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In the offseason, a number of Camden Depot (http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2015/01/appreciate-what-miguel-gonzalez-is.html) writers (http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2015/01/looking-at-miguel-gonzalezs-clutch.html) wrote articles discussing how Miguel Gonzalez has outperformed his FIP. This year has turned out to be no exception so far as he has an ERA of 3.33 and an FIP of 4.60 (http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2015&month=0&season1=2012&ind=1&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=7024) based mainly upon a .235 BABIP (2nd best out of 106) and an 82.2% LOB (7th best out of 106).
What is interesting is that this year he is outperforming based on performance against hitters when runs are in scoring position. He’s faced 54 batters in that situation and he’s allowed 8 walks (2 intentional), 4 home runs and caused 7 strikeouts. This is pretty awful because pitchers that give up more walks than strikeouts usually struggle and giving up a home run every ten batters on average is awful. He’s allowed seventeen fly balls and given up four home runs for an HR/FB of 23.5%. Simply put, those numbers are dreadful. Two of the remaining thirty-five batters have hit doubles which is pretty reasonable and shows that hitters aren’t struggling to hit for power against him when runners are in scoring position. The area where Miggy has excelled is that he’s only allowed one single with runners in scoring position. That’s absolutely incredible and

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