Brandon McCarthy: Saber Student

[Cheezombie]

Fangraphs article on the story of how Brandon McCarthy changed the course of his career by trying to emulate Halladay's mechanics, pitches, and the use of saber statistics.

Part 1

Part 2

“I CANNOT (emphasis McCarthy’s) stand the “nerd stat” narrative and the disdain for them, especially considering how valuable they can be… They’re accurate barometers of what you’re actually doing… Those are the numbers that I was chasing after. I wanted lower home runs, I wanted lower walks, more ground balls, and to get to the top of that category the first year after the changes is a nice accomplishment.”

Brandon McCarthy led the AL in FIP in 2011.

[VRP723]

Read that this morning, very cool

[koldjerky]

Hmmm.... so I can add Mccarthy to the list of who I like. That is pretty awesome.

[JDIsMyGod23]

Follow him on Twitter. He's awesome.