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The Hardball Times found this 5/13/2008 on www.fangraphs.com [flag]
In light of Justin Verlander’s struggles I am going to skip my normal opening paragraph designed to introduce the topic at hand and just plain pose the question - What is going on with the Tigers ace? Last year, he went 18-6 with a 3.99 FIP, a WHIP of 1.23, and 183 strikeouts in 201.2 innings. This year, his WHIP currently sits at 1.46; his FIP has jumped to 5.37; and he has already ... [link]

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THT Live:What’s wrong with Verlander?
Published 5/13/2008 by Bryan Tsao at The Hardball Times
What’s wrong with Verlander? by Bryan Tsao May 13, 2008 Eric Seidman takes a look over at FanGraphs . Tigers fans might not be happy. Seidman identifies the main culprit as being a decrease in strikeout rate and an increase in walk rate, and attributes it to a decrease in average fastball velocity from 94.8 mph to 93.0 mph. While it seems as good an explanation as any, I'm not convinced that 2 mph would make such a big difference, though I definitely don't know a lot about such things. Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Bryan Tsao is the editor for The ...

Justin Verlander in 150 words or less
Published 5/14/2008 by billfer at The Detroit Tiger Weblog
... A look at his components is encouraging because he’s not being hit hard, but he is walking too many and not striking out enough. Tigers fans need optimism about Verlander, because remaining ...

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