The league average for contact on balls outside of the strike zone is 62.4%. Josh Beckett’s career average is 53.8%. Currently, he is sporting a shocking 68.8%. There is no good reason why this number is so high besides bad luck.
The league batting average for balls in play is .304. Josh Beckett’s career average is also .304. Currently, Josh has an insanely high .366 BABIP. This bad luck will surely turn around and regress to the mean.
Things are not as bad as they appear. For all the bad things that have happened and said about him, Beckett is still doing well. ZiPS projects him to have a 3.83 FIP at the end of the year. That will be approximately three quarters of a run less than an average pitcher.
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