The most important member of the bullpen last year, and the one with the best humor: Jerry Blevins.
| Jerry Blevins | ||||||
| IP | Record | ERA | BB | K | WHIP | |
| 2016 | 42 | 4-2 | 2.79 | 15 | 52 | 1.21 |
| Projections | ||||||
| ZiPS | 32.1 | 3.62 | 12 | 38 | 1.207 | |
| ESPN | 2-3 | 3.07 | 41 | 1.22 | ||
| Baseball Prospectus | 38.1 | 2-1 | 3.62 | 45 | 1.14 | |
| Average | 35.1 | 2-2 | 3.44 | 12.00 | 41.33 | 1.19 |
2017 Stats:
6-0, 75 G, 49.0 IP, 2.94 ERA, 24 BB, 69 K, 1.367 WHIP
Jerry’s numbers regressed slightly from 2016, but not by much. The projections were just way off of Jerry’s performance though. First, they forgot it was Terry Collins running pen, or rather, there’s no way to program Terry’s management into a computer so he was used way more often. Second, His performance was way better than projected. The best at it was ESPN but it doesn’t matter.
Bullpen pitchers I have a feeling now writing three of these projection reviews will be the most difficult for projection programs to handle.
