Thanks for pointing it out.
Tony Blengino seems to concern himself with little else EXCEPT velocities off the bat, for both pitchers and hitters.
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Randy Johnson used to complain that he "provided the power" for scrubs to hit 300-foot tee shots into the power alleys. He'd scream one in there 98 MPH, they'd take a pepper swing, and off she went.
Evens out over time, though. Nolan Ryan had a superb BABIP for his career. Paxton's got only 5% soft right now but it's all going to medium, rather than hard.
Yeah, early on here, per the eye test, there do seem to be a handful of squared-up batted balls off excellent Paxton pitches. Could be a bit of tipping, or advance scouting, or guessing, or just randomness. Moe's comment captures my own sentiment exactly. You throw 99 on the black outside and they line one down the RF line, well, what exactly do you want me to do out here? :- )
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I believe SEIRA is the the stat that tries to adjust ERA for types of batted balls; Paxton's at 3.49 on that.
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