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- Updated: May 19, 2016
11:22 PM ET
Got a guess on which pitcher has the highest rate of missed swings on his fastball this season?
It’s not Noah Syndergaard, Jose Fernandez or Clayton Kershaw. The answer will surprise you: Oakland Athletics starter, Rich Hill.
Hill got eight swings-and-misses with his fastball in Wednesday’s 8-1 win against the Rangers. His rate dipped a hair after netting eight misses on 24 swings, to 37 percent, but it’s still easily the best in the majors. Vince Velasquez ranks second (29 percent).
Rich Hill – Career2005-20142015-2016ERA4.722.17WHIP1.390.95
It’s all part of an impressive repertoire that has resurrected Hill’s career over the final few weeks of last season and into the first two months of 2016.
Hill has gone from journeyman to one of the majors’ best pitchers in one of the game’s most surprising …
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