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Here are today’s particulars.
Kyle Hendricks, RHP vs. Chad Kuhl, RHP
MLB Photos via Getty Images
MLB Photos via Getty Images
This is Kyle Hendricks’ second Opening Day start. The other one, of course, was last July in the abbreviated 60-game season. He threw a three-hit shutout that night against the Brewers, striking out nine. I’d take one of those today.
Last year Kyle started twice vs. the Pirates and allowed three earned runs in 13⅔ innings. Current members of the Pirates are hitting .208 (39-for-133) against him but watch out for Adam Frazier, who is 12-for-33 (.364) with two homers off Kyle.
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February 4, 2021
You know it’s almost time for baseball season when all of the major projection systems forecast Kyle Hendricks‘ ERA one run per nine innings too high.
As much as this sounds like a knock on those who develop projections, it’s not. What Jared Cross (Steamer), Dan Szymborski (ZiPS), Derek Carty (THE BAT), and the folks at
Baseball Prospectus (PECOTA) do is no small feat. If I weren’t too cowardly to even try to create my own projection system, I would be too stupid to design one that is half as effective as theirs. Glass houses and all that.