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"Good" was the overwhelming winner, getting more than twice the votes of any other category, and enough for an overall majority. In some respects, that' quite surprising. After all, during the regular season with Arizona, Sewald had an ERA of 4.95, enough only for an ERA+ of 86. His production in that time came in below replacement value by both metrics, at -0.6 bWAR or -0.4 fWAR. Bit of a stretch to call that "good". In the post-season as a Diamondback? A 6.75 ERA across eight playoff appearances, is hardly the stuff of renown either. Meh trending to poor would arguably be a fair ****** sment.
And, yet… There are a couple of things in Sewald's favor. The overall metrics conceal that he was basically the pitching equivalent of the little girl who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead. For when Sewald was good, he was very, very good, But when he was bad, he was horrid. the 2023 postseason illustrates this perfectly. Through the wild-card, division and championship series, he was literally unhittable. He faced thirty batters and allowed just three hits and a walk. But he then fell apart in the World Series, facing fifteen batters, who got on base against Sewald at a .600 clip (six hits, two walks and a hit batter).
#fans #overall #season
Let's get straight to the results, shall we?
Brought to you by FanDuel
"Good" was the overwhelming winner, getting more than twice the votes of any other category, and enough for an overall majority. In some respects, that' quite surprising. After all, during the regular season with Arizona, Sewald had an ERA of 4.95, enough only for an ERA+ of 86. His production in that time came in below replacement value by both metrics, at -0.6 bWAR or -0.4 fWAR. Bit of a stretch to call that "good". In the post-season as a Diamondback? A 6.75 ERA across eight playoff appearances, is hardly the stuff of renown either. Meh trending to poor would arguably be a fair ****** sment.
And, yet… There are a couple of things in Sewald's favor. The overall metrics conceal that he was basically the pitching equivalent of the little girl who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead. For when Sewald was good, he was very, very good, But when he was bad, he was horrid. the 2023 postseason illustrates this perfectly. Through the wild-card, division and championship series, he was literally unhittable. He faced thirty batters and allowed just three hits and a walk. But he then fell apart in the World Series, facing fifteen batters, who got on base against Sewald at a .600 clip (six hits, two walks and a hit batter).
#fans #overall #season
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