Michael Rucker

Right-handed pitcher · SEA · 37 appearances · 43.2 innings

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3.30
SIERA
5.56
ERA
26.9 %
strikeout rate
9.1 %
walk rate
1.28
WHIP

His ERA and his SIERA disagree by 2.26. 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 xFIP moves by 1.80 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 batters4.4422.7 %11.3 %11.3 %2.70
vs right-handed batters2.6431.5 %6.7 %24.7 %0.00

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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