Greg Holland, RP, St. Louis Cardinals
Nothing about this year has been typical for Greg Holland. After the Colorado Rockies moved on and signed Wade Davis to be their closer this past winter, his market was awfully quiet. So quiet, in fact, that he didn’t even sign with the Cardinals until after Opening Day.
He’s only thrown 16.1 innings for St. Louis, so things can easily change as his sample size gets bigger. However, the numbers as they currently stand don’t look pretty. The veteran right-hander owns a 7.71 ERA and 5.71 SIERA to go along with a 17.7% strikeout rate and 17.7% walk rate.
His 32.7% hard-hit rate allowed isn’t much different than last year’s 34.1% mark, but there’s a huge discrepancy in BABIP (.370 in ’18, .252 in ’17). Part of the blame can be put on his line-drive rate, which is at 29.6% after being just 13.1% last season.
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