Quote (Lakeshow906 @ Jul 31 2020 05:02pm)
Idk what his deal with. He still has nasty stuff. How does someone have good enough stuff to get 99K's in 56 innings but have an ERA of 5.59?
To be honest, I was actually mad when I wrote that post.
There's a lot of factors -
Juiced up ball sliders probably hurt his slider/cause HR to go further
Switching new leagues having to face different lineups
Quote
Tony Blengino from Forbes broke it down:
Amazingly, nine of the homers allowed by Diaz had exit velocities of LOWER than 100 MPH. Put it this way - only 15.7% of the 95-100 MPH fly balls hit in the majors last season cleared the fence. 47.1% (8 of 17) of the ones hit against Diaz did. That’s simply bad luck, and in the very small number of attempts a short reliever gets in the course of a season, there’s no way that good or bad fortune is going to even out.
So breaking it down, 6 of the 49 flyballs (12.2%) were hit at 100 MPH or higher --- 3 closers posted a lower percentage, Workman, Chapman, and Leclerc --- all elite closers in their own right.
The truth is he's still getting a lot of strikeouts last year, but was hit with variance due to bad luck.
I do hope he can get it together.