Zambrano: The Hitter's Friend After Pitch 90

The Zoner posted 10/4/2007 from zonersports.com [flag]

One of the points I made is that from pitches 91-105 Zambrano treats hitters to a tasty OPS of 1.127. Maybe Lou and Larry considered that when they made the decision on Wednesday. Ask 100 hitters who they would rather face between Marmol and Zambrano. What do you think that answer would be? [link]

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