03-21-2025, 11:54 AM
(03-21-2025, 11:20 AM)Mick Wrote: In a hitter-friendly Cactus League, Giant pitchers are dominating. Ex-Cy Young winner Robbie Ray has a 0.49 WHIP and 1.26 ERA with 19 K's and no walks. Verlander is 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA, 15 K's and 4 walks. Birdsong has a 0.50 ERA with a 0.33 WHIP, 18 K's and 0 walks. Camilo Doval, 1.29 ERA, 8 K's and one walk. Landon Roupp is 0.75 WHIP, 2-0, 14 K's and one walk, albeit iwth a 3.75 ERA. Logan Webb, 3-0, 1.84 ERA, 0.75 WHIP, 15 K's and two walks. Spencer Bivens, 3.27 ERA, 13 K's, one walk. Ryan Walker has a 5.40 ERA (one bad outing) but with 11 K's and one walk.
Not doing as well are last year's rotation starters Jordan Hicks (5.84) and Kyle Harrison (10.84), though their K/BB ratios are excellent (8/4 and 9/1 respectively).
Both Stanford pitchers Erik Miller and Tristan Beck are having challenging springs at 4.50 ERA and 4.70 ERA respectively. They have time to come around.
I watched the game v. KC a couple days ago on MLB. Hicks looked like he is ready to go.
The biggest stat by far among those you posted - the paucity of walks. Even Doval is getting the message - stop jerking around and get the freakin’ ball over the plate!
