about hanson
Quote
When Tommy first came up to the Majors, he was more of a thrower rather than a pitcher. Sure, he could blow a few guys away with his hard fastball or filthy slider, but it seemed like would always have an inning or two which would either undo or come close to undoing a rather spectacular start.
Tommy Hanson doesn't have those innings anymore. Tommy Hanson is now a pitcher, and a damn good one at that.
After his dominating performance on Monday night, Hanson now ranks in the top-20 in Wins, K/9, BB/9, ERA, FIP, and xFIP among qualified starting pitchers in the National League. And it's not like Hanson has been incredibly lucky or anything, as his .270 BABIP shouldn't regress too much.
After Monday's start against the Astros, Hanson's ERA is 2.35 and his FIP is 2.70.
Over the course of his last 25 starts, Tommy has allowed 4 or more earned runs in three games. In those same starts, he's allowed 1 earned run or fewer in fifteen games. Hanson has thrown 160 innings in that span, and his K/BB numbers are 137/38, which comes out to an astonishing 3.60 K/BB ratio. To give you an idea of how good that is, Hanson's ratio is better than Tim Lincecum's (3.13), C.C. Sabathia's (2.68), and Felix Hernandez's (2.93) career numbers, and it's tied with Roy Halladay's. That's incredible.