Not sure where else to post this - but an 'optimistic' read on Buchholz so far this season and some real changes he has made: www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/buchholz-up/
In sum, I’m optimistic that Buchholz has made actual changes that have lead to improvements in certain areas, and that those improvements will start to show up in his traditional stats. I’ll quickly rehash my reasons:
He’s been very unlucky on balls in play, especially considering his batted ball profile thus far in 2015. If he starts generating a few pop-ups (and he will), his batted ball profile should look even better. His changeup is different. It now has a larger velocity gap from his four-seamer and sinker, and more horizontal movement. It’s generating a lot of whiffs, which is helping his strikeout rate. The sinker is generating a lot of ground balls that are going to start turning into outs at a higher rate, probably. Actually, I didn’t mention this before, but Buchholz is sporting the lowest walk rate of his career. Neither his Zone% nor his F-Strike% is anything to get excited about, so his BB% might suffer if hitters start laying off changeups and sinkers that are out of the zone. Until then, ooo-wee.
Last Edit: Apr 24, 2015 18:07:03 GMT -5 by wcsoxfan