to the home run.
Lefebvre Believer
Another Chris Young stat: 6th in MLB last year in hits per 9 innings. He’s third in that category for active pitchers, and has led the league in twice before. He also had the 2nd worst HR/9 last year. Good backend of the rotation guy for Safeco. Just have the bullpen ready on the road.
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LazerTown
Is the free agent RF class really top heavy, when that top includes Cruz and Markakis as the 2 best options?
Next winter you got Upton, Heyward, Gordon, Cespedes. That’s top heavy.
Daniel Morairity
Of course the Indians would be interested in Michael cuddyer if they get him that is
Jaysfan1994 2
Young didn’t know how to pitch outside of Safeco. His best bet is to sign with another West Coast team and continue getting away with long flyouts.
2014 splits:
Home: .185/.254./318
Away: 283/.348/.546
Brent Nault
Chris Young is lucky he pitched in Seattle last season and he’d be smart to stay there. Or at least go to San Diego. The only way that Young can put up good numbers now is to pitch in a spacious ballpark, as evidenced by his stellar 2.40 ERA at home and his sub-par 5.08 ERA on the road. Blue Jays, Yankees, and Rockies would be teams to avoid. What I find really odd though is how Mark Buerhle, who features the same stuff as Young with the exception of being a southpaw, put up a 3.63 ERA at hitter-friendly Rogers’ Centre.
LazerTown
Young’s groundball rate is like 25%, you can’t survive that in the AL East. Hughes struggled there, and his rate was 10% higher..
Stuart Brown
Buerhle’s groundball rate has always been average or above average. Chris Young’s has always been significantly below average. Buerhle gives up more hits as a result, but he’s also not nearly as prone to the home run.
Lefebvre Believer
Another Chris Young stat: 6th in MLB last year in hits per 9 innings. He’s third in that category for active pitchers, and has led the league in twice before. He also had the 2nd worst HR/9 last year. Good backend of the rotation guy for Safeco. Just have the bullpen ready on the road.