Wednesday
Feb092011
Ross Ohlendorf Wins Arbitration Hearing
Jonathan Scippa | Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 3:48PM
Ross Ohlendorf (1-11, 4.07 ERA) won his arbitration hearing with the Pirates this week and will make $2.025 million in the coming season.
Ohlendorf was right at league average in most categories for 2010, no more so than his 100 ERA+. His HR/FB ratio, however, dopped about 3% to 6.3% last season. For a fly ball pitcher (career 41.7%), this is likely unsustainable. And given that his FB% has increased every year, a HR/FB regression to league average could do some heavy damage to his ERA next season.
His slider, however, was well above league average in opponent batting average and SLG% in 2010. The in play SLG% on his slider also ranked 7th in all of baseball. The Pirates are sure hoping he can build on this success while winning more than one game this season.
Ohlendorf was right at league average in most categories for 2010, no more so than his 100 ERA+. His HR/FB ratio, however, dopped about 3% to 6.3% last season. For a fly ball pitcher (career 41.7%), this is likely unsustainable. And given that his FB% has increased every year, a HR/FB regression to league average could do some heavy damage to his ERA next season.
His slider, however, was well above league average in opponent batting average and SLG% in 2010. The in play SLG% on his slider also ranked 7th in all of baseball. The Pirates are sure hoping he can build on this success while winning more than one game this season.
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