Let's Go Tribe · May 10, 2019
Trevor Bauer does suck right now, by his standards
Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty ImagesTrevor Bauer sucks right now. He said it, not me.
When Trevor says it, I tend to both believe him, and look into what he’s talking about.
While his traditional numbers do not scream it – 3.42 ERA, 1.16 WHIP – his peripheral numbers do. Trevor’s 91.4 mph average exit velocity is in just the 9th percentile in baseball currently. That, along with his .438 xSLG, .341 xwOBA, .433 xwOBACON, 41.1% hard-hit rate, and 11.2% walk rate would all be his worsts.
Not the start you would expect, especially if you picked the guy as the American League Cy Young winner in the pre-season. Most of us at LGT did. I would venture to say that most of us still would.