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Wandy Peralta and Yankees' middle relief crew will play huge role in team's upcoming season
1 month ago | By Boston Herald
There are analytics darlings, then there is Wandy Peralta.
Without getting too deep into the mind-numbing stats that made the Yankees fall in love with him, Peralta induced a ground ball on over 53% of his batted balls, held lefties to a .155 average with just two extra-base hits all year and ranked in the 92nd percentile or better in whiff percentage, hard-hit rate and average exit velocity.
Peralta also allowed just two home runs, tied for the fewest of any left-handed reliever who logged at least 50 innings. He was an indispensable part of the Yankees' bullpen , even more so as the...
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