Monday, March 19, 2012

Tom Verducci: Was Verlander more lucky than good? We'll find out this season

Was Justin Verlander exceptionally "lucky" last year, when he won the Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards? And is his "luck" due to turn bad this year? Your answers to those questions depend on whether you believe in the randomness of what happens when a hitter puts a ball in play -- measured by batting average on balls in play against a pitcher -- or the skill of locating pitches well enough to keep them off the barrel of a hitter's bat. You should have no problem guessing to which camp Verlander ascribes.

Source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/tom_verducci/03/16/justin.verlander/index.html?eref=si_mostpopular

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