Author Topic: Cubs in '12  (Read 203149 times)

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Re: Cubs in '12
« Reply #10020 on: November 28, 2012, 12:12:48 pm »
Quote from: Jed Hoyer
"I think last year, if you look inside his numbers, the numbers were not what he probably hoped, but they were pretty misleading. If you look at his ratios and different underlying numbers, he's one of the most unlucky pitchers in the game last year. While it wasn't his best year, it certainly wasn't nearly as bad as the ERA on the page says it was."

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"We always liked his stuff," Hoyer said. "He gets ground balls, he's got a really good walk-to-strikeout ratio and he's pitched in a very difficult environment. He pitched in the American League and pitched in Texas and that's hard. We felt he was a guy, given his stuff, given his age and given the ability to come to the National League and not pitch in Texas, we felt it was a great opportunity for us to add a quality arm."