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Originally Posted by k0ruptr
Regardless, these are Jake Peavy's stats in April. Not as insane crazy good as some of the NL guys, but after these last few years I am ecstatic.
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On the plus side, Peavy is throwing a little harder this year and his walk rate is easily a career-best.
On the down side, he's benefiting from an unsustainable low BABIP of .206 and HR/FB% of 1.8%. When those rates regress, his overall numbers are going to look very similar to his last couple of years. And unfortunately, along with his walk rate being a career-low, so is his groundball rate.
So basically, Peavy is the same guy as he was the last couple of years, with a lower walk-rate countered by a lower groundball rate.