Numerish and the Splittorffing of Jake McGee

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I love numbers. And I'm guessing if you are reading this, you feel the same.
Numerish is a little beyond me. If I was equate Numerish to sax, I'd be the 'talk dirty to me' type.
I love hearing the language, but struggle in talking or using it.
If you like great Numerish and are searching for a website, look no further than Mastersball.com. It is an awesome site and boast Todd Zola and other NFBC'ers. Their site comes closest to an NFBC-like site.
Their information is always well thought out and usually spot-on and like Greg and Tom, if needing anything quickly, they're usually there to assist fast.
They are practiced in the art of fantasy baseball, without wearing a chain around their necks with the word 'EXPERT' emblazoned on it like some other sites.
Anyway, if liking Numerish, or even if you don't, try them, a cool site.

I am not so educated in the language of Numerish. I like a more simplistic approach. I know where the Numerish are coming from when they speak of BABIP, at the same time too many Numerish (the more I say Numerish, the more I think they live in a colony close to the Amish) folks have seemingly RELIED on BABIP.
The first rule of fantasy baseball is never, ever in your long-legged life rely on one stat to get next years results.

Anyway, I love splits. They are not quite as complicated as Numerish. In my mind, when looking at splits, I call it Splittorffing. In memory of Paul Splittorff.
I commented in an earlier post about Joe Saunders being the most unpredictable pitcher in baseball. And how we fantasy players hate unpredictability. Especially when we're starting a pitcher against the lowly Mets and the lowly Mets tattoo our pitcher bad enough to see him relieved in the second inning.

So, let's look at the polar opposite of Joe Saunders. And, not coincidentally, he is the 43rd round selection in an ongoing 50 round draft.
Jake McGee.
McGee was the favorite to get saves when Kyle Farnsworth had his big year. With Farnsworth hurt last year, McGee was a thought again to close for the Rays. Then Fernando Rodney decided he wanted to be good again and McGee settled for being a seventh and eighth inning guy.
He started the season being used mostly against lefties. By the end of the season, Manager Joe Maddon was throwing him against everybody.
McGee ended with a 1.95 E.R.A.
Even better, he had an 0.80 WHIP!
And the splits are phenomenal.

27 2/3 innings at home
27 2/3 innings on road

17 hits allowed at home
16 hits allowed on road

5 walks allowed at home
6 walks allowed on road

1.95 E.R.A. both at home and on the road.

McGee walked one hitter every five full innings.

And breaking away from his symmetrical splits a little, McGee killed right handers.
That's right, right handers.
They only hit .098 against him with only one homer.
Over August, September, and October, McGee gave up two earned runs. Two.
And that was over 21 innings. During that same span, McGee walked one batter.

I don't know how McGee's numbers look in Numerish, but in Splittorff, he is a fav for me.