Max Scherzer

Right-handed pitcher · TOR · 18 starts · 84.2 innings

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5.01
SIERA
5.74
ERA
18.7 %
strikeout rate
9.6 %
walk rate
1.33
WHIP

His ERA and his SIERA disagree by 0.73. The ERA is the harsh one — he has pitched better than his run prevention shows. SIERA is built from strikeouts, walks and contact, so it settles far faster than ERA does.

Against left-handed and right-handed batters

His strikeout rate moves by 13.2 points between the two sides — he misses far more bats against right-handed batters. His xFIP moves by 2.72 depending on which side the batter stands. A gap this size changes the read of a start.

xFIPK%BB%K-BB%HR/9
vs left-handed batters6.3413.8 %12.1 %1.7 %1.65
vs right-handed batters3.6227.1 %5.3 %21.8 %1.51

xFIP rather than SIERA by hand: FanGraphs does not publish SIERA in its splits. The two describe the same thing and correlate at about 0.95.

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